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Choose the best substitute for the phrase in bold:

1) Janice is doing all the cooking for her daughter’s wedding. I
think she’s bitten off more than she can chew.
a) accepted too little responsibility
b) taken too much food into her mouth
c) taken on more than she can handle

2) If Nicole is going to cover her entire school with election
posters, she’d better get going on them immediately.
a) start working on
b) stop working on
c) start destroying

3) If you get tired of mowing the lawn, I’d be happy to help out.
a) confuse you
b) do nothing
Cc) assist you

4) Last year, Bill opened a store selling gourmet pet food. This year,
he’ll open 10 more stores. His business is growing like crazy!
a) very quickly
b) very slowly
c) despite being a crazy idea

5) Ever since receiving his rejection letter from Princeton Uni-
versity, Jason has been down in the dumps.
a) happy
b) sad
c) encouraged

6) For a long time, Michelle couldn’t find a boyfriend. But now
things are looking up. She met a nice guy last weekend.
a) her love life is getting even worse
b) her love life is improving
c) her love life couldn’t get much worse

ANSWERS TO LESSON 12, p. 163

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