Study the following sentences and match each underlined idiom to its correct definition below.

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Role-play each of the situations below with your partner. Try to be tactful.

1. You return a faulty television to the shop where you bought it.

2. You need to cancel a meeting with your boss for the second time.

3. You have a problem and need to ask an acquaintance for an important favour.

4. Your flatmate is very messy and you need to talk to him/her about it.

5. Your friend invites you to his birthday party, but you don't want to go.

CULTURAL KNOW-HOW

1. At the end of the meal, we decided to go Dutch.

2. If you want to win the argument, you should stick to your guns.

3. Thank you for all your help. I hope someday we can return the compliment.

4. The politician managed to save face by escaping blame for the mistake.

5. Everyone at the party was wearing special costumes, and we had to follow suit.

6. During the negotiation, they decided to give ground in order to reach an agreement.

7. We were wined and dined all over the city.

8. I was trying to be polite, but he got the wrong idea.

a. change your position in order to make it easier to reach an agreement

b. do something for someone because they have done something for you

c. do what other people are doing

d. keep your position even if people try to criticize you

e. misunderstood

f. pay 50% of the bill each

g. protect your reputation

h. taken out for expensive meals