Ex 7 Replace the underlined word combinations with the idioms.

Date: 2015-10-07; view: 438.

Ex 6 Match the words to have word combinations, translate them and fill in the gaps in the given sentences.

1. He was _______ after serving five years of a 15-year prison sentence for aggravated robbery.

2. Councils will get powers to_______on drivers who park illegally.

3. There is much agreement among social scientists that the _______ of defendants are important in explaining the sentences given by judges.

4. On the question whether on merits it would be desirable to abolish _______ Ministers were divided.

5. Each was ordered to do 120 hours' _______ and pay £850 costs.

6. Despite a _______, New Jersey continues to expand the use of a controversial new alcohol breath testing machine across the state.

7. Muhammad Ali was banned from boxing and faced a _______ for standing up for his principles.

8. All new employees are _______ for nine months.

9. And I wasn't at all surprised when the jury took only an hour to _____ Waddell not ____.

10. There was a hint that the threat of _______ had been used in this and other communications with difficult councils.

1. Airlines currently are responsible for the security systems.

2. If you really want to make the world a better place, start by being polite to your sister. You should take care of family and people close to you before you worry about helping others.

3. He pleaded guilty and decided to seek mercy from a court of law .

4. Why borrow money to pay your bills? That's just to borrow from one person to pay to another one.

5. He had made a lot of money on the stock exchange that morning.

6. I was brought up on the streets where the principle that only the strongest creatures will stay alive applies, so I soon learnt how to look after myself.

7. The book will be useful reading for anyone seeking to get rid of the difference between data and theory in ecology.

8. The idea, indeed, was supported more by those on the on the margins of society than by those at the centre.

9. Citizens should not be expected to do something illegal in order to put right something that they think is not fair.

10. Deedee achieved two things with one action, both shopping and looking for a shop of her own to rent.