Phrasal verbs, idioms. Read the examples below and match each verb with its meaning: DO Do with manage without Do without prevent from having Do out of renovate Do up need, want EXAMPLES I could do with something to eat. We have to do without a holiday this year as money is so short. He did me out of my rightful heritage. The old house needs to be done up. MAKE Make for compensate for Make of move in the direction of Make up for think /opinion/ Make out elaborate, write down EXAMPLES Let´s make for the city centre and find a restaurant on the way. What do you make of him? The superb food at the hotel made up for the uncomfortable rooms. I must make out a list of things we have to buy. BRING Bring up destroy, remove from power, lower Bring off raise Bring down succeed EXAMPLES She brought up three children on her own. Don´t give up. I am sure you´ll bring it off. Inflation will bring down the government. Don´t bring me down. They promised to bring down the taxes. TAKE Take after resemble Take off form a liking for sb Take to put off, leave the ground, imitate EXAMPLES He takes after his father. You can take off your coat. The plane took off 2 hours late. She is very good at taking off her teacher. She took to him at once GET Get away with come to a successful end, use up all of…. Get behind recover from Get down fail to do something at the right time Get over do something wrong without being caught Get through depress EXAMPLES The robbers got away with several thousands pounds. I´ve got terribly behind with my work. This weather is really getting me down. She´s getting over bad flu. She got through all her exams. He got through his month´s salary in just one weekend. IDIOMS Idioms used of people in the classroom: Teacher´s pet, top of the class, a know-all, a big-head, a lazy-bones. What would you call: An irritating person who knows everything? The person who is the teacher´s favourite? Someone who thinks they are the best and says so? The one who gets the best marks? A person who is very lazy? Idioms describing feelings, mood Be in high spirits, be on cloud nine, have a face as long as a fiddle, be like a bear with a sore head, feel all in /exhausted/, be under the weather, be at death´s door, be shaking in one´s shoes, jump out of skin. Divide the idioms into 4 groups according to their meanings: Positive feelings negative feelings physical states fear Can you explain the meanings in Czech Idioms connected with games and sport I have started the ball rolling by telling you what I think our company should do now. I would like anyone who has any comments or questions to speak now. The ball is in your court. Don´t forget that our rival companies are on the ball and if we don´t act quickly and do something off our own bat, they will. I know my proposals will involve people doing overtime, but I hope that the workers may agree to play ball given the circumstances we are all in. It´s not our fault we are in this situation. Different rates of tax in different countries mean that we are not competing on a level playing field. Match the idioms from the text with the meanings below: You have to do something now before any progress can be made Quick to understand and react On our own initiative, without being asked to by anyone else In a fair situation Started and activity and encouraged others to join in. Co-operate in order to achieve something