SPECIAL SUBJECT 17 : IDOMATIC EXPRESSIONS

1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. She was furious that she was being made fun of. The house has been remodelled and made use of. He left home without taking leave of anybody. The woman to whom you gave place on the bus this morning is my aunt. The baby of whom she is going to take care will bring her happiness. I feel regret for having deceived her. Tom and Dick are carrying on disscussion which I want to put an end to. This is a rare opportunity of which you should take care to get a better job. 9. Mr.Smith is my old teacher with whom I have lost touch for a long time. 10. Who will take care of the children when you are away? 11. My father doesnt like politics. He doesnt take account of/pay attention to political problems and current events. 12. She always makes complaint about/pay attention to/take account of the increase of the price of goods. 13. Mary was sad and ashamed because you made fun of her. 14. They are good poor students for whom the school has to make allowance. 15. You have to study harder in order to keep pace/up with your classmates. 16. This shop is so small that we didnt take notice of it. 17. Mrs Smith is a very clement woman. She feels pity for/take care of orphans and beggars. 18. Do you pay attention to the No parking sign? 19. The matter in which the press are taking interest is high officalscorruption. 20. We have to move this box in order to make room for TV set. 21. I have some friends living in the USA. I often keep conrespondence with them. 22. Your manner is quite ridiculous. I feel ashamed at it. 23. The teacher says that we have to put an end to our exam papers before ten. 24. For generations our people got victory many enemies and drove them away. 25. The police followed the robbers but finally they lost tracked of them. 26. The Press is called the fourth estate. It plays an influence over the public opinion. 27. I do not show affection for long-hair young man. 28. Do you know how to make use of this electric computer. 29. We should feel pity for/take pity on the suffering of others. 30. English is a very important language. We take interest in learning it very much. 31. The houses to which the robber set fire last night are not far from our home.

32. The boys are miserable. I feel pity for them. 33. We are looking at the boat in the open sea, and soon we lost sight of it. 34. Please take notice of this photograhp and tell me where your teacher is. 35. Did you catch sight of Paul the bookshop yesterday? 36. Have you made a decision on the day to start off? 37. Every citizen has to make contrubution to the building of his country. 38. We know he works very hard. We have faith in his success. 39. The difficulties are so great that I have to pay attention to them. 40. The rich should make allowance/feel pity for the poor. 41. Why do you often make complaint about your neighborhood? 42. Anyhow hes a good man. I think we ought to be generous to him and feel sympathy for his family circumstances. 43. I havent sent letters to her for a long time. In fact, we have lost touch with each other. 44. I have to move this table to make room for the new TV set. 45. Have they taken notice of the No smoking sign? 46. Id like to make use/take advantage of this opportunity to explain the difficulty Ive met. 47. He ran as fast as he could, but he was not able to keep pace/up with his brother. 48. We have to pay attention to/take account of these difficult circumstances. 49. He lost his control of his temper and gave way to his anger. 50. Be calm, and dont take account of/pay attention to/make a fuss over such trifles. 51. You should pay attention to/take account of the teachers explanation. 52. I tried to run after her but I couldnt keep pace/up with her. 53. She decided to set fire to these letters because they werent necessary. 54. Her mother was sick, so Linda had to stay at home to take care of her. 55. Id like to take advantage/make use of this opportunity to get a new job with higher salary. 56. I have lost touch with him since we left school. 57. Dont you make fun of him. He is a pity boy. 58. You must take advantage of many opportunities you have to practise speaking English. 59. If we correspond regularly, we wont lose touch with each other. 60. If I lose track of the city again, Ill call the police. 61. If he pays attention to what the teacher says, he might make progress.

62. Tom is old enough to take care of himself. 63. The government is determined to set fire to crackers. 64. This man was sent to prison for setting fire to his house. 65. Its cruel to make fun of handicapped people. 66. Dont pay attention to such an unimportant problem. 67. The police followed the thieves but finally they lost track of them. 68. They dont know how to make use of the tool. 69. He was accused of setting fire to his house. 70. Dont have faith in what he says. He is a liar. 71. On the way home from work today, I catch sight of my old friend. 72. The pile of papers couldnt catch fire by itself. Someone must have set fire to it. 73. Im determined to put an end to all these rumours. 74. Everyone is making fun of her because she is wearing such a funny hat. 75. The teacher promised to take account of wishes of the studentsparents.