Colloquial expressions (space) Unit 62

It was described as a large, luxury mobile home, but there was barely room to _____________ a cat.

• swing

• draw

• see

• love

You were all squashed together like _________________

• sardines

• herrings

• fish

• carps

She had been held in solitary ________________ for four months.

• confinement

• expanse

...that _____________ house and its bizarre contents.

• rambling

• spacious

• roomy

• cramped

The brick path to the door was _____________in on either side by tall, unkempt boxwood hedges.

• hemmed

• incarcerated

• congested

• spread out

Some areas are ______________ with both cars and people.

• congested

• hemmed

• packed

• incarcerated

Many break-ins are carried out by youngsters who can ____________ through tiny windows.

• squeeze

• hem

• scatter

• pack

They were __________________ for the duration of the war.

• incarcerated

• hemmed

• squeezed

• spread out