COLLOCATIONS-IDIOMS_2

The head teacher loves Literature. She _______significance to reading classical novels by great writers like Charles Dickens or Leo Tolstoy.

• admits

• attaches

• attributes

• plays

I've never really enjoyed going to the ballet or the opera; they're not really my_______

• piece of cake

• sweets and candy

• biscuit

• cup of tea

I used to _______reading comics, but now I've grown out of it.

• take a fancy to

• keep an eye on

• get a kick out of

• kick up a fuss about

The players' protests_______ no difference to the referee's decision at all.

• did

• made

• caused

• created

Someone is going to have to take responsibility for this disaster. Who is going to______?

• foot the bill

• carry the can

• hatch the chicken

• catch the worms

By appearing on the soap powder commercials, she became a_______name.

• housekeeper

• housewife

• household

• house

Larry was so_______ in his novel that he forgot about his dinner cooking in the oven.

• absorbed

• attracted

• drawn

• obliged

No matter how angry he was, he would never _______to violence.

• exert

• resolve

• resort

• recourse

Why don't you make it bigger and more careful to_______ people's attention

• raise

• attract

• make

• keep

William was _______as as a cucumber when the hash punishment was meted out to him by the judge.

• cool

• cold

• placid

• impassive