I wish you and John wouldn’t argue so much. Can’t you_________ once and for all?

• sweep under the carpet

• bury the hatchet

• get a grasp

• stir things up

After the earthquake, city transport was in________ .

Use no more than 3 words.

Rumors of their divorce made the situation________.

Nora decided to take a back seat and organize things for herself.

• true

• false

I wonder if you could help me out - I’m in a bit of a tight _____________.

• trouble

• dilemma

• corner

• challenge

Use the appropriate idiomatic expression.

We need a proper investigation to _______________ .

Can you help Grandpa fill out that form? It’s so long and complicated that he’s getting in a bit of a muddle.

• no

• yes

Use the appropriate idiom.

The team was on a losing streak, but then the________and they went on to win the championship.

I had no intention of marrying him so that I laid my cards on the__________.

• carpet

• seat

• board

• table

________is a situation in which a difficult choice has to be made between two or more alternatives, especially ones that are equally undesirable.