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Worksheets'NATURE' IDIOMS
Total questions: 20
Worksheet time: 13mins
It was the students' organisation that initiated the charity action, but the dean stole their ................................ and received the most recognition.
THUNDER
SHINE
TIDE
STORM
Due to the recession, our business has been at a low .............................. That's why we've had to lay off our workers.
EBB
WATER
TIDE
RIVER
Come .............................. or shine, I will always stand by you. I promise.
SHOWER
RAIN
TORNADO
CYCLONE
Their excuses are just a pack of lies. None of the stories holds ............. .
FIRE
WATER
SOIL
Patrick invited everyone to his club for a party. I tell you we did make
a ............................................. of it.
MORNING
AFTERNOON
NIGHT
DAY
Irene's been walking on .......................................... because she's been
given a role in a film. It's her first appearance in front of the film camera.
AIR
WATER
FIRE
If you tell him his girlfriend is waiting for him at the gate, you won't see
him for ........................................
SAND
DUST
SOIL
GROUND
The brilliant performance of the string quartet took the audience by
................................ . There were at least three encores before we left.
STORM
CYCLONE
TORNADO
HURRICANE
How about doing our shopping in a cheaper place? Everything costs the
........................................ in this posh shopping centre.
GROUND
MOUNTAIN
HILL
EARTH
'Did Paul like his Christmas presents?' - 'Well, he didn't say anything,
but it seemed he wasn't over the ........................................ about them.'
MOON
SUN
VENUS
EARTH
Only Jenny said no to our proposals. Must she always swim against the
...........................................?
TIDE
WAVE
RIVER
The foreman has warned me the task is going to be very difficult.' 'Oh,
don't worry he tends to make heavy ................................... of every job.'
WEATHER
CLIMATE
EVENT
When it turned out the Republican Party's candidate ruined his chance for a victory in the campaign, all his supporters sold him down the
..................................... by joining the Democrats.
OCEAN
SEA
RIVER
STREAM
Our plans of building the amusement park have been put on ...................
as our application for EU funds has not been dealt with as yet.
ROCK
ICE
GLACIER
Don't you think you are sailing close to the ........................................ by
settling your private matters during your working hours?
TIDE
WIND
WAVE
STORM
WORDFORM: In spite of his overnight (a) he still manages to keep his feet on the ground. (STAR)
WORDFORM: The Qin's extremism was also its (a) and it was soon replaced by the more enduring Han dynasty, which sought compromise with aristocratic elites and legitimation through a revived Confucianism. (DO)
WORDFORM: It encouraged experimenters to propose (a) or novel approaches to problems. (BEAT)
WORDFORM: Although a number of concessions helped (a) minority nationalists, the most militant remained unreconciled. (PACE)
She used her (a) skills to get along with her remote grandfather, who provided so little company for her grandmother. (RECONCILE)
