Lesson 26 Good 1.But this is for your good. 2.I'm as goo as new. 3.You don't look too good. 4.It soulds too good to be true. 5.I'm too good for you. 6.It's no good saying anything more. 7.I'm good enough for this position. 8.Good for you....
Lesson 27 Bug 1.My flesh crawls at the sight of bugs. 2.He caught a bug and has a fever. 3.There's still a bug in the softwqare. 4.Don't bug me.I'm trying to study. 5.It bugs me when I can't find my glasses. 6.Hey!Did you put a bug in my dorm? 7.Bug...
Lesson 28 Nest 1.We're left in the empty nest syndrome. 2.It's an ill bird that fouls its own nest. 3.Don't stir up a hornet's nest. 4.Never feather your own nest with dirty money. 5.Don't foul your nest by that. 6.They built a nest egg for my educat...
Lesson 29 Fire 1.OK,I'll fight fire with fire. 2.Where there's smoke,there's fire. 3.I'll go through fire and water for you. 4.We fired away at the monitor. 5.We need a real fireball to do this. 6.Soft fire makes swet malt. 7.She gets fired up at the...
Lesson 30 Half 1.I don't like her half baked idea. 2.You don't play half bad. 3.I have half a mind to take a remedial class. 4.Look!What a half-baked job you did. 5.It's six of one and half-a-dozen of the other. 6.You're too clever by half. 7.They no...
Lesson 31 Ace 1.He's an ace at ballroom dancing. 2.She aced all her exams this time. 3.He aced me out of this. 4.He must have an ace up his sleeve. 5.It isn't worth an ace. 6.It's time you played your ace. 7.He's not worried-he has an ace in the hole...
Lesson 32 Smoke 1.Can I borrow a smoke from you? 2.He smokes like a chimney. 3.They're just blowing smoke when they say that. 4.What he said is smoke and mirrors. 5.My dream went up in smoke. 6.It's a smoke screen to hide his fear. 7.We've got to smo...
Lesson 33 News 1.Well,that's news to me. 2.You break me news to her. 3.I heard it on the 7:30 news. 4.It still comes news to me. 5.He received some black news from his mother. 6.Good news goes on crutches,bad news comes apace. 7.No news is good news....
Lesson 34 Name 1.He's a real name dropper. 2.Stop this foolish name-calling right now. 3.You ate your words.Your name's Mud. 4.Winning is the name of the game. 5.If you want anythink,just name it! 6.In the name of mercy,stop that screaming. 7.Those b...
Lesson 35 Track 1.I'm sure we're on the right track. 2.She really has a good track record. 3.It's hard to keep track of all my friends. 4.I lost track of him. 5.Hey,man!Make tracks to the classroom. 6.We'll adopt the track system next semester. 7.Hey...
Lessn 36 Treat 1.This is no way to treat others. 2.You can't treat me like dirt. 3.I'll treat you to a movie. 4.I Decided to treat his remark as a joke. 5.I'll give you all a treat. 6.I'll stand treat. 7.It's a treat to picnic in the country. 8.Don't...
Lesson 37 Beat 1.Talk!Don't beat around the bush. 2.It beats me why he said that. 3.What a day.We're beat! 4.He beat out a tune on a tincan. 5.We beat the pants off them yesterday. 6.It's not much,but it beats walking. 7.That math problem has beaten...
Lesson 38 Line 1.Hold the line,I'll put you through. 2.What's your line? 3.I've got rather a lot lined up this week. 4.Your scholarship is on the line. 5.He's only shooting a line. 6.You are way out of line. 7.We stood in line for half an hour. 8.You...
Lesson 39 Free 1.There's no free lunch. 2.Are you free this afternoon? 3.I give it to you for free. 4.He's very free with his money. 5.He's such a free and easy guy. 6.We had a real free-for-all debate. 7.I don't want a free ride like that. 8.We all...
Lesson 40 Kid 1.You must be kidding. 2.No kidding? 3.You're no kid.You know what to do. 4.Are you kidding me? 5.He's still a big kid. 6.I kid you not.I swear it. 7.Don't worry,kid-you'll learn the ropes. 8.He's the new kid on the block....
