Supplementary Question 13 - Why did you bite him?

Why did you bite him?
- Who, me?
- It was him: he inserted his shoulder between my teeth.
- It’s a sign of friendship in Uruguay.
- These things happen in football.
- Because he was there.
- I hadn’t eaten before the match.
- It was one of those dog-eat-dog situations.
- Because I’m good at it.
- I did it for my country.
- It’s my favourite form of cheating.
- He kept getting in my way.
- It seemed like the right thing to do.
- I didn’t: it’s an international Photoshop conspiracy.
- It was just an eat... sorry, heat... of the moment thing.

Q 43 Who did you speak to?

The English the English Really Speak

Test your knowledge of idiomatic English by trying to match an answer to each of the following questions:

1) Can you cook?
2) How often do you go out?
3) How’s it going?
4) What would you like to drink?
5) What did you do last weekend?
6) How much does it cost?
7) What did you think of the book?
8) What colour is it?
9) What are your main qualities?
10) What are you doing next Saturday evening?
11) Is it true?
12) Why haven’t you finished yet?
13) How would you feel if you didn’t pass your exam?

a) I just chilled.
b) There are just too many to list.
c) I could murder a cold beer.
d) The computer’s on the blink.
e) I’d get over it.
f) It blew me away.
g) We have people coming round.
h) It looks like it.
i) It’s hard to tell in this light.
j) Not as well as it might be.
k) Peanuts.
l) I can rustle up a dish of pasta if I have to.
m) Pretty much every day.


Answer Key:
1)l 2)m 3)j 4)c 5)a 6)k 7)f 8)i 9)b 10)g 11)h 12)d 13)e


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Q11 Are you good at English?

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