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NOTE: "Out of it" also means "confused" or "disoriented." Example: 
After staying up all night studying, Ted felt out of it the next day. 
spending money - money for minor expenses 
EXAMPLE 1: Before Tim left for Europe, his parents gave him $400 in 
spending money. 
EXAMPLE 2: Martin's parents are paying his college tuition, but he has to 
earn his own spending money. 
SYNONYM: pocket money 
(to) wine and dine - to take someone out for an evening or 
an expensive meal 
EXAMPLE 1: Donna wined and dined Bob and Susan and then presented 
them with a contract for the sale of Susan's Scrumptious Cookies. 
EXAMPLE 2: Kate was wined and dined during her trip to Santiago.
(to be on a) winning streak - a series of wins 
EXAMPLE 1: The basketball team hasn't lost a game all seaso
on a winning streak! 
EXAMPLE 2: You won 10 games in a row? You're on a winni
(to) wrap up - to finish 
EXAMPLE 1: If you wrap up your homework by eight o'cloc
time to catch a movie tonight. 
EXAMPLE 2: Okay folks, let's wrap up these exercises so we
home early tonight.
PRACTICE THE IDIOMS 
Fill in the blank with the missing word: 
1) I invited you to dinner, so let me bill. 
a) hand off b) arm c) foot 
2) My friend Kate is really it. She doesn't even know who 
Oprah Winfrey is. 
a) out of b) into c) unaware of 
3) Ted told Amber he'd need to call her back later in the evening 
since he was just to have dinner. 
a) up b) around c) about 
4) After Bob and Susan wrap the sale of their business, 
they can relax for a while. 
a) through b) around c) up 
5) Sally got a job with a law firm in Manhattan? deal! 
a) Small b) Big c) Huge 
6) We love to visit our friends in Florence, Italy. They always 
and dine us. 
a) liquor b) wine c) beer
7) Bob and Susan plan to give Nicole $ 1,000 per year of spend-
ing when she's in college. 
a) cash b) dough c) money 
8) I recommend that you go to a concert at Carnegie Hall. The 
musicians who play there are always the cream of the . 
a) crop b) lawn c) lot 
ANSWERS TO LESSON 25, p. 167 
Review for lessons 21-25 
Fill in the blank with the missing word: 
1) Next year, Ted will be traveling all the world with his 
band. 
a) about b) inside c) over 
2) After his fifth vodka, Steve was sheets to the wind. 
a) five b) three c) two 
3) For a while, the Johnsons were living a shoestring. 
They couldn't afford to eat out at restaurants. 
a) with b) on c) by 
4) When my friend lost her favorite necklace, I told her it was 
no use crying over spilt . 
a) milk b) juice c) beer 
5) Joel has a fun job. He's charge of advertising sales for 
Mad, the best humor magazine in America.
a) at b) on c) in 
6) Please put away your wallet! Let me the bill.
a) arm b) foot c) hand 
 My friend was running around like a chicken with its head 
cut off. I told her to chill . 
a) out b) in c) down 
8) Bob worked out the nuts and of the agreement with the 
National Cookie Company. 
a) details b) bolts c) tacks 
9) After Martha's neighbor chopped down her apple tree, she 
held a grudge him for years. 
a) from b) against c) for 
10) I arrived late to the stadium. The baseball game was already 
progress. 
a) through b) in c) at 
11) My friend invited me out for a drink, but I told her I'd first 
need to wrap some things at the office. 
a) through b) along c) up 
12) I'm __ _ and tired of telemarketers calling me in the eve-
ning trying to sell me stuff I don't want. 
a) sick b) ill c) angry 
13) Kristen's boss paid her a compliment. He said she was the 
best salesperson in the company. That really her day. 
a) made b) created c) ruined
14) The person seated behind me on the airplane kept on kicking 
my seat. Finally, I told him to it out. 
a) stop b) cut c) fly 
15) Amber hopes to break the modeling business after she 
graduates from high school. She can definitely model nose 
rings and tattoos! 
a) into b) in c) around 
Across 
1. First things . Before we start wandering around the streets of Paris
let's look at a map and plan our route. 
3. The company will wine and their top candidates for this position. 
5. Nicole was really looking to her school trip to Spain. 
7. Ken is an engineer. He tries to understand the nuts and of how 
things work. 
9. When the stock market collapsed, Bob lost his and sold everything
10. Nicole's boyfriend forgot his wallet, so she had to foot the . 
11. Bob no longer shops at the Village Market. He holds a against them. 
13.1 was sick and of watching my co-worker flirt with our boss. 
Down 
2. We can't afford a new computer for the office. We're running on a 
3. Bette Davis may have been a great actress, but she was a lady in 
real life. 
4. Musicians from the Juilliard School of Music are the cream of the 
6. Diane and Mike just bought a mansion. They're rolling in . 
8. Mary left her husband George for a younger man. She told George, "I 
hope there are no feelings about this." 
12. Stephen King has a long track of writing bestsellers. 
1
ANSWERS TO REVIEW, p. 167
Across 
2. The US team did not win the World Cup, but they gave it their best . 
3. You think Al should tell his boss that she's wrong? Easier said than ! 
4. The English teacher gave her students a useful of thumb. She told 
them not to repeat the same adjectives too many times in one essay. 
6. You have an exam tomorrow morning? You'd better start hitting the ! 
7. Todd doesn't like reading. It's like teeth to get him to read anything. 
11. Julie was very upset when her landlord increased her rent by 25 percent. 
Now she doesn't know how she'll make ends . 
14. Eva loves to travel. She's traveled all the world. 
15. Stop jumping up and down on the bed! If it breaks, it'll be no laughing . 
16.1 wanted to buy The New York Times this morning, but by the time I got to 
the store, they had already out. 
18. Good luck at the casino. Hopefully you'll strike it ! 
23. Jay didn't cheat during the Scrabble game. He won and square. 
24. You look very tired. We'd better call it a and go home. 
25. You paid $900 for that cappuccino maker? That's really dollar! 
28. You're going on vacation to Aruba? I'm with envy. 
Down 
1. On a hot day like today, an ice cream stick is just what the ordered! 
2. We've only got two hours to finish this project. Let's roll up our and 
start working. 
3. Pfizer really wanted to Tanya to accept their job offer, so they agreed to 
sweeten the . 
5. If you studied your idioms, this crossword puzzle should be a of cake. 
8. Ted around the bush before telling his parents that he failed his test. 
9. Mmmm, this chocolate cake is out of this ! 
10. Joe wants to join the army, but he hasn't yet broken the __ _ to his mom.
ANSWERS TO PUZZLE, p. 168 
11. Oh, you're finally home. That's a load off my ! 
12. Frank, our best salesman, hasn't made a sale all week
his _ ! 
13. Mark drove a hard and got two T-shirts for the p
17. Vivian is a night . She never goes to sleep befo
19.1 know you had your set on going skiing this we
there won' t be enough snow. 
20. You'd better get up and early to finish your hom
21. Your team won four soccer games in a row? You're on
22. All of Brianna's after-school activities cost money. He
shelling so much money. 
key
LESSON 14 : AMBER AND TED HEAT UP THE KITCHEN 
I met Bob in college. He was in my English Literature class. I liked him 
right away. For me, it was love at first sight. I wrote him several love poems, 
though I never gave them to him. Then I found out he had a girlfriend. I 
saw him making out with a girl named Joyce. It looked like she was crazy 
about Bob too. But later that week, I heard that she was a nasty person and 
that she treated him like dirt. So I decided to go ahead and ask him to the 
movies. He said he was too busy. It was crunch time, and he had to crank 
out a paper for literature class and study for several exams. But I didn't 
give up. I kept plugging away. Then one day he broke up with Joyce and 
asked me out to dinner. That was 25 years ago, and we're still together. 
Fortunately, we're still head over heels in love with each other! 
LESSON 15 : NICOLE PRACTICES HER ELECTION SPEECH 
l. b 4. a 7. c 
2. a 5.b 8. a 
3.c 6.b 
REVIEW: LESSONS 11-1 5 
1. a 5. a 9.b 
2. c 6. a 10. b 
3.b 7.b 11.b 
4. c 8. c 12. a
23. Judy made a list of books for the book club to read, b
to feel to make other suggestions. 
26. Will Democrats and Republicans every stop fighting? 
27. Tom doesn't want to go to the rock concert. Jazz is mo
LESSON 16: BOB BRINGS THE COOKIES To THE VILLAGE MARKET 
l. b 5.b 
2. b 6. a 
3. c l.b 
4 . c 8. c 
LESSON 17 : CAROL TELLS BOB THE GOOD NEWS 
1.a 5.b 
2.b 6. c 
3. a 7. a 
4 . b 8.c 
LESSON 18 : EVERYONE BAKES COOKIES 
l. c 5.b 
2.b 6.c 
3.c 7. a 
4 . a 8. b 
BONUS PRACTICE 
l. c 5. b 
2. a 6. a 
3.c 7. c 
4 . b 8.b 
LESSON 19 : NICOLE'S CLOSE ELECTION 
Ted: Nicole, my teacher gave me back my chemistry homework. I got 
a terrible grade! I thought for sure you'd help me get an "A+." 
Nicole: I'm sorry. I really did give it mv best shot, but I guess it wasn't 
good enough. 
Ted: Not good enough? That's right. You really messed up! 
Nicole: You never should've asked me to do your homework. Don' t 
try to put the blame on me for your bad grades.
try to put the blame on me for your bad grades. 
Ted: Yes, my mistake. I thought you were a sure thing! 
Nicole: So you'll get a bad grade in chemistry. Just learn to live with
Here, take one of Mom's cookies. It'll help cheer you up. 
Ted: You think a stupid cookie will cheer me up? Give me a break
LESSON 20 : BOB GETS AN ANGRY CALL FROM CAROL 
l. a 5.b 
2. b 6. c 
3. a 7.b 
4. c 8. B
REVIEW: LESSONS 16-2 0 
l. c 5. b 9. a 
2. b 6. a 10. a 
3.c 7. c 
4. a 8. b 
LESSON 21 : SUSAN GETS A SURPRISE CALL 
l. c 5.b 
2. c 6. a 
3. a 7. b 
4. c 8. a 
LESSON 22 : SUSAN SHARES THE GOOD NEWS 
l. c 5. a 
2.b 6. B