bonnet about it. If I ever make a spelling mistake, he makes us write it out twenty  times.  4.Ford Motors have a new saloon car in the pipeline

The reason, in a nutshell, is that the company is very nearly bankrupt. 
7.- I met a man called Anthony Trollope. 
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Mmm. The name rings a bell, but I can't put a face to it. 
8. 
- Come on, John! Who is right, me or Peter? 
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Don't ask me to decide. I'm sitting on the fence.
 
Exercise3. 
Determine which of the underlined word-combinations are phraseological units. 
1. Where do you think you lost your purse? 2. When losing the game one shouldn't 
lose one's temper. 3. Have a look at the reverse side of the coat. 4. The reverse side of 
the medal is that we'll have to do it ourselves. 5. Keep the butter in the refrigerator. 6. 
Keep an eye on the child. 7. He threw some cold water upon her. Wake up. 8. I didn't 
expect that he would throw cold water upon our project. 9. The tourists left the beaten 
track and saw a lot of interesting places, 10. The author leaves the beaten track and 
offers a new treatment of the subject. 11. I don't want to have a bushman's holiday. 
12. Let's stretch a point for him. 13. The weak go to the wall. 14. She looks as if 
butter wouldn't melt in her mouth. 
Exercise 4. 
The following expressions can help you to describe people. Think literally and 
figuratively of people who 
have head for heights 
have got light fingers 
are feeling under the weather 
spend money like water 
have got ants in their pants 

have good ear for music 
are in the red 
have recently been given the brush off by somebody 
easily fly off the handle

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