Fill in the missing word/phrase. There are two answers you do not need to use.
shrugged • nephew • colleagues • reliable • tapping • got over • acquaintances • slim • stubborn • showed up
1 Tim was .................... his foot nervously while he was waiting for his test results.
2 Jane is a pretty girl with blue eyes and a(n) .................... build.
3 Don't worry, Greg will be here on time; he's very .................... .
4 When Mel told his .................... that he was leaving the company, they decided to buy him a going-away present.
5 I don't think Claire is going camping this weekend; she still hasn't .................... her cold.
6 When we complained to the waiter about the noisy people at the next table, he just .................... his shoulders and said he couldn't do anything about them.
7 Nadia is so ....................! She never listens to anyone, and does whatever she wants.
8 I only met Mike two weeks ago at a party. We're not really friends, we're just ....................
- Нервно постукивал ногой — tapping (tap one's foot). Было: Tim was tapping his foot.
- Стройное телосложение — slim build.
- Придёт вовремя, значит надёжный — reliable.
- Сообщил коллегам об уходе из компании — colleagues.
- Ещё не оправилась от простуды — got over (get over a cold). После hasn't нужна форма причастия: got.
- Пожал плечами — shrugged his shoulders.
- Никого не слушает, делает что хочет — stubborn (упрямая).
- Познакомились две недели назад, не друзья — acquaintances (знакомые).
Лишние слова: nephew, showed up.
Устойчивые сочетания: tap one's foot, slim build, shrug one's shoulders, get over an illness. Reliable — «надёжный», stubborn — «упрямый», acquaintances — «знакомые», colleagues — «коллеги».
- tapping
- slim
- reliable
- colleagues
- got over
- shrugged
- stubborn
- acquaintances
