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Proverbs and Sayings

Cause a ……

September 17, 2021September 2, 2021 / italkyoutalk

Can you complete this English expression? It means “to cause trouble or excitement”.

Cause a …….

a) wind

b) stir

c) wild

d) fling

The answer is below!↓

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Answer: b) stir

Cause a stir!

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Hang up (one’s) ……

September 16, 2021September 2, 2021 / italkyoutalk

Can you complete this English expression? It means “to retire”.

Hang up (one’s) …….

a) hat

b) coat

c) suit

d) stick

The answer is below!↓

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Answer: a) hat

Hang up (one’s) hat!

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Run a tight …..

September 15, 2021September 2, 2021 / italkyoutalk

Can you complete this English expression? It means “to run something in an organised way, or very efficiently.

Run a tight ……

a) shop

b) bank

c) train

d) ship

The answer is below!↓

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Answer: d) ship

Run a tight ship!

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In one ….

September 14, 2021September 2, 2021 / italkyoutalk

Can you complete this English expression? It means “all at the same time” or “all at once”. For example, “She drank the beer in one…..”

In one ……

a) go

b) eye

c) chance

d) determined

The answer is below!↓

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Answer: a) go

In one go!

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Time is ……

September 13, 2021September 2, 2021 / italkyoutalk

Can you complete this English expression? It means “time is valuable”.

Time is …….

a) price

b) cost

c) money

d) silver

What do you think?

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Answer: c) money

Time is money!

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Feel out of …..

September 12, 2021September 2, 2021 / italkyoutalk

Can you complete this English expression? It means “to not feel good, or normal”.

Feel out of ……

a) kind

b) whack

c) hits

d) worse

The answer is below!↓

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Answer: b) whack

Feel out of whack!

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Keep your …… down!

September 11, 2021August 25, 2021 / italkyoutalk

Can you complete this English expression? It means “don’t speak so loudly”!

Keep your …… down!

a) noise

b) voice

c) words

d) sound

The answer is below!↓

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Answer: b) voice

Keep your voice down!

By I Talk You Talk Press – Easy English Reading

Every minute ……

September 10, 2021August 25, 2021 / italkyoutalk

Can you complete this English expression? It means “every minute is important.”

Every minute …….

a) rings

b) crucial

c) spare

d) counts

The answer is below!↓

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Answer: d) counts

Every minutes counts!

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An old …… (at doing something)

September 9, 2021August 25, 2021 / italkyoutalk

Can you complete this English expression? It means “to have experience (at doing something).

An old ……. (at doing something)

a) hat

b) leg

c) arm

d) hand

The answer is below!↓

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Answer: d) hand

An old hand (at doing something)!

By I Talk You Talk Press – Easy English Reading

Run into a ……. …….

September 8, 2021August 25, 2021 / italkyoutalk

Can you complete this English expression? It means “come up against a terrible difficulty”.

Run into a ……… ……..

a) stone door

b) brick wall

c) metal fence

d) rocky cliff

The answer is below!↓

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Answer: b) brick wall

Run into a brick wall!

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