English Vocabulary in Use: Advanced Book with Answers and Enhanced eBook Vocabulary Reference and Practice 3rd Edition

Fill in B’s missing words in these conversations.
1 
A: ‘I’m afraid your insurance policy expired a month ago, so you can’t claim for the fire damage.’
B: ‘Oh no! This is like a bad 
!’
2 
A: ‘I’m afraid the boss is away this week so we’ll have to wait to sort this out till next week.’
B: ‘Oh, what a 
! Ah well, I suppose there’s nothing we can do.’
3 
A: ‘Tarek is ill and can’t come. Now Sheena’s phoned in to say she’s sick too!’
B: ‘Oh no! Two people sick! That’s all we 
!’
4 
A: ‘Wow! Look at this traffic jam. We’ll be stuck here for hours!’
B: ‘I know. It’s a real 
!’
5 
A: ‘The lawyers have said we can’t hold the festival because we haven’t done a proper risk assessment.’
B: ‘Oh no! That’s the last thing we wanted to 
!’
Read the comments and then answer the questions.
Sorry, I think 
we got our 
wires crossed 
yesterday.
The news threw me 
completely.
Sorry, I’m not with 
you. You’ve lost 
me there.
It’s a mystery to me 
how those papers 
just disappeared.
Alex
Monica
Michelle
Sabina
Ricardo
That shop is 
a complete 
shambles 
these days.
name
1 Who is talking about something disorganised and chaotic? 
2 Who thinks there’s been a misunderstanding?
3 Who can’t follow what someone has said?
4 Who can’t find an explanation for something?
5 Who didn’t know how to respond to something?
Correct the mistakes in the idioms in these sentences.
1 Jessica’s on cloud seven now she’s at university.
2 She’s on her element now she’s got a job in an architect’s office.
3 You look a bit down in the damp. What’s the matter?
4 Just look at him! He looks fed up to the front teeth!
5 I was above the moon when they told me I’d got the job.