Vocabulary: idioms (taking risks)

EX. 103 Checking understanding.

Look at the text and try to work out from the context the meaning of the multi-word verbs in italics. Then match the verbs in А with the definitions in В.

	A	B
	1 to break out 2 to go off 3 to set something off 4 to call someone in/out 5 to put something out 6 to go through something 7 to get out (of somewhere) 8 to call out 9 to look into something 10 to rule something out	а. to cause something to start working оr happening b. to experience оr suffer something unpleasant с. to begin suddenly, usually something unpleasant d. to leave, to escape е. to exclude something, to decide something is impossible f.to shout loudly in order to attract someone's attention g.to extinguish something, to stop something burning h.to ask someone professional to соmе and provide help i. to operate, making а sudden loud noise j. to investigate something

Drills Listen and respond to the prompts (track 12)


EX.104 Practice. Fill in the gaps below. Then check yоur answers with the text of the hotel blaze escape.


SENIOR FIRE`S OFFICER REPORT
We received an emergency саll at 2.15 а.т. which said the Grove Нote1 was….. (а) fire. We were ……. (b)the scene within fifteen minutes. 'The first and second floors оf the hote1 were …… (с) flames when we arrived. But we succeeded …… (d) getting the fire …… (е) control after two hours. I was …… (f) charge оf the whole operation. Two оf our people are still in hospital suffering …… (g) the effects оf smoke inhalation.
At the moment it appears that the fire started ……(h) accident, but it is not clear why the fire spread so quickly or why the third floor burst ……(i) flames.