Lesson 3

Lesson 3: Anecdotes and Stories

1. On the other hand However, in contrast
2. Above all Mainly, especially
3. Catch someone
red-handed To be caught in the act of doing something wrong or illegal.
4. All in all considering everything that has happened
5. No wonder It is not surprising or unexpected at all.
6. By the way Incidentally, additionally.
7. Over my dead
body In no way, under no circumstances.
expression used to indicate that something is more serious or important than
8. To say the least your words may suggest
9. At stake Something likely to be lost or damaged if something fails.
And there is no need to mention. Used to allude to things that fill out an idea
10. To say nothing of or argument.
a) Idioms

b) Examples

1. We can go to see your mother a Christmas. On the other hand, we could invite her to join us
for a holiday trip to the mountains.
2. Our director is leaving after 20 years. Above all, he'll be remembered for his kindness and
interest in staff at every level in the organization.
3. In fact, the burglar wasn't inside the flat, but on the roof, and was caught red-handed by the
police.
4. She may not be brilliant, but all in all I think she did quite well in her exams.
5. No wonder you’ve got a headache, with the amount of alcohol you drank last night.
6. I have a lot of homework due this week. I should start doing it all. By the way, I can’t go to the
movies with you tonight.
7. You will go on a date with my sister over my dead body.

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8. You should've said something about the missing money, now the boss is going to be furious to
say the least.
9. If you invest all of your money, everything you have will be at stake.
10. The yard is a mess, to say nothing of the house.

c) Write one example with each Idiom

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 d) Vocabulary Practice

Put each of the following words or phrases in its correct position in the passage below:
a)a quiver b)tied down c)advancing gently d)lie on my back e)reckoned f)slender ligatures
g)look upwards h)awaked i)bending j)sounder

"I lay down on the grass, which was very short and soft, where I slept __________ than ever I
remember to have done in my life, and, as I ___________, above nine hours; for when I
_________, it was just daylight. I attempted to rise, but was not able to stir: for as I happened
___________, I found my arms and legs were strongly fastened on each side to the ground; and
my hair, which was long and thick, __________ in the same manner. I likewise felt several
________ across my body, from my armpits to my thighs. I could only _______; the sun began to
grow hot, and the light offended my eyes. I heard a confused noise about me, but, in the posture I
lay, could see nothing except the sky. In a little time I felt something alive moving on my left leg,
which __________forward over my breast, came almost up to my chin; when, _______ my eyes
downwards as much as I could, I perceived it to be a human creature not six inches high, with a
bow and arrow in his hands, and ____________ at his back."
-Gulliver’s Travels by Jonathan Swift

 Put each of the following words or phrases in its correct position in the
passage below:

volume publication whodunit hardback best- seller

thriller
copy edition manuscript proofs paperback

1. You can see the original________ of Hamlet in the museum in Shakespeare’s own writing.
2. Before a book is sent to be printed, the author must check the _________.
3. Where is __________three of this set of encyclopedias?
4. The new government report on agricultural statistics is a very interesting ___________.
5. Have you got a _________ of Graham’s Greene’s Brighton Rock?
6. This book costs 12 dollars, but that’s the _________ price. The __________ Price costs
only five dollars.
7. His first novels didn’t sell well, but his last was a __________ and made a fortune.

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 8. The book has already been selling well for five years. Now the publishers are going to bring
out a new __________ with illustrations.
9. She likes to relax by reading a ________ about spies or crime.
10. I’m reading a __________. It’s fun trying to guess who the murderer

e) Preposition Practice

Put one of the following words in each space in the sentences below.

for / by / to / without / in / out of / by / on / at / in /

1. She paid for lunch____ advance, so we don’t need to pay now.

2. I went to the wrong house ____ mistake.

3. Please make sure that you’re ____ time for the next class.

4. I love eating in London ___ instance; one of my favorite restaurants has amazing Japanese
food.

5. I think the cat is ___ danger on that high roof.

6. I picked up the laptop and ___ my surprise it fell apart in my hands.

7. If the baby starts to cry, pick her up ___ once.

8. The book was ___ reach on a high shelf.

9. Do you always brush your teeth before bed ___ fail?

10. The little girl broke his toy __ purpose because she was so mad.