Chapters 20-21
I. Word combinations and word expressions for intensive study:
| to tear about the town to distrust one's mind human grieves to be at hand to be independent of one's will to get along to get rid of smth./smb. to go back to smth. in this respect to be as mean as cat's meat to turn down an offer to play to very good business to show smth. to advantage in the twinkling of an eye. a snub nose by one's side to be scared out of one's wits ready-made clothes to do smb. a good turn to hear about smb. through smb. in point of fact to come round scretch rehearsal to make allowance to be in a state of cold fury not for toffee | a small-part actress to take smb. round to go through to hold out a hand hard as nails not much of a play to get one's teeth into smth. to put a word in to shake one's head to see smb. home a halting speech to beat about the bush up to one's neck to be in a hole to crab one's chances to give a sigh of relief to be well turned out to call it a day past bearing to regain one's self-respect to attach importance to smth. to put one's foot down to turn the tables on smb. |