harder workers, nicer weather.

a prettier garden.

4.We want someone who keeps his word, need

prefer respect insist on demand would like

5.How can I save face?

he she they we Mary George

6. They know you aren't leading them on. understand

realize

are grateful are confident feel sure

are certain

Homework exercise

Tell the class an expression in your language, translated into English literally, which conveys the same idea, or a similar idea, as the following idioms:

1)bite off more than one can chew

2)keep one's word

3)have the heart

4)save face

5)high and low

6)lead someone on

Drill 27

Dialogue

A:What's wrong with Jerry? I was with him in the coffee shop this noon. He was in good spirits. We were talking and laughing. Then Barbara came in. Suddenly Jerry was ill at ease.

B:Didn't you know? They had a quarrel yesterday. Jerry made fun of Barbara's hat.

A:Is that all? She doesn't hold that against him, does she?

B:No, I don't think so. But you know Barbara. She's quite particular about her appearance. Well, she lost her temper. Now she won't speak to Jerry.

A:I'd better have a talk with Barbara. She's being childish. That's nothing to get on her high horse about.

B: I'll bet Jerry could eat his words now. He'll be careful what he says about ladies' hats!

Definitions

ill at ease — not comfortable psychologically

David speaks easily in front of a small group but he seems ill at ease before a large audience. make fun of something, someone — ridicule, laugh at

I've decided that the reason Jim always makes fun of others is that he's so insecure himself. hold something against someone — blame someone for something for a period of time

I was responsible for Fred's being late to class this morning, but he doesn't hold it against me. lose one's temper — become angry

When Sam's wife told him she'd had an accident with the car, he lost his temper.

get on one's high horse — become angry and superior in attitude toward someone else Vernon is a Republican, and he gets on his high horse every time someone criticizes his party eat one's words — admit one is wrong in something one has said

Richard insisted the United States was larger than Brazil, but he had to eat his words when Elizabeth showed him the map.

Substitution drill

Repeat the following sentences, using the substitutions listed.

1.Jerry seemed ill at ease when Barbara came in. Alice,

his boss,

his mother-in-law, Pauline,

Frieda, the girls

2.He made fun of Barbara's hat.

Henry's coat.

the teacher's accent. Mae's dress.

Paul's handwriting. Marian's voice.

the governor's speech.

3.Does Barbara hold Jerry's tardiness against him? sense of humor

way of speaking manner of dressing actions last night bad behavior overeating

4.She lost her temper. Now she won't speak to Jerry. Now she won't go with us.

Now she won't do that typing. Now she won't take the medicine. Now she won't write my letter.

Now she won't tell us what hap-pened.

5.It's ridiculous for Barbara to get on her high horse about that.