dialogue 1
Jingjing: Tudubem, Mark? What would you like to ---------- today?
Mark: Anything except-------would be fine. We could chat sometime abouthow the ---------compares to other -------------. I've been------------ ----------------that.
Jingjing: OK, then. I think it's been a long time since we --------------------
Mark: That'sa great ------------! Can I give you a -----------?
Jingjing: Sure. I hope I do well!-
Mark: I---------youwill. To show you understand how -----------, you just have to answer ---------------------------------
Jingjing: Um, do you mean the idiom would only be about -----------------?
Mark: Yeah. It would be------------------------------ idioms about the--------------.
Jingjing: Alright. I'm ready as -------------------. Start with some------------------------
Mark: Sure. The first one is ---------------------------.
Jingjing: That's for a----------, isn't it? I assume the word sight isspelled -----------
Mark: You'reright! It's used to ------------------------------
Jingjing: That was easy. ----------------------with the next one.
Mark: Thesecond one is-----------------------
Jingjing: That must be for ---------------- It sounds like the way someonewould describe a----------------------------r something like that.
Mark: --------------Jingjing. Yeah, people would say that----------- for wear, meaning it's in----------------and ----------------------
Jingjing: Ihave to make ---------- in a minute. Give me one more to consider and---------------
Mark: Three: ---------------------------
Jingjing: Hmm. OK. Talk to you in a few minutes, Mark.
dialogue 2
Jingjing: Mark, have you seen better days?
Mark: Ihave. ---------- Are you trying to use that idiom --------------? I thought you'd -----------------!
Jingjing: Ido. That was --------------. So, if people say it has seen betterdays, they're almost --------------, -------------someone's ----------, or evena s----------------
Mark: You're--------------- Let me----------- toward the-----------------of my list,where all th---------------------- are, OK?
Jingjing: -----------------by me.
Mark: Here,number 4 for you: up--------------------
Jingjing: Iheard that before. Yeah, I know, it's ----------------- to say they're introuble and have----------------------------their problems.
Mark: Yes. I thought that one would-----------you, because-------------------, anarea with a very small----------------
Jingjing: Yeah, yeah, I'm not -----------------------------
Mark: Oh,here's a------------ for your number 5: ---------------------
Jingjing: Isthat really ---------- I thought that was just a -------------------verb. To put one over on someone means--------- or------them intoaccepting something --------------------
Mark: You'reright about it referring--------------- and what -------------- I guessit's a phrasal verb -----------------, now that I think about it.
Jingjing: I justhave another ---------------- Give me the ----------------------- on yourlist.
Mark: OK,number 6: ---------------
Jingjing: Uh, I'd have to say it refers to -------------------------and not anobject.
Mark: Yes! That's the------------ answer. You got a ------------'ll have tomake a list ------------ if I ever wanna-------------------------Jingjing.
Jingjing: This was a ----------, Mark. And the person I had to-go sent me the------------money she------------ me. It looks like everything is ------------------
Mark: Well,I hope the rest of your day goes smoothly.
Jingjing: Thanks, Mark. Até logo.
new words andphrases
from dialogue 1
Todo bem: (Portuguese) hello; Howare you? “Everything well?”
a sight for soreeyes:
worse for wear:
has seen better days:
from dialogue 2
up the creek: (idiom)
put one over<on someone>:
coming up roses:
get one past <someone>: