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Dialogue :

British idioms

dialogue 1

Jingjing:　Mark, it's ______ since we talked about idioms.　Wanna have another ______?

Mark: ______.　What exactly did you have ______?

Jingjing:　I wonder if you could tell me ______ are ______ British—I mean, not used by ______ or other ______?

Mark:　I think you're ______.　(That's not one of them.)　I mean, I'm not ______, nor have I even visited ______ and Harry Potter.

Jingjing:　Don't you ______?

Mark:　I'd love to.　Now that I'm thinking about it, it ______ I've heard British people using, which I never hear ______.

Jingjing:　That's ______.

Mark:　The first one that ______ is ______.

Jingjing:　Ha, I knew it would be ______!

Mark:　Yeah, it's just ______.

Jingjing:　So, it ______ tea.　What's ______?

Mark:______.

Jingjing:______?

Mark:______ is a ______ form of ______.

Jingjing:　Ha ha, there's another one that ______, having to do with ______.　It is actually about an ______, right, not something else?

Mark:　That's it.　OK, for the ______, I'm going to ______: One of these means ______ while the other means ______.　You choose: ______.

Jingjing:　That's a ______.　They both ______, if they were ______.　I ______ up.

Mark:　Chuffed to bits means ______, while someone would say they're gutted when they're ______ about something.

Jingjing:　Thanks for ______, Mark.　After your coffee, I hope you'll ______ that are even ______.

dialogue 2

Jingjing:　Mark, are you ready to tell me a few ______?

Mark:　I am. ______ about what this one means: ______.

Jingjing:　That sounds like it's about ______ something, probably ______.

Mark:　That's a ______.　You're pretty much right.　It's usually about ______.

Jingjing:　Let's ______ another one.

Mark:　How about ______?　Have you heard that one?

Jingjing:　I think I've heard ______, an ______ about things going ______.　Am I ______?

Mark:　Actually, yes.　Sod's law is the idea that if something ______, it probably ______.

Jingjing:　That sounds ______.　Could you give me an ______, so that I'm sure about ______?

Mark:　It's sod's law that the one ______ in the ______ was the ______ in my ______.

Jingjing:　That sounds ______; but I think ______.　Do we have time for ______?

Mark:　How about three?　Which one of these do you think is about ______?　One: ______ ; two: ______; or three: ______.

Jingjing:　Geez, that's ______.　Bogs are usually ______.　How about ______?

Mark:　Nope: bog standard refers to something ______, like ______ that didn't have any ______ information or ______.

Jingjing:　My second guess is ______.　I guess that could refer to ______.

Mark:　You're right!　A ______ is such a ______ that people need to drive ______.

Jingjing:　What about ______?　That sounds like a ______ way to ______.

Mark:　It is a ______, very close in meaning to ______.　So, it's about something ______.

Jingjing:　Well, thanks for telling me about so many ______, Mark.　Our talk was ______.

new words and phrases

bark up the wrong tree:

builder's tea:　

brolly:　

gutted:　

chuffed to bits:　

over-egg the pudding:　

sod's law:

pea-souper:　

bog standard:　

tickety-boo: