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Theme Panels Please purchase PDF Split-Merge on www.verypdf.com to remove this 440 Theme panels Anger 'What's wrong?' asked Claire. 'You've been like a bear with a sore head all morning.' 'I've had it up to here,' I replied. 'I've got three reports to write by five o'clock, and if I don't fmish them on time, Bill's going to hit the roof. I've already put his back up by refusing to work late, and he's likely to blow a fuse if I don't get this job done.' Just then, the phone rang. It was the managing director asking me if I would help show some clients around the office. This was the second time she'd asked me and, although it was a pain in the neck, I had to agree because she was the one person I didn't want to rub up the wrong way. Two hours later, I was still busy.As we reached my department, Claire came running up to me. 'Where've you been?' she whispered. 'Bill's on the warpath because you haven't done those reports yet.' At that moment, he appeared by the door, with a face like thunder. He was just about to let rip when he saw the managing director standing next to me. 'Hello, Bill,' she said. 'Let me introduce you to some very important clients.' rub sb up the wrong way British & being angry hit the ceiling/roof informal Y Australian V rub sb the wrong way American r">. to become very angry and~art shouting to annoy someone without intending to ruffle sb's feathers ~_ blow a fuse informal .?'\, "to become very angry and shout or to make someone annoyed behave in a violent way be a pain in the neck informal be on the warpath humorous X to be very annoying . to be looking for someone you are angry with in order to speak angrily to them or drive/send sb round the bend informal punish them to make someone very angry, especially a face like thunder .y by continuing to do something annoying a very angry expression X X have/throw a fit informal go spare informal to become very angry / talking angrily to someone x: ~Z let rip to suddenly express your emotions to react in a very angry way to without control something someone says or does _. . _ ~ . . "\/ give sb an earful informal 7~ have had It (up to here) informal '-, to tell someone how angry you are with to be so angry about something that you them do not want to continue with it or think fly off the handle informal about it any more be fed up to the back teeth British & Australian, informal being in a bad mood '<"' . to be angry because a bad situation has be like a bear with a sore head continued for too long or a subject has British & Australian to be in a bad mood which causes you to been discussed too much treat other people badly and complain a lot X making someone angry .....................................................................get out of bed on the wrong side < get/put sb's back up informal to be in a bad mood and be easily to do or say something which annoys annoyed all day -s-:" someone - '"""-.. Please purchase PDF Split-Merge on www.verypdf.com to remove this 441 Theme panels Business Richard had always been determined to make it in business. After leaving school, he set up a stall in the market selling cheap COs and cassettes and was soon doing a roaring trade. Being a big fish in a small pond was not enough for him, however. He knew that if he wanted to be a big shot in the business world, he needed to stay ahead of the pack. Over the next few years, he opened eight shops in the area and became known as a hard-nosed businessman who drove a hard bargain. Even when other companies were going to the wall, he kept going. He's now one of the most successful business people in the region, but unlike some fat cats, he supports a lot of local charities and looks after his staff well. He often says he'd like to retire soon, but I can't see him hanging up his hat just yet - he loves his job too much. succeeding in business doing business y make it drive a hard bargain )<. "- to demand a lot or refuse to give much when making an agreement with be ahead of the pack someone to be more successful than other people >( who are trying to achieve the same cut a deal American to make an agreement or an things as you arrangement with someone, especially corner the market K in business or politics to become so successful at selling or run a tight ship :""'making a particular product that almost to control a business or other no one else sells or makes it organization firmly and effectively to be successful, especially in a job >:. 0 hard-nosed successful people ..................................................................... 'Z ;;rl: practical and determined a big shot informal making money an important or powerful person in a group or organization do a roaring trade British & ( .) a big fish in a small pond )(. Australian "'one of the most important people in a to sell a lot of goods quickly ::...7 small organization who would have make a killing informal much less power and importance if they to earn a lot of money very easily were part of a larger organization a money-spinner British & y Australian a fat cat informal an impolite way of referring to someone a business or product that makes a lot of money for someone who is very rich and powerful x.. a high-flier Y- someone who is very successful at their job and soon becomes powerful or rich stopping work hang up your hat to leave your job for ever behaving dishonestly ..................................................................... be on the make ~_ trying to get money or power in a way that is not pleasant or honest cook the books informal to record false information in the accounts of an organization, especially in order to steal money K >-; .. K._ a large sum of money which is given to have your fingerslhand in the till someone when they leave a company, to steal money from the place where you especially if they are forced to leavework a golden handshake », Please purchase PDF Split-Merge on www.verypdf.com to remove this Theme panels 442 Dishonesty Have you seen that new drama on television? I must watch the next part tonight. It's about a lonely woman who meets this guy in a club. They start to chat but you can see immediately that he's a bit ofa fast talker and probably up to no good. He tells her he's a doctor and that his wife died some time ago. Of course it all turns out to be a pack of lies. They begin a relationship but she gets suspicious about his past and wants to know more. He tries to pull the wool over her eyes by telling her that he finds it too painful to talk about his dead wife. He then tells her some cock-andbull story about needing to payoff a debt and asks her to lend him quite a large amount of money. At the end of last week's episode she'd just discovered that he'd been lying through his teeth - his wife is alive all the time. They try to steal her passport and she catches them red-handed. I can't wait to see what happens tonight! do sth under false pretences to do something when you have lied about who you are or what you are doing a fast talker American & .,.;:/ Australian, informal / . be up to no good informal .x.. someone who can talk in a clever way in if someone is up to no good, they are order to persuade people to believe doing something bad '\7 something that is not true smell fishy informal /.,X, a snake in the grass ' if a situation or explanation smells fishy, someone who pretends to be your friend it causes you to think that someone is while secretly doing things to harm you being dishonest '. /.' be as slippery as an eel )<. funny business informal X someone who is as slippery as an eel dishonest or unpleasant actions cannot be trusted a bad egg mainly American, y telling lies informal . " someone who behaves in a bad or lie through your teeth X ..... dishonest way to tell someone something that you know is completely false a dishonest person deceiving someone pull the wool over sb's eyes / ", to deceive someone in order to prevent them from knowing what you are really doing take sb for a ride )~ to cheat or deceive someone pull a fast one informal to successfully deceive someone . sell sb a bill of goods American'--::: to make someone believe something that is not true y dishonest activities a pack of lies a tissue of lies formal a story that someone has invented in order to deceive peoplea cock-and-bull story informal )<. a story or explanation which is obviously not true r-:»: 7 be economical with the truth humorous to not be completely something honest ",/ /'-about discovering dishonest activities .................................................... d x. Y . play dirty informal catch sb red-handed to behave dishonestly, especially by to discover someone doing something cheating in a game that is wrong or not legal Please purchase PDF Split-Merge on www.verypdf.com to remove this Theme panels 443 Happiness and Sadness It was Maria's 21st birthday, a day on which she should have felt on top of the world. Instead she was feeling down in the dumps because she had just started a new job in a new town, away from her family and friends.As she got out of bed, she heard the sound of the post being delivered. Running downstairs, she jumped for joy when she saw four envelopes on the doormat. But when she looked closer, her heart sank as she realized they were bills, not birthday cards. All day at work, she went around with a long face. Even though she was very happy to be doing a job she loved so much, she still couldn't help feeling out of sorts. However, when she got home and opened the front door, there was a sudden shout of 'Surprise!', and her parents and friends appeared carrying presents and bottles of champagne. Maria was over the moon that everyone had made such an effort, and she spent the rest of the evening on cloud nine. being happy being sad feel on top of the world be on cloud nine informal be full of the joys of spring British & Australian, humorous be in seventh heaven humorous to feel very happy ~ be down in the dumps informal to be unhappy 'x, jump for joy to be very happy about something that has happened good be thrilled to bits informal be over the moon informal be tickled pink old-fashioned to be extremely pleased about something be floating/walking on air to be very happy and exclied because something very pleasant has happened to you like the cat that got the cream British & Australian like the cat that ate the canary a long face a very sad expression be out of sorts to feel slightly ill or slightly unhappy a misery guts informal someone who complains all the time and is never happy be in the doldrums to feel sad and lack the energy to do anything being disappointed sb's heart sinks if someone's heart feel sad or worried sinks, they start to making someone upset American annoying other people by looking very pleased with yourself about something good that you have done hit sb where it hurts (most) to do something which will someone as much as possible making someone happy cut sb to the quick old-fashioned to upset someone by criticizing them x.. make sb's day to make someone very happy upset kick sb in the teeth to treat someone badly or unfairly, especially at a time when they need support Please purchase PDF Split-Merge on www.verypdf.com to remove thi Theme panels 444 Health I'd been feeling a bit off-colour for a while. I'd been more tired than usual and getting lots of headaches, and was generally a bit below par. It was worst in the morning. I'd get up feeling like death warmed up. I looked ill too. My mother commented when she saw me that I was as white as a sheet. She suggested that I take a break and recharge my batteries. A week away from the office did me a power of good. I came back feeling as right as rain! a basket case feeling ill ," be/feel under the weather /" be off-colour British & Australian to feel ill or less well than usual y be below par not be up to par to be slightly ill / ./ ./ be as sick as a dog informal be as white as a sheet be off your rocker informal eo/' be off your trolley humorous "<, be as nutty as a fruitcake British & Australian, informal to be crazy \( to be very sick someone who is crazy and unable to organize their life recovering/being healthy )< X be as right as rain to be very pale, usually because you are ill to feel well be in a bad way British & Australian to be ill, unhappy or in a bad state like death (warmed be as fit as a fiddle to be very healthy up) British & Australian like death (warmed over) /--- y' recharge your batteries to rest in order to get back your strength and energy ; j.." be up and about/around ~ American if you feel or look like death warmed up, to be well enough to get out of bed and move around you feel or look very ill the dreaded lurgy British & ...L Australian, humorous an illness which is not serious but passes easily from person to person a clean bill of health a statement that someone is healthy death be pushing up daisies humorous mental illness to be dead not be all there informal to be slightly crazy not be right in the head to be mentally ill lj /< x: pop your clogs British, humorous to die • '<.. do sb a power of good informal to make someone feel much better Please purchase PDF Split-Merge on www.verypdf.com to remove this 445 Helping Theme panels r- Jennifer has resigned. She was fed up with continually having to be at Andrew's beck and call. I don't blame her, actually. He expected her to wait on him hand and foot - but she was his secretary, not a slave, and there are limits! When she first started to work here she bent over backwards to do everything as Andrew wanted. I suppose she was grateful to him because he helped her get a foot in the door. She was such a pleasant person to have around the office, always lending a hand if someone had a problem and taking the new girls under her wing. But then Andrew began to make her cover up for his mistakes, saying that he would give her a leg up if she wanted promotion - I think it was a case of you scratch my back and I'll scratch yours. Well Jennifer doesn't like being taken for granted and when the promotion never happened I guess she got tired of doing his dirty work for him. helping someone more than you should be at sb's beck and call to be always willing and able to do what someone asks you to do someone who is younger or has less experience than you go to bat for sb American & Australian to give help and support to someone who is in trouble, often by talking to someone else for them wait on sb hand and foot to do everything for someone so that in sb's hour of need they do not have to do anything for at a time when someone needs help very much themselves do sb's dirty work A friend in need (is a friend to do something unpleasant or difficult indeed). for someone else because they do not something that you say which means want to do it themselves that someone who gives you help when y you need it is a really good friend givelhand sth to sb on a plate f "'to let someone get something very easily, without having to work for it trying very hard to help helping someone succeed in their job ..................................................................... go toltake great pains to do sth to make a great effort to do something bendJIean over backwards to do sth to try very hard to do something, especially to help or please someone else X get a/your foot in the door )( to start working at a low level in an organization because you want a better fall over yourself to do sth job in the same organization in the future to be very eager to do something give sb a leg up to help someone be more successful when people need special help take sb under your wing to help and protect someone, especially helping someone when they help you You scratch my back and I'll scratch yours. something that you say in order to tell someone that you will help them if they will help you Please purchase PDF Split-Merge on www.verypdf.com to remove this 446 Theme panels Intelligence and Stupidity 'Do you remember Sean Hughes? He was in your class at school.' 'Of course 1do!He used to goto sleep during lessons. Everyone said he had nothing between his ears. I don't know why he was put in our class - he really was out of his depth. I remember once he was asked to demonstrate an experiment in chemistry, and he didn't have the faintest idea what to do. He was a rugby player as well, wasn't he? All brawn and no brains, I suppose. I wonder what's happened to him now.' 'Well,you'll never guess, but it turns out that Sean's really quite a bright spark. I found out yesterday he's the brains behind the new computer software company that everyone's talking about.' 'Sean Hughes - a brain box? I don't believe it!' being intelligent being stupid a brain box British & Australian, have nothing between your ears informal a very intelligent person informal to be stupid be as bright as a button British & be all brawn and no brains Australian to be physically strong but not very to be intelligent and able to think quickly intelligent a bright spark British & Australian be as thick as two (short) planks an intelligent person British, informal be dead from the neck up be the brains behind sth to be the person who plans and humorous organizes something, especially to be very stupid something successful a smart aleclaleck informal not knowing about someone who is always trying to seem more clever than everyone else in a way something that is annoying ~~'~~~'~;';~~;"~~~~~""'~>("" knowing about something to not have the knowledge,experience or skills to deal with a particular subject or situation a mine of information a person or a book with a lot of not have the faintest (idea) information to have no knowledge of or no information about something be in the know informal to know about something which most the blind leading the blind a situation where someone is trying to people do not know about show someone else how to do something know your onions British & which they do not know how to do Australian, humorous themselves to know a lot about a particular subject X' Please purchase PDF Split-Merge on www.verypdf.com to remove this 447 Theme panels Interest and Boredom ?"" Every summer, my cousin Nick used to come to stay for a month. I didn't look forward to it much because he wasn't interested in anything I did and he always complained he was bored stiff in the country. I was big on horse-riding in those days, but horses left him cold, and while I was out riding, he stayed at home, kicking his heels. I once asked him what sports he did like, but he said he didn't go a bundle on sport and preferred playing computer games. One morning at breakfast, I was telling my Dad about a local rock band who were looking for a guitarist, and I noticed that Nick was all ears. That morning, he went into town with his guitar and returned later to say he'd joined the band. He was champing at the bit with impatience and could hardly wait to start practising. He's now been playing with the band for a year and he loves it. Their music's not everyone's cup of tea, but they're really popular with the local kids, and they're even thinking of making a record. Who knows, Nick might even be famous one day! being interested in something ...................... not go a bundle on sth British, informal to not like something be big on sth K to be very interested in something and not be sb's cup of tea think that it is important if someone or something is not your cup of tea, you do not like them or you are be all ears informal '<, to be very eager to hear what someone is not interested in them X going to say not give a damn informal X not care/give a toss British, to like something or someone very much informal to not be interested in or worried about or to be very interested in them something or someone have a thing about sth/sb informal being eager to do something sb's heart isn't in sth if someone's heart is not in something that they are doing, they are not very be champing/chomping at the bit to be very keen to start an activity or to interested in it go somewhere get-up-and-go being bored energy and enthusiasm be bright-eyed and bushy-tailed be bored stiff humorous be bored to death/tears X to be full ofenergy and eager to do things to be very bored kick your heels British someone who works very hard and is to be forced to wait for a period of time very enthusiastic be at a loose end British & Australian not being interested in to have nothing to do an eager beaver something leave sb cold if something leaves you cold, it does not cause you to feel any emotion Please purchase PDF Split-Merge on www.verypdf.com to remove this Theme panels 448 Liking and not Liking X I've got four sons and I love them all to bits, although I must admit I've got a bit of a soft spot for the youngest, who's only three and very cute. The older two get on like a house on fire, but always seem to have it in for the third. They get into terrible arguments with each other, and it usually ends up with one of them saying that he hates the other's guts and storming out of the house. It really gets on my husband's nerves. Still, the oldest seems to have taken a shine to a girl in his class, which gets him out of the house a bit. She's very quiet and not especially pretty; but I suppose there's no accounting for taste. being annoyed by something or someone liking people the apple of sb's eye the person who someone loves most and get up sb's nose British & is very proud of Australian, informal get on sb's wick British & love sb to bits informal Y, Australian, informal to like or to love someone a lot to annoy someone get on like a house on fire informal if two people get on like a house on fire, they like each other very much and become friends very quickly the bane of your life ~ someone or something that is always causing problems for you and upsetting you X get/grate on sb's nerves informal a mutual admiration society to annoy someone, especially by doing humorous a situation in which two people express something again and again a lot of admiration for each other sb's pet hate British & Australian sb's pet peeve American take a shine to sb informal something that you do not like at all to like someone immediately have a soft spot for sb to feel a lot ofaffection for one particular person, often without knowing why be sb's main squeeze American, opinions on what people like ..................................................................... (It's) different strokes for different folks. mainly American informal something that you say which means to be the person that someone has a that different people like or need romantic or sexual relationship with different things sing sb/sth's praises each to his/her own to praise someone or something very something that you say which means much that it is acceptable for people to like or believe in different things X not liking people have a downer on sb British & Australian, informal to not like someone hate sb's guts informal to hate someone have it in for sb informal Y One man's meat is another man's poison. something that you say which means that something one person likes very much can be something that another person does not like at all There's no accounting for taste! something that you say when you cannot to be determined to harm or criticize understand why someone likes someone something or someone Please purchase PDF Split-Merge on www.verypdf.com to remove this