Let's Learn Some Useful English Expressions

1. lose touch - to cease to be in communication 2. track down - to find something or someone after looking for them 3. keep in touch with - to maintain communications with someone 4. come across - to meet or find by chance 5. tied down - to be restricted by responsibilities 6. live it up - to really enjoy oneself 7. in a rut - in a fixed, rather boring way of doing things 8. touch base - briefly make or renew contact with someone 9. on the go - constantly in motion, active or working 10. hark back to - to mention or remember (something from the past) 11. the good old days - a past period of better times 12. yearn for - to long for someone or something, to desire someone or something strongly

Lucy: It's a shame we 𝘭𝘰𝘴𝘵 𝘵𝘰𝘶𝘤𝘩 with most of our university friends. Matt: Why don't we 𝘵𝘳𝘢𝘤𝘬 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘮 𝘥𝘰𝘸𝘯? Haven't you 𝘬𝘦𝘱𝘵 𝘪𝘯 𝘵𝘰𝘶𝘤𝘩 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 or 𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘦 𝘢𝘤𝘳𝘰𝘴𝘴 any of them? Lucy: A few! Some have settled down, some are 𝘵𝘪𝘦𝘥 𝘥𝘰𝘸𝘯, some are 𝘭𝘪𝘷𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘪𝘵 𝘶𝘱 and others are 𝘪𝘯 𝘢 𝘳𝘶𝘵. Recently, I 𝘵𝘰𝘶𝘤𝘩𝘦𝘥 𝘣𝘢𝘴𝘦 with Steve, but he's always 𝘰𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘨𝘰. Matt: I hope one day we can get together and 𝘩𝘢𝘳𝘬 𝘣𝘢𝘤𝘬 to the 𝘨𝘰𝘰𝘥 𝘰𝘭𝘥 𝘥𝘢𝘺𝘴. Lucy: Yeah. I truly 𝘺𝘦𝘢𝘳𝘯 𝘧𝘰𝘳 them

1. Do you get very nostalgic about ____________? 2. The police have so far failed to __________ the attacker. 3. Others may ___________ life on a more even keel, but they do not feel entitled to it. 4. I've lived in the US for 10 years, so I've somewhat ___________ with British politics. 5. The newest styles _______________ the clothes of the 70's. 6. She is constantly ___________ , running around, pushing other kids, throwing toys. 7. Ken doesn't want to be __________ to any woman. 8. They _________ their members by issuing a quarterly newsletter. 9. The western cowboys usually go to town on Saturdays to _______________. 10. If you're _____________, go see an inspiring movie. 11. Turn up your dictionary when you __________ difficult words. 12. Being there gave me a chance to _________ with some friends.

1. drop out of - to abandon a course of study 2. nitwit - idiot 3. a picnic - a pleasant and easy activity 4. no joke - a difficult or serious matter 5. tycoon - a wealthy, powerful person in business or industry 6. back someone up - to support 7. for good - permanently; forever 8. change one's mind - to adopt a different opinion or plan 9. make sense - be intelligible; justifiable 10. take shortcuts - a method or means of doing something more directly and quickly than and often not so thoroughly as by ordinary procedure 11. one way or another - in any way that is possible 12. pay off - to yield good results; succeed

Bill: Sally is 𝘥𝘳𝘰𝘱𝘱𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘰𝘶𝘵 𝘰𝘧 𝘴𝘤𝘩𝘰𝘰𝘭. She's getting married in two weeks. Mike: She's a 𝘯𝘪𝘵𝘸𝘪𝘵 if she thinks that marriage is a 𝘱𝘪𝘤𝘯𝘪𝘤. That's 𝘯𝘰 𝘫𝘰𝘬𝘦. Bill: But, her husband is a business 𝘵𝘺𝘤𝘰𝘰𝘯. He's going to 𝘣𝘢𝘤𝘬 𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘶𝘱 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘨𝘰𝘰𝘥. Mike: Well, I have to 𝘤𝘩𝘢𝘯𝘨𝘦 𝘮𝘺 𝘮𝘪𝘯𝘥. It 𝘮𝘢𝘬𝘦𝘴 𝘴𝘦𝘯𝘴𝘦 to 𝘵𝘢𝘬𝘦 𝘴𝘩𝘰𝘳𝘵𝘤𝘶𝘵𝘴 to succeed in this tough and rough world. Bill: I remember when she said that she would make her dreams come true 𝘰𝘯𝘦 𝘸𝘢𝘺 𝘰𝘳 𝘢𝘯𝘰𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳. Mike: I must admit that 𝘥𝘦𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘮𝘪𝘯𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘱𝘢𝘺𝘴 𝘰𝘧𝘧!

Fill in the gaps with the appropriate expressions. 1. I never liked mushrooms before, but you really __________ with this dish. 2. It's __________ when your brakes fail on the motorway. 3. I have hopes that my perseverance will _________ one day. 4. After she found out about his latest relapse with drugs, she decided it was best to leave him _________ . 5. Early pacemakers often __________ a race before the finish. 6. After all, he became a _________ as well as a doctor. He must be rolling in money. 7. I've tried asking him but his explanations are not ________. 8. That job was no ________. They gave us a hard time indeed. 9. Don't be a ___________. Wear a seat belt! 10. We'll get out this mess ___________. 11. Mistakes were made because too many __________ were _________. 12. My family ____________ in my fight for compensation.