Match the idioms with the definitions

Fill in the appropriate word(s) from the list below. Use the word(s) only once.

Underline the correct word.

Assemble, quadruple, boom, trade, in the lurch, assert, surplus, output, fund, conducive

1 The ice-cream company experienced a(n).................. in sales during the hot summer. (period of sudden

growth)

2 Europe produces too much grain and sends some of the.........................to developing countries. (excess)

3 He found an extra job in order to..............his studies abroad. (pay for)

4 Industrial................................in the shipping industry has fallen steadily in the last decade. (production)

5 His job in the factory is to..........................radio parts and then pack them in boxes. (fit together)

6 The calm atmosphere in our office is.......................... to inventive work. (helpful)

7 If he hopes for promotion, he will have to................... himself more. (have confidence in)

8 We will need to.........................the number of people on the job if we want to have the order ready by Friday. (multiply by four)

9 Christmas always causes an increase in.................... (commerce)

10 I can't believe he would leave me................................ like this - just when I need his help the most! (in a difficult situation)

1 John receives a weekly wage/profit of £150 while Ann prefers to be paid her income/salary in full at the end of every month.

2 Sue has a temporary/partial job just for the summer. Tom, on the other hand, is a monthly/full time worker and is a permanent/annual employee of J&J Construction.

3 Although his monthly earnings/profits are not very high he gets salaries/perks like a company car. Her expenditure/betting on stocks and shares is high but she hopes to invest/gain a huge income/profit from them.

4 I am planning to do an advanced training course so that I can win/gain more experience and get a better job that will increase my profits/annual income. He put in a lot of extra hard job/work when the factory was going through a bad period in order to win/ receive admiration from his employers.

job, to earn, boom, to raise, to pose, figures, manufactured, to decrease, raw, unskilled, to cut back on, developing

1).................... materials 2).................... productivity 3)........................ a challenge 4).......................... output 5) unemployment................. 6)................... a living wage 7) a(n).................. in trade 8)........................... countries 9)....................... markets 10).......................... labour 11).......................... goods 12)................... their spending

1) All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy

2) A bad workman always blames his tools

3) no pain no gain

4) to make a living

5) work like a beaver

6) to do sb else's dirty work

7) the donkey work

a. an irresponsible worker who refuses tc take the responsibility when some thing goes wrong

b. to earn money from doing some form of work

c. the hard, often boring or tiring part of a job

d. if you don't push yourself, you will not get any benefits

e. to work very eagerly and quickly

f. a person who spends all his time working will become uninteresting

g. to do something someone else doesn't want to do or can' face

7) Fill in the correct word(s) from the list below:

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