1. English Conversations
Practice and Learn Module
90 minutes
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2. Overview 
• Went like clockwork
• Really chic
• It’s a cross
• Put to sleep
• He got a taste for
• Been told off before
• Wipe out
• Stamp out
• I’m in the dark
• Give us a lift home
• In low spirits
• With open arms
• He’ll see red
• Pay through the nose
• Tailor your resume
• Smell a rat
• Got his head screwed on
• Chewing the fat
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3. Overview 
• Take after
• Hit the sack
• A close shave
• A far cry from
• Daylight robbery
• A stone’s throw away
• Hanging out
• Popping the question
• Get a hang of it
•Take the bull by the horns
•A bee in your bonnet
•Give up the ghost
•Playing hardball
•Up to the hilt
•At a premium
•Capital gains
•Went up the wall
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4. Really chic

5. It’s a cross

6. Put to sleep

7. Got a taste for

8. Has been told off

9. Wipe out

10. Stamp out

11. In the dark

12. A lift

13. In low spirits

14. With open arms

15. See red

16. Pay through the nose

17. Tailor

18. Smell a rat

19. Got his/her head screwed on

20. Chewing the fat

21. Take after

22. Hit the sack

23. A close shave

24. A far cry

25. Daylight robbery

26. Stone’s throw away

27. Hanging out

28. Popping the question

29. Get a hang of it

30. Bee in your bonnet

31. Give up the ghost

32. Playing hardball

33. Up to the hilt

34. At a premium

35. Capital gains

36. Went up the wall

37. Glossary
“A dialogue (sometimes spelled dialog) is a
conversation between two or more people. It is also a
literary form in which two or more parties engage in a
discussion. It is used to make a person feel like they are
there listening to the conversation happen in person.”
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