English Exercises: Idioms: States, reactions, positions.

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UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO

FACULTAD DE ESTUDIOS SUPERIORES ACATLÁN

LICENCIATURA EN LA ENSEÑANZA DEL INGLÉS

Idioms: States, reactions, positions.

Instructions: Read the sentences 1-8 to complete the crossword with the missing words.


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ACROSS

1. When I was fired, my colleagues wanted to help me, but they had their __________ tied. They had no other option than stay quiet.

2. After years of having carried the __________ for Sarah, Jim sadly realized she would never love him.

3. Jill will blow a __________ if he finds you here. I promised him I would never talk to you again.

4. Mary has always treated me in an unfriendly way. I don´t know why she gives me the cold __________.

DOWNWARDS

5. Luke asked me the other day about Laura without realizing she was twisting the __________ in the wound.

6. Cheating on me was the final nail in our relationship´s __________. This relationship is over!

7. Whenever Mark sees people doing something unproper, he calls a spade a __________.

8. Bendicto XVI´s resign came as a _________ from the blue. Nobody expected this news.