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INTERMEDIATE VOCABULARY AND IDIOM QUIZ 09
Answers. These are quite difficult and you can feel pleased with yourself if you got over half of them correct.
01. Fox-hunting and deer stalking are condemned as blood sports.
02. The constant noise of the bass rhythm coming through the wall made it impossible to relax. It was more than flesh and blood could bear.
03. In the horror film, when the heroine saw the vampire, she let out a blood-curdling scream.
04. One look at Ramsbottom's green complexion and blood-shot eyes is enough to tell you that he's been on the bottle again.
05. Those blood-suckers at the tax office have demanded another $1,000.
06. I have a bone to pick with that travel agent. I want to know why he booked me on a flight that had a three-hour delay, when I could have gone direct on KLM.
07. The main bone of contention at the company's general meeting was the amount paid in fees to the non-executive members of the board.
08. The new secretary made no bones about telling the office manager that under no circumstances would she work overtime.
09. The cult leader could not be precise, but did say that he felt it in his bones that the end of the word was nigh.
10. It made my flesh creep/crawl to hear Mrs King scream when she saw that mouse.
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