Task 3. Fill in the blanks with the idioms from Task 2. Change the form of the word if necessary

1. Academics … have no understanding of what is important for ordinary people.

2. For a man of 80, he has a remarkably …

3. How much of the research done by academics … is ever read or published?

4. Huskies are traditionally used in the Arctic as ….

5. I was up till … of Wednesday morning finishing off that report.

6. … that we're delighted about the new baby.

7. I've had to take … approach to disciplining my kids. The harder they work, the more money they get.

8. Just because you passed all your exams, that's no reason ….

9. She was born in … of Saturday morning.

Task 4. Match phrasal verbs with their definitions

1. carry out 2. end up 3. figure out 4. find out 5. go out 6. level off 7. look down 8. make up 9. set out 10. stay on 11. take off

a. to be in the end in the stated place, condition b. to begin a usually long or difficult course of action with a clear purpose. c. to come to understand by thinking d. to have a holiday from work on the stated day or for the stated period e. to have or show a low opinion of (esp. someone one considers socially inferior or unimportant) f. to learn or discover g. to leave the house esp. for amusement h. to perform or complete i. to prepare, arrange or put together ready for use j. to remain after the usual or expected time k. to stop climbing higher or falling lower, and continue at a fixed height