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My dear friends! One of our EC members, the Way to the Moon (hope, she is still on the Earth with us! Smile!), has just given me a great idea and I am about  to implement it right away! Sure, when you hear or read English, you should catch the general sense and all my previous blogs were about understanding English idioms. But it is another matter when you start speaking or writing yourselves. You should be 100% sure how to use this or that idiom or not use it at all if you don't want to sound funny, illiteral, impolite or crazy. Ha-ha! Great beginning, isn't it?! Ha-ha! So, as you see, your teacher is back! Ha-ha! Ready for my new tricks?! Hope so!

Well, let's get down to business! In this blog I propose you to replace the words in bold with the idioms and phrasal verbs you have already learned from my previous blogs. I have chosen the idioms you had some problems to explain. So, there you go!

1. My subdean has always wanted to have her revange on me for my flirting her many years ago.

2. Last weekend we were invited to the birthday party, but we didn't know what that man likes and had a lot of doubts what present to buy.

3. I am a kind of a teacher who often critisizes his students if I am sure, they can learn better.

4. When I gave my wife a bunch of tulips, she was so surprised as they are not sold in our area.

5. We have a lot of urgent tasks to do and have to employ more people.

6. I have never thought my best friend could ever deceive me!

7. I was very upset and nervous and could hardy pull myself together and calm down.

8.  And now, I believe you will cope your jobs well, will surely give me right answers and will not disappoint me!

So, how about that? Ha-ha!

I'd like to say once again that I expect you to use the idioms we analyzed and explained in all my previous blogs about idioms. Besides, I will  give you a few days to post your replies as there is nothing to explain. Sure, I will read your comments and answer them if you need my help or just have some questiions. But I will not tell you what is right and what is wrong until you all are done, OK?

Just enjoy!

Well, as there  are no new comments, I am adding the correct answers:

1. My subdean has always had it in for my flirting her many years ago.

2. Last weekend we were invited to the birthday party, but we didn't know what makes that man tick and had a lot of doubts what present to buy.

3. I am a kind of a teacher who often finds fault with his students if I am sure, they can learn better.

4. When I gave my wife a bunch of tulips, she was taken aback as they are not sold in our area.

5. We have a lot of urgent tasks to do and have to take on more people.

6. I have never thought my best friend could ever take me in!

7. I was very upset and nervous and could hardy took grip on myself.

8. And now, I believe you will pull your weights around. You are bound to give me right answers and not to let me down !

I'd like to say that many of you have got along in this test well enough. And now you know 40 more idioms and it is so good for you!

Thanks everyone for taking part in this blog!