Here are a few more idiomatic expressions that occur in the text. Try to use them in sentences of your own.
1. Caught my eye
2. He’d had enough
3. Laugh ourselves silly
4. Can’t bring myself to
5. Break somebody’s heart
6. Close/Dear to heart
7. From the (bottom of your) heart
8. Have a heart
9. Have a heart of stone
10. Your heart goes out to somebody .
Answers
1. Caught my eye While I was in the market, a beautiful purse had caught my eye.
2. He’d had enough The teacher said that they’d had enough and he wanted all the notebooks by Wednesday.
3. Laugh ourselves sily He laughed ourselves silly on his stupd jokes.
4. Can’t bring myself I can’t bring myself to terms with this tragedy.
5. Break somebody’s heart It is not a good habit to break somebody’s heart.
6. Close to heart I am very close to my father’s heart.
7. From the (bottom! of your) heart I thank you from the bottom of my heart for being my mentor.
8. Have a heart I request you to have a heart and look again at my application.
9. Have a heart of stone It is said that people like Hitler have a heart of stone.
10. Your heart goes out to somebody As I looked at shabbily dressed up children, my heart went out to them.
Answer:
- The restaurant was a busy one, and it was quite some time before we managed to catch the waiter's eye. ...
- laugh uncontrollably or for a long time.
- to not be able to force yourself to do something that you think is unpleasant: I just couldn't bring myself to talk to him about it.
- When he'd had suffered with pain enough, he went to the doctor.
- When we see somebody falling suddenly, we laugh ourselves silly.
- When Annie left him, it broke his heart.
- It'll break your father's heart if you tell him you're quitting the team.
- It breaks my heart that his career has been ruined.
- It would break her heart to leave the lovely old stone house where she'd lived for so long.
Explanation:
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