DESPERATE HOUSEWIVES_S1/Ep16_The Ladies Who Lunch

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1. Match the parts of the sentences

Draggable item		Corresponding Item
The fallout of their argument affected not just them		any credit for it.
You should steer clear of that restaurant because		so we’re staying inside.
You should be proud of your progress instead		for being late.
He was very discreet about his personal life and		didn’t share much even with close friends.
It’s a bit hypocritical to criticize others for		out with her ex-boyfriend.
The trip will take about		clutter that we haven’t used in years.
Beware of the dog - it’s very protective		two hours, give or take.
His name slipped my mind		during the introduction, and I felt so embarrassed.
The weather is lousy,		spending too much money when you do the same thing.
His breath reeked of garlic,		of its owner and might bite strangers.
I could really use a cup of coffee right now because		and it was impossible to stand close to him.
The attic is filled with old		I’ve heard they have terrible food and bad service.
He came down with a fever last night,		I didn’t get much sleep last night and I feel exhausted.
She always makes up excuses		but also their mutual friends, who had to pick sides.
She worked hard but didn’t get		of being hard on yourself all the time.
Scientists are working hard to stop the		worrying so much about every little mistake.
You need to lighten up and stop		so he had to cancel his plans for the weekend.
She caught her best friend making		outbreak of the virus before it spreads to other countries.

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Complete the gaps with the given words and phrases. You will find them below the exercise
She’s always too _________  on herself when things don’t go perfectly, even if she did her best.
He’s about 30 years old, ______________________  or take.
He acted all kind and generous in public, but in private, he was rude and selfish. That was so _________________  of him.
I was supposed to call her back, but it completely ____________  my mind.
You should ______________  scams when shopping online, especially if a deal seems too good to be true.
They ______________________  to leave the party early because they weren’t having a good time.
He decided to ________________  of any drama at work by keeping his opinions to himself.
The _____________  of flu in our school forced many students to stay home for a week because they all got sick at the same time.
The ____________  of the war lasted for years, with entire cities left in ruins and millions of people displaced.
He tried to be _____________  about his feelings, but everyone could see that he was in love.
The whole team should _______________  for the success, not just the manager.
Too much ____________  in your workspace can make it hard to concentrate.
The trash ___________  so badly that we had to take it outside immediately.
I think I’m ________________  with a cold because my throat is sore, and I keep sneezing.
He always takes jokes too seriously, and I wish he would _______________  and just enjoy the conversation.
That was a __________  movie! The plot made no sense, and the acting was awful.
You look stressed out - you ______________  a short break to relax and clear your mind.
They spent the whole evening _______________  in the backseat of his car, completely ignoring their friends.

3. Make up ONE sentence using both of the given phrases
1. make up excuses + slip one's mind

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2. fallout + outbreak

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3. reek + I could use

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4. beware of + hypocritical

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5. come down with something + steer clear of

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6. lousy + get credit

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7. make out + give or take

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8. be hard on yourself + clutter

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3. Find and correct one mistake in each line
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1. Some scandals allow themselves with a shout.
_______ 
2. Throw me a 20, and I'll book you up with free porn.
_______ 
3. And once in great while, there comes a scandal so deliciously solid, its roar drowns out all other noise.
_______ 
4. Yes, the scandalous arrest of Maisy Gibbons would soon approve to be the shot heard round the world.
_______ 
5. There's been an outbreak of head lies.
_______ 
6. Please calm down, ma'am. Our position is that there's nothing to begin by pointing fingers.
_______ 
7. So, Mike, the substance is killing us.
_______ 
8. I'll do the job for you of course, but you're still looking at six, seven grand, minimum.
_______ 
9. Innocence until proven guilty, my man.
_______ 
10. It'll be worth it. I got debt on Maisy Gibbons.
_______ 
11. Mike and I were just a flint.
_______ 
12. Well, I also loved jerk food and I gave that up and I survived.
_______ 
13. It's this little white thing. Look, it looks like accessory seed.
_______ 
14. If rulers start flying, these boys can kiss campouts and pool parties goodbye.
_______ 

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4. Complete the gaps. The first letters are given
[00:10:07 - 00:20:36]
1. It's all here. A_______ , title search and escrow documents.
2. Forget it, it's part of the business. I expect to get s_______  o_______ .
3. - Just d_______  it by tomorrow.
- Or I could just keep it.
- What?
- It's a joke, Paul. I know your wife's dead and all, but it's been six months. L_______  up.
4. My necklace! Oh, you know, I l_______  this to Martha three months ago. And she said that it went down the d_______ . I miss how we used to s_______  things from one another.
5. So, he's smart enough to use g_______ , but he leaves her blood-s_______  jewellery lying around for anyone to find? Please. Is that what you'd do if you killed someone?
6. - Have you ever been to Salt Lake City?
- No. I try to s_______  c_______  of Utah. It's a little too conservative for me.
7. With no indoor p_______ , Gabrielle was now f_______  to improvise when it came to her personal h_______ , wherever and whenever she had the opportunity.
8. Guys, we should be ashamed of ourselves for r_______  in that woman's m_______ .
9. Well, I hear from a very r_______  s_______  that Maisy's gonna c_______  a d_______  with the p_______ . Apparently, she has some high-profile johns and the DA's looking for a second term.
10. So, the u_______  is Maisy is going to t_______  o_______  her little black book with all of her clients' names.
11. Can you imagine the f_______  when this goes public?
12. - That's the only nice thing I could say about my first husband. He t_______  me how to b_______ .
- He played poker?
- No. He was l_______ in bed. I had to fake a lot of orgasms. You don't have to r_______ .
13. - What do friends do? They call. They're s_______ . They ask about the pain the other person is going through and then they listen.
- What if you want to be supportive, but you just c_______  s_______  listening to people bitch?
14. - God, I have to go to the bathroom again.
- Go to Bree's.
- I've been to Bree's. Twice today.
- Then go to Susan's.
- I hate Susan's. She has all these weird s_______  c_______ . Her house r_______  of apricot. H_______ .
- How about Lynette's?
- No, you don't understand. I don't want to go to anybody's house anymore. I'm tired of knocking on doors and m_______  up e_______  as to why we haven't fixed our p_______ .
15. I keep thinking that maybe it was the p_______  z_______ that I took them to last week. That Iama was really i_______ .
16. - So don't be so h_______  on yourself.
- I guess. Still, I can't h_______  but feel a little g_______ . After all, my kids started an e_______  l_______  o_______ .
17. Here's the thing. Acting like parents won't a_______  b_______  is like p_______  they don't keep score at Pee Wee League games. It's human nature. If you don't give the moms someone to blame, they'll pick a s_______ .
18. Meanwhile, at the Fairview County Prison, Maisy Gibbons was d_______  to find out she had a visitor. But she was soon reminded, one should always b_______  of visitors b_______  gift baskets.

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5. Complete the gaps with the given words and phrases. You will find them below the exercise
[00:20:37 - 00:29:35]
1. - So, what brings you here?
- I need a ___________ .
- I ____________________ .
2. - I have some money that I've been putting __________  for emergencies. It can be all yours, if you just...
- Keep my mouth _________ ?
- Continue to be _____________ .
3. Did you bring a big basket of ________________  when you knew we couldn't even pay our __________ ? If you did, those _____________  of friendship seem to have ____________  my mind.
4. I'm not interested. But you do _______________  for one thing. You came to visit me. Even if it was for an _____________  motive. None of the other girls from the club _____________ . I've been ______________ . Guess that's what happens when you become the town whore.
5. I decided that my life is way too ________________ . And so I'm ________________ . I am ________________  of the ____________ .
6. - Don't worry, I'm not gonna _________  him.
- It doesn't matter anymore.
- Well, don't _________________ . I still have every ______________  of sleeping with him. Some mountains are just meant to be ____________ .
7. - How long have you been sitting here?
- I don't know. Five minutes, _________________  three hours?
8. Because you're coming with me. It's time to _______________ .
9. Becuse that's what normal women do when they get depressed. They put on short skirts, they go to bars with thier girlfriends, maybe have one too many and then _____________  with some strange man in the back of a dark alley.
10. I never said I cared. It's just... Well, I guess I know what it's like to have your heart _______________ .
11. I hate them all. Look at them just ____________  at us. They're so damn cocky, like they know they have the _______________ . 
12. Now we're just lonely and desperate, and they know it. And they just sit there, ready to ___________ , waiting for us to take any __________  they're willing to __________  our way. I don't want crumbs. I want Mike.
13. I'm telling you, he's hiding something. He _____________  every time we try to ask him about Mary Alice.
14. The girls and I found a ________________  note in her stuff.
15. - Come to think of it, the other day, Paul was talking to Felicia and he was _____________________  trying to make Mike sound guilty.
- See? _____________  blame onto someone else that's classic criminal behaviour. Oh, I'm telling you, he's __________  no good.
16. Zach and Paul are out of town. Maybe we should __________  into their house and do some _____________ . I have the key.
17. Rex, this might sound silly, but are people ____________  at us?
18. No, I think they're laughing at you. I think they feel sorry for me, which is just as _______________  .
19. I will scream about your ____________ , then I will scream about your _______________ . And then just to make sure it really hurts, I will scream about your ________________  sexual habits. You want to know what true ________________  is, you just take one step. So, what are you having? The _________  looks good.

6. Mark the statements "True" or "False"
[00:29:36 - 00:41:05]
1. Susan has always felt something cold and creepy about Paul's house.

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2. Edie pretended to have feelings for Paul so that he wouldn’t realize what was going on.

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3. Susan didn't want to listen to Mike's story because she could never trust him after what had happened

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4. Gaby believes that good friends pretend nothing happened and support each other after they have been humiliated

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5. Tammy, Topher's mother, let the twins take the fall because she couldn't risk people not coming to the party.

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6. Bree gave Gaby and Carlos the money, hoping they would pay her back as soon as possible.

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DESPERATE HOUSEWIVES_S1/Ep16_The Ladies Who Lunch

1. Match the parts of the sentences

1. Match the parts of the sentences

2. Complete the gaps with the given words and phrases. You will find them below the exercise

3. Make up ONE sentence using both of the given phrases1. make up excuses + slip one's mind

3. Make up ONE sentence using both of the given phrases

2. fallout + outbreak

3. reek + I could use

4. beware of + hypocritical

5. come down with something + steer clear of

6. lousy + get credit

7. make out + give or take

8. be hard on yourself + clutter

3. Find and correct one mistake in each line

[00:00:41 - 00:10:06]

4. Complete the gaps. The first letters are given

[00:10:07 - 00:20:36]

5. Complete the gaps with the given words and phrases. You will find them below the exercise

[00:20:37 - 00:29:35]

6. Mark the statements "True" or "False"[00:29:36 - 00:41:05]1. Susan has always felt something cold and creepy about Paul's house.

6. Mark the statements "True" or "False"

[00:29:36 - 00:41:05]

2. Edie pretended to have feelings for Paul so that he wouldn’t realize what was going on.

3. Susan didn't want to listen to Mike's story because she could never trust him after what had happened

4. Gaby believes that good friends pretend nothing happened and support each other after they have been humiliated

5. Tammy, Topher's mother, let the twins take the fall because she couldn't risk people not coming to the party.

6. Bree gave Gaby and Carlos the money, hoping they would pay her back as soon as possible.

1. Match the parts of the sentences

1. Match the parts of the sentences

2. Complete the gaps with the given words and phrases. You will find them below the exercise

3. Make up ONE sentence using both of the given phrases1. make up excuses + slip one's mind

3. Make up ONE sentence using both of the given phrases

2. fallout + outbreak

3. reek + I could use

4. beware of + hypocritical

5. come down with something + steer clear of

6. lousy + get credit

7. make out + give or take

8. be hard on yourself + clutter

3. Find and correct one mistake in each line

[00:00:41 - 00:10:06]

4. Complete the gaps. The first letters are given

[00:10:07 - 00:20:36]

5. Complete the gaps with the given words and phrases. You will find them below the exercise

[00:20:37 - 00:29:35]

6. Mark the statements "True" or "False"[00:29:36 - 00:41:05]1. Susan has always felt something cold and creepy about Paul's house.

6. Mark the statements "True" or "False"

[00:29:36 - 00:41:05]

2. Edie pretended to have feelings for Paul so that he wouldn’t realize what was going on.

3. Susan didn't want to listen to Mike's story because she could never trust him after what had happened

4. Gaby believes that good friends pretend nothing happened and support each other after they have been humiliated

5. Tammy, Topher's mother, let the twins take the fall because she couldn't risk people not coming to the party.

6. Bree gave Gaby and Carlos the money, hoping they would pay her back as soon as possible.

3. Make up ONE sentence using both of the given phrases
1. make up excuses + slip one's mind

6. Mark the statements "True" or "False"
[00:29:36 - 00:41:05]
1. Susan has always felt something cold and creepy about Paul's house.

3. Make up ONE sentence using both of the given phrases
1. make up excuses + slip one's mind

6. Mark the statements "True" or "False"
[00:29:36 - 00:41:05]
1. Susan has always felt something cold and creepy about Paul's house.