Сборник упражнений по английской фразеологии

1. once in a blue moon		a. extremely quickly
2. at the crack of dawn		b. spontaneously
3. for donkey’s years		c. very slowly
4. in the nick of time		d. almost late, at the last possible moment
5. sooner or later		e. very early in the morning
6. on the spur of the moment		f. very rarely, almost never
7. at a snail’s pace		g. eventually
8. in no time		h. a very long time

Which of the above expressions completes these situations?

1. We are off to Bermuda tomorrow. We decided .

2. My brother lives in New Zealand, so I only get to see him .

3. I was trying to finish my essay for my French class by the end of the week, but it all seemed to be going .

4. We had an early flight so we were up .

5. , you’ll have to admit your guilt.

6. Bob has a good command of Arabic. He’s been studying it .

7. — Waiter! (impatiently)

— I’ll be with you , sir!

8. The police arrived just . A minute later and the murderers would have escaped.