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Tatiana
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Hello everybody,
I do need your help. Can you, please, help me to do this task?
There are sentences with words, whoch are mostly used in English speaking countries and it's quit hard to find them in any dictionary.
Choose the correct idiomatic word or expression in (a), (b), (c) or (d)
1. Boring and detailed work, such as examining documents for mistakes, could be described as:
(a) hammer and chisel work (b) nut and bolt work (c) bucket and spade work
(d) pick and shovel work
2. We sometimes say that people who compete for success in business or in a career are working for the:
(a) horse race (b) dog race (c) rat race (d) camel race
3. The practice of transferring a difficult, incompetent or non-essential employee from one department to
another is known informally as a:
(a) weasel waltz (b) turkey trot (c) cat calypso (d) rabbit rumba
Many thanks in advance!
3 de nov. de 2008 20:22
Respuestas · 2
1
1. b) nut and bolt work
2. c) rat race
3. This one I have not heard before, but my best guess is a) weasel waltz
3 de noviembre de 2008
1. (d) pick and shovel work, 2. (c) rat race and 3. (b) turkey trot
10 de diciembre de 2021
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Tatiana
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Inglés, Francés, Alemán, Ruso
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