Read the text and match the underlined words with the idiomatic expressions provided below. Write the appropriate idiom in brackets after each underlined expression, changing the form if necessary.
Occasionally (16.____________________________) I get hungry for Italian food. We have a good Italian restaurant nearby. That day I was getting ready for my Latin exam, I was reviewing and refreshing in my mind (17.______________________) some Latin proverbs. I got tired and felt like having a break, called my friend Nick and suggested that we should eat out in that favorite place of mine. I was on the point of leaving (18.______________________), when without advance warning (19.__________________________) the telephone began ringing. It was Nick, who asked if I had made reservations ahead of time (20.___________________). I hadn’t. Besides, I remembered that it was a very expansive place. When we eat out with friends, we normally pay for ourselves (21.______________________), but now I was without money (22._______________). I explained all this to Nick and apologized. Obviously (23.__________________________________) I was disappointed, but I thought I preferred (24._______________________) do without lunch at all. Nick didn’t feel like it. He offered to have hot dogs instead and said he would pay (25. _____________________).
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Every now and then, |
to be about to do something |
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All of a sudden, |
brush up on (something) |
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Be broke |
it would be his treat |
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in advance |
go Dutch |
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‘d better |
it goes without saying |