Match the following phrases with their meanings:

Phrases

Meanings

at work

pay off the cost by doing some work in lieu

work out

a day one has been waiting for

to be on fire

to be working

the great day

excited

to be out of money

not at all

not one bit of

not having any money

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Phrases

Meanings

at work

to be working

work out

pay off the cost by doing some work in lieu

to be on fire

excited

the great day

a day one has been waiting for

to be out of money

not having any money

not one bit of

not at all

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Complete the following table and discuss how their work is different.

Name	Place of work	Earnings	Security of work	Benefits received	Work on their own or employed
Bachchu Manjhi	-	Rs 100 a day	-	-
Harpreet, Vandana	-	-	-	-	Work on their own
Nirmala	-	-	No security	-	-
Sudha	Company	Rs 30,000 p.m.	-	-	-

(a) We bought their biggest basket, then set off toward town.

(b) One night we came upon them in the windy and deserted square.

(d) I shook my head and turned away.

Here are a few more. Match the phrases to their meanings.

Phrases	Meanings
set up	to start on a journey
break down	to tolerate a situation or a person
set off	to lose control of your feelings and start crying
put up	with to enter
put off	to be faced with or opposed by
put on	to start/ establish a company
come in	to refuse/ reject
come across	to postpone
come up against	to try to get help/advice/ sympathy from someone
turn down	to wear
turn in to	meet or find by chance
turn to	to inform on or deliver up

Now use the phrases given above to complete the following sentences.

1. The landlord was suspicious of the two men staying in his flat so he called the police and _____________them _____________

2. Early in the morning we packed our bags and _____________ for a hike over the mountain.

3. Janvi _____________some photographs of her grandfather in the old trunk.

4. My father _____________ his own business 10 years ago.

5. The Bank _____________ Paul's request for a loan.

6. The Corporation's decision to reduce the leave of the employees _____________ a lot of opposition.

Q. Match the phrases in column I with those in column II.

Column I	Column II
a. maximum temperature of a city	i. takes up heat
b. ice melts	ii. 3,000,000^∘C
c. temperature of a healthy person	iii. 1600^∘C
d. temperature inside the sun	iv. hot object to cold object
e. temperature of a steel-making furnace	v. 0^∘C
f. temperature on a cold winter day	vi. measured in the day
g. heat flow	vii. gives out heat
h. evaporation	viii. 100^∘C
i. condensation	ix. 47^∘C
j. temperature of boiling water	x. 6^∘C
	xi. 37^∘C

• Gerrard lives alone in a lonely cottage. An intruder, who is a criminal, enters his cottage. He intends to murder Gerrard and take on his identity. Does he succeed?

• The following words and phrases occur in the play. Do you know their meanings? Match them with the meanings given, to find out.

cultured	an informal expression for a fashionable vehicle
count on	unnecessary and usually harmful
engaged	exaggerated
melodramatic	sophisticated; well mannered
to be smart	here, a tone of voice
inflection	avoid
wise guy	an unexpected opportunity for success
a dandy bus	trap
tradespeople	a Christian religious teacher who teaches on Sundays in Church
gratuitous	(American English) a person who pretends to know a lot
dodge	depend on; rely on
lucky break	(American English) an informal way of saying that one is being too clever
Sunday-school teacher	occupied; busy
frame	merchants

Place the cards in the right boxes in the given boxes.
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Phrases	Meanings
at work	pay off the cost by doing some work in lieu
work out	a day one has been waiting for
to be on fire	to be working
the great day	excited
to be out of money	not at all
not one bit of	not having any money

Phrases	Meanings
at work	to be working
work out	pay off the cost by doing some work in lieu
to be on fire	excited
the great day	a day one has been waiting for
to be out of money	not having any money
not one bit of	not at all

Match the following phrases with their meanings: Phrases Meanings at work pay off the cost by doing some work in lieu work out a day one has been waiting for to be on fire to be working the great day excited to be out of money not at all not one bit of not having any money

Phrases Meanings at work to be working work out pay off the cost by doing some work in lieu to be on fire excited the great day a day one has been waiting for to be out of money not having any money not one bit of not at all

Match the following phrases with their meanings:

Phrases

Meanings

at work

pay off the cost by doing some work in lieu

work out

a day one has been waiting for

to be on fire

to be working

the great day

excited

to be out of money

not at all

not one bit of

not having any money

Phrases

Meanings

at work

to be working

work out

pay off the cost by doing some work in lieu

to be on fire

excited

the great day

a day one has been waiting for

to be out of money

not having any money

not one bit of

not at all