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    Every Day Expressions Lesson 5

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    The speaker called their boyfriend to cancel plans but did not have his new phone number memorized. They called the operator to get the number but were surprised when a woman answered. After hanging up upset, they realized the operator had given the wrong number after a man answered, mixing up their boyfriend's number with another Mike Williams.

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    The speaker called their boyfriend to cancel plans but did not have his new phone number memorized. They called the operator to get the number but were surprised when a woman answered. After hanging up upset, they realized the operator had given the wrong number after a man answered, mixing up their boyfriend's number with another Mike Williams.

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    The speaker called their boyfriend to cancel plans but did not have his new phone number memorized. They called the operator to get the number but were surprised when a woman answered. After hanging up upset, they realized the operator had given the wrong number after a man answered, mixing up their boyfriend's number with another Mike Williams.

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    The speaker called their boyfriend to cancel plans but did not have his new phone number memorized. They called the operator to get the number but were surprised when a woman answered. After hanging up upset, they realized the operator had given the wrong number after a man answered, mixing up their boyfriend's number with another Mike Williams.

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    D T1

    as of yet

    get a hold of

    at one's fingertips

    learn (something) by heart

    brand-new

    mix up

    cut in

    take by surprise

    dwell on

    take time off

    as of yet = until Lhis time; 50 far

    As cfye, he has not been paid by the company.


    The date for the final lest has not been announced

    as aryet.

    A: Are the new computers in?


    B: I'm sorry, sir. They have not arrived as of yet.

    8 at one's fingertips

    =easily available; at hand

    I don't have that information at my fingertips right now.


    Can you wait a minute?
    Keep all of your impOflant papers at your fingertips at
    all times.
    A: Wow! Your Palm Pilot is really great!
    B: Yeah. It keeps important information right at my fingertips.

    -- -2

    He hat> the lnfonnation


    at hIe flnE!<l=rt;.ipe.

    ...l

    brand-new = never used; totally new

    Their brand-new car was stolen yesterday,


    1 bought a brand-new stereo to go with my television
    and 0\1) player,

    A: Your shoes look very c1ean_

    B: _-\crually. they're brand-new.

    .J

    cut in

    =go in front of someone unfairly; interrupt someone talking

    ~v-~~~----..,

    I hate it when people cut in Line at the movies.

    She \\-as telling a joke but her brother cut in and told
    the rest of it.
    A: That man just cut in front of us!
    B: How rude!

    ..J

    dwell on = \-\forry about or consider for a long time

    She could not help dwelling on the fact that her mother
    \\'as sick.
    I know you lost your wallet, but try not to dwell on it.

    A: I can't stop thinking about myoid girlfriend.


    S: Don't dwell on her. I'm sure you will find love again.

    ..J

    I know you got a ~ad g .....de.


    bv1; 'Cr)I not to d_ll on It.

    get a hold of = contact; reach

    He couldn't get hold of his friend to tell him the plans


    were changed.
    Please write down a phone number where we can get
    a hold of you.
    A: Did you get a hold of Mike?

    B;

    ~o.

    His line was busy


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    .J

    learn (something) by heart = memorize; study to know without thinking

    ?-~~----.,

    She can't read music, so she learns all the songs by heart.
    I had to learn the whole book by hean in elementary
    school.
    A: How did remember all those math equations?
    B: I learned them by heart.
    --~/

    :J mix up = confuse
    I often mb< up my friends

    phone numbosra. )-

    I mixed up your names. Could you say that again?


    The office mixed up the addresses and sent the wrong
    forms to the two customers.
    A: You are supposed to come tomorrow, not today.
    B: Sorry! I mixed up the dates.

    :J take by surprise

    =surprise; come without warning

    His friend's visit took him by surprise.


    When he asked her to marry him, he took her completely by
    surprise.
    A: I can't believe that your mother joined the army!
    B: Yes. She took us all by surprise.

    _ _ _ _J

    :J take time off = miss work for some time with permission

    I have to take time off next week to go to the doctor.


    Our company is very strict about taking time off.
    A: Why don't we go to Paris next weekend?
    B: I'm not sure if I can take time off work.
    She 't.oc* t.lme off t;o enjc>y a
    ~ In the el.ln.

    Practice
    Choose the best answer.
    L She has not come home
    I don't know where she is.

    a. as afyet

    a. learn by heart
    b. take time off
    c. mixup

    b. brand-new
    c. at her fingertips
    2. He bought a
    television
    because the screen on his old one
    was too small.
    a. at his fingertips
    b. as afyet
    c. brand new

    a. take time off


    b. mix up
    c. dwell on

    I couldn't

    anyone at the

    a. take by surprise
    b. learn by heart
    c. get a hold of

    a mix up
    b. cut in

    c. dwell on

    8. His filing system is excellent. All of

    the important information he

    needsis

    a. brand-new
    b. at his fingertips
    c. as afyet

    main office. No one would answer


    the phone.

    ;). The boys tried to


    the roller coaster.

    7. She was
    by all of the
    people who came to her birthday
    party.
    a. got hold of
    b. taken by surprise
    c. cut in

    3. People often
    the words
    ~their," "there," and "they're" when
    writing.

    4~

    6. I admire actors because of all the


    lines they have to
    !

    line for

    9. Some husbands
    from
    work after their wives have a baby.
    a. take time off
    b. mix up
    c. learn by heart

    10. It does not do any good to


    your mistakes. Forget
    them and go on.

    -=-

    --:-

    a. dwell on
    b. take by surprise
    c. get hold of

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    Dialog

    ne
    get a no Id of
    mixed up

    at my fingertips
    take time off

    learn by heart
    as of yet

    At the office:
    Tom: Carol, has Bob come in to work yet?
    carol: Not
    . Would you like me to call him?
    Tom: Yes, please. Do you know his phone number?
    Carol: Yes, I keep all of the sales representatives' contact numbers
    ____ here on my desk.
    There are just {QO many to
    Tom:

    the vacation schedule.


    See if he is at home. Ilhink we
    the same week. Sam was
    Both Bob and Sam asked to
    given the vacation, but Bob wasn't. But I don't know if Bob was
    told the right information.

    Carol: I'll call him as soon as I get a chance.


    Tom: Thanks, Carol. Let me know if you

    him.

    Idioms in Context
    Read the following

    y boyfriend look time offfrom work one Friday to move to a


    new apartment. It was a lot of hard work.
    When 1 got home later that evening, I was exhausted. J want-

    ed co give my boyfriend a call and cancel our plans for the next day.
    2 My boyfriend also got a brand-new phone number for his new apartment, but as o/yet I had not learned it by heart. I usually keep all the
    phone numbers I need at my fingertips in my day planner. Unfortunately,
    I had not written his number down. The only way I could think of to get a
    hold a/my boyfriend was to call the operator and ask for Mike William's
    phone number.
    J I called the number that the operator gave me, but I was taken by surprise when a woman answered the phone. "Hello," she said.
    I asked, "Can I speak to Mike?"
    The woman said, ;'He is taking a shower right now."
    I was shocked. At first, I didn't say anything.
    "Is there anything thac .. ?" she started to ask, but I cut in.
    "Tell him to call his girlfriend when he gets out of the shower." I hung up
    the phone quickly wimout waiting ror the woman's answer. I was a bit
    upset. However, I tried not to dwell on the fact that a woman I,.vas in my
    boyfriend's apartment while he was in the shower. I knew Mike made
    friends with the neighbors when he moved in, so I assumed the woman
    was his neighbor. She was probably just helping him clean the place up.
    ~ An hour passed and Mike had not called me
    back. I called again, and a man answered the
    phone. "Hello," he said. The voice was strange.
    :\11 of a sudden I realized that it was the
    \\Tong number. The operator had mixed up my
    boyfriend's number with another man named
    .\tike WilIiams. I said, "You're not Mike!"
    The man said, "And you're not my girlfriend.
    I\-e been trying to explain that to my ""rife for
    m-er an hour."

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