S Body Words
Match the following expressions to their definitions. Then make some examples of your own with them.
- I thought she really liked me but the next day she gave me the cold shoulder.
- We had to pull over on the hard shoulder when smoke started coming from the engine.
- He has had a chip on his shoulder ever since he didn't get the promotion he was expecting.
- Future generations will have to shoulder the burden of our mistakes.
- Nicholas, for a time, was able to rub shoulders with top politicians and even royalty.
- She is undeniably gorgeous but as they say - beauty is only skin deep.
- Nadal went through to the next round but only by the skin of his teeth.
- Nowadays you need to have a thick skin if you want to be in the public eye.
- My job interview is tomorrow so I have butterflies in my stomach.
- I didn't have the stomach for another fight.
- MPs couldn`t stomach the proposals and rebelled against the government.
- The images from the war-torn country turned my stomach.
A: the side of a main road where a driver can stop if there is a serious problem
B: very narrowly, only just
C: to make someone feel sick, often because they are angry or upset about something
D: to meet and spend time with someone
E: an angry attitude from someone who feels unfairly treated
F: to feel very nervous, usually about something you are going to do
G: not easily upset by criticism
H: to be able to accept an unpleasant idea or watch something unpleasant
I: to intentionally ignore someone or treat someone in an unfriendly way
J: used to say that a person's character is more important than how they look
K: to not feel brave or determined enough to do something unpleasant
L: to assume or take on as a responsibility
Comments
1-I
2-A
3-E
4-L
5-D
6-J
7-B
8-G
9-F
10-H
11-K
12-C
1.- Mi boss give me the cold shoulder because I don´t do overtime.
2.- After the traffic accident remains were on the hard shoulder.
3.- My friend had had a chip on his shoulder since I graduated as a lawyer.
4.- People must shoulder the burden life-changing.
5.- I don´t like to rub shoulders with yes-man people.
6.- Beauty is only skin deep and you receive without effort.
7. My friend ended his degree by the skin of his teeth.
8.- There are politicians who have a thick skin although they were insulted.
9.- I have butterflies in my stomach because I will have English class with my Scottish teacher tomorrow.
10.- I don´t have the stomach for defend criminals.
11.- I can´t stomach hot and the stupidity.
12.- I turn my stomach whom justify dictatorship.
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Now let's see if you have done as well with the example sentences:
1.- My boss gives me the cold shoulder because I don´t do overtime.
2.- After the traffic accident, there was debris all over the hard shoulder. (debris (a French word) - broken pieces of sth whereas remains is usually of a dead body)
3.- My friend had had a chip on his shoulder since I graduated as a lawyer.🤩
4.- People must shoulder the burden of big changes in their lives.
5.- I don´t like to rub shoulders with yes-men. (No doubt we shouldn't say men to refer to everyone nowadays)
6.- Beauty is only skin deep and you receive it without any effort.
7. My friend ended his degree by the skin of his teeth.🤩
8.- There are politicians who have a thick skin although they were insulted. ( Don't think thi makes sense) Politicans need to have a thick skin because of the insults that are flung at them.
9.- I have butterflies in my stomach because I will have English class with my Scottish teacher tomorrow.🤩
10.- I don´t have the stomach to defend criminals. (have the stomach for sth / to do sth)
11.- I can´t stomach heat or stupidity.
12.- Those who justify dictatorship turn my stomach.