Lesson 5 - Family
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English Expressions

Learn five American English expressions that are related to the topic of this lesson.

• hit the ceiling = to suddenly become very angry
• go fly a kite = a rude way to tell someone to go away
• lose one's temper = to become angry and stop controlling your emotions
• make up = to become friends again after an argument
• show up = to arrive, often unexpectedly

 

Exercise

Select the correct expression in the following conversation.

GIL - How's your brother Mike?

URSULA - He's fine. He got a fight with his girlfriend last week.

GIL - Really? What happened?

URSULA - They had a date at Antonio's Restaurant on Saturday. They were going to meet at 7:00 PM at the restaurant. She was furious because he   hit the ceiling go fly a kite loses her temper made up showed up at 8:00 PM. She had been waiting for an hour!  

GIL - I don't blame her. I'd be angry too.

URSULA - She was more than angry. She   hit the ceiling go fly a kite loses her temper made up showed up .  

GIL - She seems like such a calm person.

URSULA - She usually is but when she   hit the ceiling go fly a kite loses her temper made up showed up , you'd better look out!  

GIL - Did he apologize?

URSULA - He tried but she told him to   hit the ceiling go fly a kite loses her temper made up showed up .  

GIL - Did they break up?

URSULA - No. He sent her flowers the next day and they   hit the ceiling go fly a kite loses her temper made up showed up .  

 

Writing

Write sentences using the expressions.

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