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  1. Underline the correct word in each sentence, then say what the phrases mean.

  1. I enjoy visiting the Smiths; they really make you feel like/at home.

  2. I’ve been all over the world, but there’s no place like home/house.

  3. The comments she made about his manners really hit/got home. He’s never behaved like that since.

  4. At the end of the match, the importance of our victory came/arrived home to me.

  5. If we win this match, we’ll be home/house and dry.

  6. I think it’s time Sam faced up to a few home/house truths.

  7. I don’t have a very active social life. I’m more of a home/house bird.

III. Match the idioms in the left column with their Russian equivalents in the right column.

1. to build one’s castle upon the sand

A. выступать (перед аудиторией)

2. to build castles in the air

B. указать кому-либо на дверь

3. room at the top

C. припереть кого-либо к стенке

4. to do something under the table

D. создавать что-либо непрочное

5. to be in the chair

E. ковёр-самолёт

6. to take the floor

F. захлопнуть дверь перед носом

7. a window on the world

G. председательствовать

8. to camp on somebody’s doorstep

Н. верхняя ступенька социальной лестницы

9. to shut the door in somebody’s face

I. ломиться в открытую

дверь

10. to show somebody the door

J. строить воздушные замки

11. to force an open door

К. окно в мир

12. to call somebody on the carpet

L. у стен есть уши

13. a magic carpet

M. дать кому-либо нагоняй

14. walls have ears

N. делать что-либо секретно

15. to drive somebody to the wall

О. обивать пороги

IV. Highlight the meanings of the proverbs and sayings, making up short situations. Tell them in class.

  1. A man travels the world over in search of what he needs, and returns home to find it. (George Moore, Irish poet)

  2. Strength of character may be learned at work, but beauty of character is learned at home. (Henry Drummond, Scottish naturalist)

  3. East or West - home is best.

  4. There is no place like home.

  5. My home is my castle.

  6. People who live in glass houses should not throw stones.

  7. Do not burn your house to get rid of the mice.

  8. Charity begins at home.

  9. Home is where the heart is.

  10. As you make your bed, so you must lie on it.

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