Test yourself

Fill in the gaps with the words from the list to create idioms.
page; cents; ball; beg; bet; day; track; eye; nutshell; ground;


1.  Let's start the (1 p.) rolling with the summary of the last week.

2.  In the last status meeting we covered a lot of (1 p.) .

3.  OK. The meeting has lasted over 4 hours. Let's call it a (1 p.) and have a drink.

4.  If you’re looking for long-term growth, the government’s own saving certificates are a pretty good (1 p.) .

5.  It's nice that everyone is on the same (1 p.) for once.

6.  There are also many other areas where we see eye to (1 p.) .

7.  The other team came ill-prepared and were digressing a lot so it was hard to get the meeting back on (1 p.) .

8.  Okay, that’s our proposal in a (1 p.) . Any questions?

9.  If I can just put in my two (1 p.) , I think the staff would really appreciate a bump in their pay.

10.  I must (1 p.) to differ on this point.