Speech patterns

1. It makes me wild to think of working and working like a dog...
It made Jane mad to hear the news.

It will make the child happier to have his sister with him.

2. a) All you can think of is finding fault.

All I could dream of was going on a vacation.

All you can object to is the loss of time.

All we can hope for is the testimony of that witness.

b) All you can (have to) do is to tell the truth.
All he was able to do was to listen to them.

All you had to do was to give your consent. All we can do is not to make a fuss about it.

c) All you can (have to) say is (that) you will never do it.
All I can say is I hope I'll never get married.

All I could say was that the matter was urgent.

All we were able to suggest was that you should not accept the

offer.

Phrases and Word Combinations

1 to rummage through 9 a word of praise

2 to attend to (one's affairs, 10 to put things to rights business) 11 to get promoted

3 to take (great) pains to do 12 it runs in the family smth 13 to be made much of

4 to slave over smth 14 to result in

5 to leave smb out of smth 15 to bring back old times

6 to be man enough 16 to carry smth too far

7 to put smb wise as to what 17 to work out

(how, when, where, etc.) 18 to take sides with smb

or about smth 19 to burst in

8 to be down on smb 20 to set smb against smth