Expressions about Food and Drink 228. To eat food very quickly is to ______.
A) bolt it down
B) pig out
C) whip it up
229. If you only eat a small amount of a meal, you ______.
A) gnaw it
B) bolt it down
C) pick at it
230. To eat a lot of food is to ______.
A) pig out
B) roll out
C) wear out
231. To eat less of something to improve your health is to _____ on it.
A) strip down
B) cut back
C) run
232. To drink a lot of alcohol is to ______.
A) knock it over
B) knock it in
C) knock it back
233. To heat food again that has already been cooked is to ______.
A) ruffle it up
B) warm it up
C) pick it up
Expressions about Illness 234. To get an illness from someone is to ______.
A) pick it up
B) truck it in
C) take it away
235. To try hard to get rid of an illness is to ______.
A) tide it over
B) cave in
C) fight it off
236. If a part of your body gets bigger and rounder because of injury or
illness it ______.
A) comes out
B) kicks in
C) swells up
237. Another expression for vomiting is to ______.
A) throw up
B) toss out
C) pass out
238. To be able to eat or drink without vomiting is to ______.
A) keep it down
B) get over it
C) dip into
239. To become unconscious is to ______.
A) go out
B) black out
C) knock over
Expressions about Speaking 240. If you speak for a long time, you ______.
A) get on
B) go on
C) edge on
241. If you talk too long on one subject, you ______.
A) run out
B) run over
C) run on
242. If you talk too long on one subject, you ______.
A) tread on
B) unwind
C) ramble on
243. If you say something you have learned quickly and without
stopping, you ______.
A) knock down
B) rattle off
C) rabbit on
244. If you say something you have learned quickly and without
stopping, you ______.
A) reel off
B) rope off
C) tie off
245. To say something while another person is talking is to ______.
A) butt in
B) figure out
C) go over
246. To say something suddenly and without thinking is to ______.
A) ease up
B) rub in
C) blurt out
247. To make someone stop talking is to ______.
A) shut up
B) shut out
C) shut in
248. To speak to someone without letting them answer is to ______.
A) talk over
B) talk at
C) talk to
249. To suddenly stop talking in the middle of a speech because you
have forgotten what to say it to ______.
A) wipe out
B) dry up
C) go over.
