Essential english idioms

B. Fill in each blank with the appropriate form of an idiomatic expression from this unit only. 
Abe: 
Zeke! It's already 8 
A
. 
M
. It's time for you to _________________________________. 
Zeke: What do you mean? It's the weekend, and I ______________________ sleeping until at least 10 
A M
. 
on Saturdays! 
Abe: 
Don't you remember? We're organizing a beach picnic for our sports club today. 
Zeke: Oh, I forgot about that. Just give me fifteen more minutes. I can be ready _______________. 
Abe: 
Look, there's a lot to take to the beach and to set up, like the volleyball net. We need to do it together. 
Zeke: Can't you _________________ the other students and tell them that the picnic will start later? 
Abe: 
Zeke, I can't call everybody. ________________________ people are planning to come. 
Zeke: Boy, why did you agree that we would ________________________ the picnic? It's too much 
responsibility. 
Abe: 
I didn't agree. You did! 

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LESSON 10 
to make sure : to be sure, to ascertain (also: to make certain (of) ) 
- Please make sure that you turn off the radio before you go out. 
- Could you make certain of the time? I don't want to miss that TV show. 
n o w a n d t h e n : occasionally, sometimes (also: n o w a n d a g a i n , a t t i m e s , f r o m t i m e t o t i m e , o f f
a n d o n , o n c e i n a w h i l e )
Both now and then and once in a while can be preceded by the adjective every. Another idiom with the same 
meaning and form is every so often. 
- I don't see him very often, but (every) now and then we arrange to have lunch together. 
- Gary gets a cold (every) once in a while even though he takes good care of himself. 
- Every so often my brother and I get together for a camping trip. 
- I like to sleep late in the morning from time to time.