ASSIGNMENT ON IDIOMATIC EXPRESSIONS Use the idioms in the box below to fill in the blank spaces appropriately. Use your dictionary for help. storm in a tea-kettle calm before the storm close of play under the carpet eleventh hour like a charm falling into place up and running according to plan under the radar 1. The scientist’s invention worked …………. Because many of the villagers were cured of the strange illness.
2. Have you started the new project? Oh yes, ‘It’s …………………..
3. Did you follow the teacher’s advice in your research? Yes, the whole thing worked …………………………….
4. The man almost went to jail but was released at the ………………….
5. The woman treated the issue of a little scratch on her car like a ………………………
6. The police tried to brush ……………….. the case of the theft of 2 million naira because it involved the son of a police officer.
7. The success of the Nigerian football team was achieved because the coach’s strategy went ………
8. The atmosphere in the two warring villages looks peaceful but this is only the …………………..
9. At the ……………on Friday, Mr. Adele resigned his appointment.
10. It’s often advisable to go ……………….. when travelling to a strange place so as not to attract evil doers. me

Read the excerpt from act 3 of a doll’s house. mrs. linde: you seemed to me to imply that with me you might have been quite another man. krogstad: i am certain of it. mrs. linde: is it too late now? krogstad: christine, are you saying this deliberately? yes, i am sure you are. i see it in your face. have you really the courage, then—? mrs. linde: i want to be a mother to someone, and your children need a mother. we two need each other. nils, i have faith in your real character—i can dare anything together with you. krogstad [grasps her hands]. , , christine! now i shall find a way to clear myself in the eyes of the world. ah, but i forgot— how does the conflict in this passage develop a theme? mrs. linde creates a conflict by promising something she cannot give to krogstad, which develops the theme that empty promises can destroy relationships. krogstad continues the conflict by choosing clearing his name over having a life with mrs. linde, which develops the theme that you must often choose yourself over others. krogstad creates a conflict by deceiving mrs. linde about his intentions, which develops the theme that, in love, actions speak louder than words. mrs. linde resolves the conflict by committing to a new life with krogstad, which develops the theme that new beginnings are always possible.