#1 to be down in the mouth to be on firm ground to do smth to one’s heart content as easy as ABC at all costs to be in a jam to leave no stone unturned to leave someone in peace cards on the table to overshoot the mark #2 Helen said that her friends had just arrived in the USA. He said they had been friends at school. She saidvthat she would take them to the cinema on Saturday. He said that they had not been there for a long time. They said that they would write a letter to them when they returned home. He said that he was sure that the girls would be excellent translators. She said that they had learnt a lot of new rules. Martin said that several students would visit his school on Wednesday. She said that she had just met him in the street. They said that their nephew had told them a lot of interesting things about his travel.
#3 He asked me if I often saw my relatives. They asked me if l would see my brother before I left. I asked my daughter if she had packed her suitcase yet. I asked Kate if anybody had met her. Mike asked Jane if she would come to the station to see him off.
1. My son is in the hospital. He has been there for ten days. 2. Our cousin does not often visit us. This year it was only two times. But our aunt quite often comes to see our mother, and even now she is staying with us (to stay with somebody). 3. Why are you so tired? - I jogged (to jog). I ran around the house ten times. I run every morning. 4. Now we write a test in English. We have been writing it for an hour. I did two tasks and now I'm doing the third one. We write tests every week. 5. How long have you known Boris? - We know each other from childhood. 6. I have this hat for five years. - True? And I never wear a hat for so long. What are you doing? - I'm writing an essay. "Have not you finished yet?" You've been writing for three hours already! 7. Where is Anna? "She works in the garden." She's been there since the morning. - What is she doing? - Planting trees. She has already planted ten trees. 8. I'm working on a new novel. I write ten pages a day. Today I have already written six pages. 9. Why are you so wet? - I bathe (to bathe) the child. "Do you often bathe?" - No, today I bathed it for the first time.
to be down in the mouth
to be on firm ground
to do smth to one’s heart content
as easy as ABC
at all costs
to be in a jam
to leave no stone unturned
to leave someone in peace
cards on the table
to overshoot the mark
#2
Helen said that her friends had just arrived in the USA.
He said they had been friends at school.
She saidvthat she would take them to the cinema on Saturday.
He said that they had not been there for a long time.
They said that they would write a letter to them when they returned home.
He said that he was sure that the girls would be excellent translators.
She said that they had learnt a lot of new rules.
Martin said that several students would visit his school on Wednesday.
She said that she had just met him in the street.
They said that their nephew had told them a lot of interesting things about his travel.
#3
He asked me if I often saw my relatives.
They asked me if l would see my brother before I left.
I asked my daughter if she had packed her suitcase yet.
I asked Kate if anybody had met her.
Mike asked Jane if she would come to the station to see him off.