1. Tomorrow will be a very busy day. You’ve got several clients
to receive and two meetings to attend.
2. I’ve got no time to relax at all. And there is still so much to do!
3. Janice is very hard/difficult to get in touch with. She seems
to be talking on/over the phone/by phone all evening.
4. I’ll have to consult my diary (Br. Eng.)/calendar (Am. Eng),
I may have phone calls to make.
5. To know oneself is to know one’s merits and demerits/
one’s virtues and faults/shortcomings/drawbacks/one’s good
and bad qualities.
6. Books made me revise my world outlook/made me look at
the world with new eyes.
7. The secret is to know how to use different colours (so as/in
order) to produce/have the best possible effect.
8. We advise you not to waste a single day (so as/in order) to
achieve the best possible results.
9. This paste is potent enough to remove all kinds (different/
various kinds) of stains.
10. To exclude/To rule out any possibility of (making) a mistake/
an error it is necessary to carry out a thorough investigation/
to investigate the matter thoroughly.
11. Need I say anything else/say more? - No, you’d better
keep silent (you had better stop) so as not to cause more trouble/
not to make things worse.
12. Adrian took the opportunity to talk to his father.
13. He was made to allow the children to go on/for a picnic/
to let the children go on/for a picnic.
14. He built a house for himself never to live in it.
15. It’s hard to trust him/He’s hard to trust. He’s the last man
to turn to for help.