Exercise 8, p. 199

1. Oh, yes, her character is full of (is a bundle of) contradictions.

She is completely unpredictable. 2. I can see that

now, but he had a good character. 3. Oh, I can assure you that

it’s quite unlike her. Quite out of character. 4. Oh, yes, that’s

very characteristic of her/just like her. She has no sense of

time/ sense of responsibility. 5. Because you are a sensible

man/ Because you have a lot of (common) sense and always

know what to do. 6. No, it slipped (from) my attention/No, it

doesn’t seem to make sense. 7. It just slipped my memory/

mind. 8. Yes, I had better slip a sweater/a coat on. 9. Not her.

She didn’t stir an eyelid. 10. He slipped and broke his ankle

and his wrist/He was injured in an accident. 11. She was

beside herself (with rage, anger, fear, etc.). 12. It was hardly

a sensible thing to do/There was no sense in it.

13. Unfortunately it slipped my memory to do mine./Was

there any sense in doing it?/There was no sense in doing it.

14. Of course, I am. I slipped in my grammar so many times

that I lost count of my mistakes. 15. It’s really quite tedious,

but you would have injured the hostess’s feelings if you hadn’t

come./Well, you may just slip out of the house unnoticed.

16. My father has refused pointblank to lend me his car, so

 

 

I’ve had to take a bus/ I just don’t have a sense of time and my

watch has stopped. 17. That’s because of his injury.