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Monday, March 29, 2010 Warm Up 1 of 5. Choose the idiom similar in meaning to sleep or nap . Odds and ends b. Copycat Over the hill d. Take forty winks Choose the idiom similar in meaning to great, wonderful. In the same boat b. Shot in the dark
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Monday, March 29, 2010Warm Up 1 of 5 Choose the idiom similar in meaning to sleep or nap. Odds and ends b. Copycat Over the hill d. Take forty winks Choose the idiom similar in meaning to great, wonderful. In the same boat b. Shot in the dark c. Out of this world d. silver lining
Tuesday, March 30, 2010Warm Up 2 of 5 • Choose the idiom similar in meaning to go to sleep. • Hit the sack b. Walk on air • Let one’s hair down d. Go fly a kite • Choose the idiom similar in meaning to neat and clean. • Nest egg b. Face value c. Spic and span d. The last straw
Wednesday, March 31, 2010Warm Up 3 of 5 • Choose the idiom similar in meaning to die. • Spill the beans b. Kick the bucket • Watch one’s step d. Rain check • Choose the idiom similar in meaning to hurry up. • Bend over backward b. Turn one’s back c. Go bananas d. Shake a leg
Thursday, April 1, 2010Warm Up 4 of 5 • Choose the idiom similar in meaning to the very best. • Heart to heart b. Sweet tooth • Cream of the crop d. Ringleader • Choose the idiom similar in meaning to small, insignificant amount. • Long shot b. Hit or miss c. Far cry d. Drop in the bucket
Friday, April 2, 2010Warm Up 5 of 5 The words in ( ) are antonyms. • Define “antonym” • Choose the word that makes sense in the context of the passage. All the trees and all the flowers, Sunlit clouds that (gloom, illuminate) the sky, All the gentle April showers, They have worth; we can’t deny