Common Sentences

Question 1

hoping

Answer 1

I’ve been hoping for a chance to talk to you.

Question 2

skip a beat

Answer 2

There was something about the way he was gazing at her that made Kristen’s heart skip a beat.

Question 3

collect her thoughts

Answer 3

Before she could collect her thoughts ( to make an effort to remain calm and think clearly and carefully about something ), Troy kissed her gently.

Question 4

On second thought

Answer 4

On second thought, it must have been your idea.

Question 5

wonder

Answer 5

It’ll be a wonder if I don’t end up in the emergency room, with my allergies.

Question 6

being

Answer 6

Well, you’re only a few weeks away from being sixteen.

Question 7

tight

Answer 7

Ever since her Dad died almost five years ago, money had been tight.

Question 8

Get real!

Answer 8

Get real ! Kristen ‘ No matter how hard you work, you can’t possibly save enough moeny for the ski trip by spring break.’

Question 9

expenses

Answer 9

There are too many other expenses.

Question 10

sign up

Answer 10

He’s already signed up.

Question 11

got tied up

Answer 11

I got tied up talking to my history teacher.

Question 12

places

Answer 12

Besides, places like that don’t pay much at all.

Question 13

in short order

Answer 13

Every other plant she’d owned had withered and died in short order (without delay).

Question 14

talk some sense into

Answer 14

.Maybe he can talk some sense into him (Expresses motion to a point on, or within, something).

Question 15

moods

Answer 15

I always notice your moods.

Question 16

whole

Answer 16

That’s the whole point.

Question 17

worthwhile

Answer 17

And the amount you could charge would be too small to make it worthwhile.

Question 18

all

Answer 18

I’m all for it.

Question 19

impressed

Answer 19

I’m really impressed with how hard you all have worked.

Question 20

muscle-bound

Answer 20

You don’t have to be muscle-bound to be athletic.

Question 21

steer the conversation

Answer 21

Kristen steered the conversation to neutral topics.

Question 22

down on

Answer 22

why Jason was so down on ( to have low opinion of someone or something ) football players and Heidi had been so upset with him.

Question 23

stiff

Answer 23

I’m so stiff, I can hardly move.

Question 24

it would be.

Answer 24

It wasn’t as easy as I thought it would be.

Question 25

get through

Answer 25

they agreed to get through Sunday as best they could

Question 26

bugging

Answer 26

You’ve hardly said two words to me all evening. What’s bugging you?

Question 27

hand it to

Answer 27

I’ve got to hand it to you.

Question 28

overwhelmed

Answer 28

Heidi was so overwhelmed that she could hardly speak.

Question 29

monumental

Answer 29

he seems nice enough —- if you can get past that monumental ego.

Question 30

stuck

Answer 30

He’s awfully stuck on himself.

Question 31

count for

Answer 31

He’s big and strong, and that’s what really counts for this job.

Question 32

setting herself up

Answer 32

Kristen hoped her friend wasn’t setting herself up for a broken heart.

Question 33

get…mixed up

Answer 33

I always get avenues and streets mixed up.

Question 34

stick up

Answer 34

Why did you stick up for him like that? (Make neat, smart, or trim)

Question 35

start out the day

Answer 35

I just didn’t want to start out the day with an argument.

Question 36

dressed up

Answer 36

So how come you’re all dressed up?

Question 37

get under my skin

Answer 37

It’s just that guys like Troy just get under my skin. ( if someone gets under your skin, they annoy you, especially by the way they behave )

Question 38

grumpy

Answer 38

Why was Jason being so grumpy?

Question 39

burn rubber

Answer 39

Troy actually burned rubber in his rush to beat Jason out of the parking lot.

Question 40

through

Answer 40

Jason was out of sorts and fell asleep halfway through the film.

Question 41

be gotten into

Answer 41

What’s gotten into him anyway?