Universidad Nacional Aut�noma de M�xico
Facultad de Estudios Superiores Acatl�n
Divisi�n de Humanidades
Licenciatura en la Ense�anza del Ingl�s
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Topic: Vocabulary Relationships (Idioms)
�1.������ To get on like a house on fire: To meet somebody at first, and become friends quickly.
2.������ To get on one�s nerves: To Irritate or exasperate somebody.
3.������ To put a great strain on: To burden or overload something or somebody.
4.������ To put somebody down: To hurt somebody�s feelings.
5.������ To have it in for someone: To intend to harm somebody, especially because of a grudge.
6.������ A rocky relationship: A relationship which often goes up (in terms of mood, trust, affection, communication) but also often goes down.
7.������ To turn sour: To become unbearable or unpleasant, stop working properly.
8.������ To turn one�s back on somebody else: To stop being involved with somebody.
9.������ To take to: To become fond or attached to.
10.�� An instant dislike to somebody: A strong feeling of dislike against somebody who somebody else has just met.
11.�� To look up to somebody: To admire.
12.�� To look down on somebody: To show contempt for somebody.
13.�� To keep oneself to oneself: To remain remote or distant from someone or something.
14.�� To keep in touch with: To maintain communication with somebody.
1.����� Mary seems to get on like a house on fire very quickly whenever she meets new people.
2.����� I�ve never meant to get on my teacher�s nerves by asking questions very often, but unfortunately I did.
3.����� Robert, my girlfriend�s ex-boyfriend, is calling her up every day. That has put a great strain on our relationship.
4.����� Hadn�t you made fun at Rachel, you wouldn�t have put her down.
5.����� Since Patrick dared to question the teacher�s methodology, she seems to have it in for him.
6.����� There is many people trying to avoid rocky relationships, but it seems that there is more trying to not to do so.
7.����� Peter and Stella�s relationship soon turned sour after she discovered he had already had another family before.
8.����� Turning your back on a friend in trouble is the worst of the betraying acts.
9.����� �Two keen minds that they are, they took to each other� (Jack Kerouac)
10.� Despite Martha did her best to get close to Ben, he took an instant dislike to her.
11.� Ph. D John F. Nash has always devoted his life to research, his work is well-known all over the world, and many scientist look up to him.
12.� I can�t stand Johnny anymore, he is always looking down on us. He says there�s no more skilled players than he.
13.� I like to keep myself to myself during holidays because I do think they are for rest not for socializing.
14.� Without keeping in touch with his ex-classmates, Julia managed to gather them all in a nice party last week.
Complete the sentences using the vocabulary in the previous section. Write between 2-5 words.
Note: Write using ONLY SMALL-CASE.
1.������ Hadn�t Jill and Kelly met at high school, they wouldn�t have gotten on , they are very close friends.
2.������ Asking silly questions all the time, Martin really� teacher�s nerves.
3.������ Working extra hours every day has put� my relationship, we hardly see each other.
4.������ To tell that somebody is not smart enough to learn another language .
5.������ At first, it seemed that my coach , then I realized he just wanted me to do my best.
6.������ Some people think that if you� relationship, it becomes boring.
7.������ After ten years of doing the same routine every day, Mike and Julia�s relationship .
8.����� Although The General Manager has showed intentions to fire a great deal of his workers, they, however, have never .
9.������ I wish� Sam. Now I realized there are many things I don�t like of her.
10.�� Daniel has always behaved in a becoming manner, but his girlfriend�s father� to him when she introduced him to her father.
11.�� Being a single mother of a handicap child is a very difficult issue to manage. It should make people� mothers.
12.�� The engineer� the masons if he hadn�t experienced the hard work that they do.
13.��� isn�t the best way to find a couple.
14.�� Had� my relatives, I would know the place where they are living now.
� �� Adonai Jaimes & Erika Mu�oz
