1) Be On the mend is ... a) to be getting better after an illness or injury b) if you get nowhere or if an action gets you nowhere, you don’t make any progress c) to get a chance to say something d) using words in a clever and amusing way e) someone with a dry sense of humour says funny and clever things while seeming to be serious f) to understand something 2) To come down with a) able to think and understand things very quickly b) begin to suffer from a specified illness c) a trick that is intended to give someone a surprise or shock, or to make them look stupid d) able to think and understand things very quickly and not easily deceived e) in frosty weather the air is very cold so the ground is covered in frost (a white powder which consists of very small pieces of ice) f) worthless or not likely to have any useful result 3) on speaking terms with a) extremely useful b) to be much better than other similar people or things c) to become more strict in dealing with a problem and punishing the people involved d) to have a quarrel (with someone) e) be in friendly relationship f) to temporarily do the job of (someone else) or take their place 4) to side with a) to do something that helps you get rid of unpleasant strong feelings b) to work hard to achieve or oppose (something), especially in a situation where you are losing c) to agree with or support the opinions or actions of (someone) d) a gripping film, story, etc. is very exciting and interesting e) giving a description of something f) an unexpected feature or change in a situation or series of events 5) to kick out a) expel or dismiss someone. b) to thoroughly test to see if it works correctly or is effective c) someone or something that is reliable can be trusted or depended on d) to throw (something) away because you do not want it any more e) if you get or are given the chop, you lose your job f) to thoroughly test (something) to see if it works correctly or is effective 6) to do up my house a) to repair or decorate a building so that it looks attractive b) to seem likely to happen c) a sudden increase in amount or number d) to become very angry and upset e) used to say that the opposite of what has just been said is true f) behaving in a polite and friendly way, which makes people like you and want to do things for you 7) a roadblock means... a) a long area of high land, especially at the top of a mountain b) a word game in which you write the answers to questions in a pattern of numbered boxes c) doing something to entertain people, for example by acting in a play or playing a piece of music d) a barrier or barricade on a road, especially one set up by the authorities to stop and examine traffic. e) a situation in which a large crowd of people are behaving in a violent and uncontrolled way, especially when they are protesting about something f) if something is widely welcomed, people are glad that it has happened because they think it is a very good idea 8) to rebel means ... a) to be in charge of a group of workers and check that (a piece of work) is done satisfactorily b) a trick that is intended to give someone a surprise or shock, or to make them look stupid c) to not understand something d) to do something that helps you get rid of unpleasant strong feelings e) to do something unpleasant to someone to punish them for something that they did to you f) rise in opposition or armed resistance to an established government or leader.

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