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Body Words - Hand
Word Focus - Information and contents
This exercise practises extended meanings
of hand. Read through these texts and fill each gap with one of
the expressions containing hand with the same meaning as the word or
phrase in brackets. Make sure you change the grammar where necessary.
out of hand, to hand, underhand, from hand
to mouth, have one's hands tied, backhander, handy, hand it to, give someone a
hand, in hand
When I was young we were
very poor and lived (1) ____________________ (on very little money). My
father's money was spent every week and we never had any money (2) ___________________
(in reserve). My father tried to borrow money from the bank, but he was always
refused (3) ____________________ (without consideration). However, my father was
a (4) ____________________ (useful) person for some employers to have (5) ____________________
(available).
It seems that corruption in the police force
has grown. Some officers have been filmed acting in a very (6) ____________________
(suspicious) manner and one was caught accepting a (7) ____________________
(bribe) from a motorist who he had stopped.
You've got to (8) ____________________
(admire) John for what he has achieved in his exams. I wanted to help him,
but I (9) ____________________ (was not allowed to) because I'm the chief
examiner. I think we should all (10) ____________________(applaud him) for his
great effort and success.
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