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1. [Match]
Can you complete the sentences?
(Notes
To be weepy / tearful – to be sad and likely to cry
To laugh on the other side of your face – to feel upset / discomfited after feeling confident or triumphant.
cry off – informal phrasal verb – to decide not to do something that you have arranged to do
grin and bear it – phrase – accept sth without complaining, suffer pain or misfortune in a stoical, uncomplaining manner
in floods of tears – crying a lot
a tear-jerker – informal – a film / story / song / novel that is calculated to evoke sadness or sympathy
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Answers for Quiz [1].
- 1. weepy. (correct)
- 2. laughing on the other side of her face. (correct)
- 3. cried off (correct)
- 4. grin and bear it. (correct)
- 5. floods of tears. (correct)
- 6. tear-jerker. (correct)