V5B: 3rd week - first class

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CAE Gold Plus U11 pages 131/134
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take aback - surprise
 take after - look like a relative
 take against - dislike sb
 take away - remove
 take back - withdraw a statement or comment
 take down - (1) write down, (2) remove sth from a high place
 take in - (1) deceive, (2) allow sb to stay in one's home, understand, (4) make clothes smaller
 take off - remove (clothing), (2) leave the ground (of aeroplanes etc), (3) imitate sb in a comic way,                       (4) begin to succeed (e.g plans, ideas)
 take on - (1) undertake sth, (2) employ staff, (3) accept sb as an opponent
 take out - (1) extract, remove, (2) accompany sb to a theatre etc
 take over - take control of sth esp in place of sb else
 take sb for - mistake sb/sth for sb/sth else
 take to - (1) find agreeable; like, (2) begin a habit, (3) escape to; hide in
 take up - (1) begin a hobby, sport etc, (2) occupy space
 take up with - become involved in 

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Practise:
https://www.tolearnenglish.com/exercises/exercise-english-2/exercise-english-49129.php
https://www.tolearnenglish.com/exercises/exercise-english-2/exercise-english-102560.php
https://www.learnenglishfeelgood.com/vocabulary/vocabulary-idioms-take1.html
http://a4esl.org/q/h/fb-vm-take.html

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Mind Expressions 
Sentence Completion
Complete the sentences with 1 word to form expressions with “mind”.
1. So you’ve decided to do a masters too! ________ minds think alike!
2. They found the lost pendrive down the back of the sofa. Phew! That’s a ________ off my mind.
3. The UN has organised a council of scientists to discuss the best way to solve the issue, it’s going to be a real _________ of the minds.
4. Due to the recent speculation about a move to Real Madrid, the player has stated that he’s not in the right _________ of mind to play tomorrow.
5. No one in their _________ mind would buy that car, it’s a death-trap!
6. If you two don’t be quiet and go to sleep, I’m going to come up there and _____ you a ______ of my mind!
7. My mobile phone seems to _______ a mind of its _______. It’s always calling people in my bag.


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8. The distances we’d have to travel to reach another habitable planet are mind-___________, it’s not going to be possible in our lifetime.
9. I’m ___ two minds about what to do on Sunday, we could have a picnic or we could go to the cinema.
10. ______ your mind back to the day of the robbery Mrs. Jones, what time did your husband arrive home?
11. It’s worth __________ in mind that the sun goes down at 5:30 in winter, so we have to be off the mountain by then.
12. It never ___________my mind to ask Tony for help, I figured he didn’t know anything about computers.
13. Would you like another martini George? Oooo don’t mind ____ I _____.
14. I have ______ a mind to go up there myself and tell them to turn the music down.
15. I’m sorry but I’ve completely forgotten your name, I’ve got a mind like a _________.

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16. Most teenage boys have a one-_________ mind, and we all know what that means!

17. Hi babe, are you tired? No, why? Because you’ve been ________through my mind all night.

18. You can achieve anything if you ______ your mind to it!

19. I was just sat at the bus-stop minding my _____ _______ when this guy walked up and started insulting me!

20. You have to mind your ___’s and ____’s around my grandma, she’s quite sensitive about that sort of thing.

21. Oh no! I forgot to bring you that letter, sorry, it completely ________ my mind.

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beat one's brains out
If someone beats their brains out, they try very hard to understand something or solve a problem.
"My grandmother beats her brains out every evening trying to do the crossword puzzle in the newspaper."

brain like a sieve
Someone who has a brain like a sieve has a very bad memory and forgets things easily.
"Oh, I forgot to buy the bread - I've got a brain like a sieve these days!"

all brawn and no brainl brawn and no brain
Someone who is physically very strong but not very intelligent is said to be all brawn and no brain.
"He's an impressive player to watch, but he's all brawn and no brain."

have something on the brain
If you have something on the brain, you think or talk about it all constantly.
"Stop talking about golf. You've got golf on the brain!"

(a) no-brainer
A decision or choice that requires little or no thought, because the best option is so obvious, is called a no-brainer.
"The choice was between a cash refund or having the amount credited to my account - it was a no-brainer. I took the cash!"

brains behind something
Someone who is the brains behind a project or action is the person thought to have planned and organised everything.
"The police have arrested a man believed to be the brains behind the bank robbery."

pick someone's brains
If you pick someone's brains, you ask questions about a particular subject in order to obtain advice or information.
"Could we have lunch together? I'd like to pick your brains about something." 

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rack one's brains
If you rack your brains, you try very hard to think of something or to remember something.
"Christmas is always a hassle for me. I have to rack my brains every year to find ideas for presents."

wrap your brain around something
If you concentrate on something in an effort to understand, you wrap your braiin around it.
"I need a translation of this report urgently, so wrap your brain around it fast!"
be brain dead

if someone is a brain dead, his or her mind is not working effectively because he is very tired or very bored.  

be out of one’s brain 

to be very drunk  
blow someone’s brains out

to kill someone by shooting them in the head 

 a brain box
a very intelligent person

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  a brain drain

the movement of people with education and skills from their own country to another country where they are paid more for their work.

a brain trust

 a group of people with special knowledge or skills who give advice to someone in a position of authority.

get your brain in gear

to make yourself start thinking clearly and effectively.
be pea-brained

to be very stupid          

to brain someone 

to hit someone hard on the head
be a scatter-brain

to forget things easily or not to think seriously about things

to cudgel one's brains

to preoccupy or fill somebody’s mind / think really hard about

             Sample Sentence: Her economic situation always cudgels my brain.

             Turkish Equivalence: zihnini meşgul etmek, aklına takılmak



      27) The Idiom: to have a maggot in one’s brain

             Meaning: to behave in inconsistent, unbalanced, immoderate and insane ways

             Sample Sentence: Let him go! Do you have a maggot in your brain?

             Turkish Equivalence: aklından zoru olmak



      28) The Idiom: to sharpen one’s brain

            Meaning: to be watchful and alert

            Sample Sentence: Sharpen your brain and buy it before him.

            Turkish Equivalence: gözünü açmak



     29) The Idiom: to turn someone’s brain

  Meaning: to get angry

  Sample Sentence: Don’t turn my brain asking such nonsense questions.

           Turkish Equivalence: kafsının tasını attırmak


     30) The Idiom: be a addle brained

            Meaning: to be stupid

            Sample Sentence: I haven’t seen such a addle brained person.

            Turkish Equivalence: kafasız olmak, anlayışı kıt olmak, beyinsiz olmak



     31) The Idiom: to be imprinted on one’s brain/brains

            Meaning: to fix an event or experience so firmly in the memory that it can not be forgatten although you do not try to remember it

            Sample Sentence: That look of grief on the face of Harry is imprinted on my brain.

            Turkish Equivalence: beyinlere kazınmak



      32) The Idiom: to do brain blooming

     Meaning: to suggest a lot of ideas for a future activity very quickly before considering some of them more carefully

            Sample Sentence: We need to some brain blooming before we prepare a detailed plan.

            Turkish Equivalence: beyin fırtınası yapmak



     33) The Idiom: to be a feather brained

           Meaning: to be stupid, foolish

    Sample Sentence: You think that he is a feather brained but actually more intelligent than all of you.

           Turkish Equivalence: kafasız olmak, kuş beyinli olmak



     34) The Idiom: to get something on the brain

    Meaning: to talk about the same topic always and to make it a current issue in every opportunity

           Sample Sentence: You get it on the brain of you. Please, lets not talk about it.

           Turkish Equivalence: parmağına dolamak



    35) The Idiom: brain-teaser

          Meaning: a problem which is difficult but fun to solve

          Sample Sentence: There two brain-teasers in today’s newspaper.

          Turkish Equivalence: zeka oyunları, bulmacalar



    36) The Idiom: brainchild

           Meaning: a clever and original idea, plan or invention

           Sample Sentence: This project is one of the our promising teachers’ brainchild.

           Turkish Equivalence: parlak fikir



    37) The Idiom: brain labour

           Meaning: to think hard, to make effort mentally

           Sample sentence: Solving these problems requires such a lot of brain labour.

           Turkish Equivalence: beyin gücü



     38) The Idiom: brainwash

    Meaning: to make someone believe something by continually telling them that it is true and preventing any other information from reaching them

           Sample Sentence: Some people are trying to brainwash the people around them in respect for their religious beliefs.

          Turkish Equivalence: beyin yıkamak



    39) The Idiom: brain traffic

           Meaning: - thoughts and information moving through the brain

           Sample Sentence: I wish I could turn off my mind when my brain traffic is too heavy.

           Turkish Equivalence: beyin trafiği, aklı meşgul, yoğun olmak



     40) The Idiom: Brain surgery

             Meaning: If something is not brain surgery, it isn't very complicated or difficult to understand or master.



             Sample Sentence: It is not a brain surgery. Please come and do it.

           Turkish Equivalence: beyin ameliyatı



    41) The Idiom: brain knife

          Meaning: One piece stainless steel knife with brushed handle and polished blade.

          Sample Sentence: Don’t forget to bring your brain knife, please.

          Turkish Equivalence: keskin bıçak



    42) The Idiom: to be a brainac

          Meaning: to be very intelligent and brilliant person, to be a genius (slang).

          Sample Sentence: Everybody knows that you are a brainac.

          Turkish Equivalence: aklı bol olmak



   43) The Idiom: a bird brain

         Meaning: a stupid person

         Sample Sentence: She is a bird brain because she can’t understand anything we say.

         Turkish Equivalence: kuş beyinli olmak, kafadan kontak olmak



   44) The Idiom: brainy

         Meaning: very intelligent (old-fashioned, informal)

         Sample Sentence: I can not expect such a brainy behaviour from a stupid like you.

         Turkish Equivalence: akıllıca, zekice

 be a scatter brained

             Meaning: to forget things easily or not to think seriously about things

             Sample Sentence: What a scatter brained you are! You are always forgeting something at home.

             Turkish Equivalence: aklı dağınık olmak



      26) The Idiom: to cudgel one’s brain

             Meaning: to preoccupy or fill somebody’s mind

             Sample Sentence: Her economic situation always cudgels my brain.

             Turkish Equivalence: zihnini meşgul etmek, aklına takılmak



      27) The Idiom: to have a maggot in one’s brain

             Meaning: to behave in inconsistent, unbalanced, immoderate and insane ways

             Sample Sentence: Let him go! Do you have a maggot in your brain?

             Turkish Equivalence: aklından zoru olmak



      28) The Idiom: to sharpen one’s brain

            Meaning: to be watchful and alert

            Sample Sentence: Sharpen your brain and buy it before him.

            Turkish Equivalence: gözünü açmak



     29) The Idiom: to turn someone’s brain

  Meaning: to get angry

  Sample Sentence: Don’t turn my brain asking such nonsense questions.

           Turkish Equivalence: kafsının tasını attırmak


     30) The Idiom: be a addle brained

            Meaning: to be stupid

            Sample Sentence: I haven’t seen such a addle brained person.

            Turkish Equivalence: kafasız olmak, anlayışı kıt olmak, beyinsiz olmak



     31) The Idiom: to be imprinted on one’s brain/brains

            Meaning: to fix an event or experience so firmly in the memory that it can not be forgatten although you do not try to remember it

            Sample Sentence: That look of grief on the face of Harry is imprinted on my brain.

            Turkish Equivalence: beyinlere kazınmak



      32) The Idiom: to do brain blooming

     Meaning: to suggest a lot of ideas for a future activity very quickly before considering some of them more carefully

            Sample Sentence: We need to some brain blooming before we prepare a detailed plan.

            Turkish Equivalence: beyin fırtınası yapmak



     33) The Idiom: to be a feather brained

           Meaning: to be stupid, foolish

    Sample Sentence: You think that he is a feather brained but actually more intelligent than all of you.

           Turkish Equivalence: kafasız olmak, kuş beyinli olmak



     34) The Idiom: to get something on the brain

    Meaning: to talk about the same topic always and to make it a current issue in every opportunity

           Sample Sentence: You get it on the brain of you. Please, lets not talk about it.

           Turkish Equivalence: parmağına dolamak



    35) The Idiom: brain-teaser

          Meaning: a problem which is difficult but fun to solve

          Sample Sentence: There two brain-teasers in today’s newspaper.

          Turkish Equivalence: zeka oyunları, bulmacalar



    36) The Idiom: brainchild

           Meaning: a clever and original idea, plan or invention

           Sample Sentence: This project is one of the our promising teachers’ brainchild.

           Turkish Equivalence: parlak fikir



    37) The Idiom: brain labour

           Meaning: to think hard, to make effort mentally

           Sample sentence: Solving these problems requires such a lot of brain labour.

           Turkish Equivalence: beyin gücü



     38) The Idiom: brainwash

    Meaning: to make someone believe something by continually telling them that it is true and preventing any other information from reaching them

           Sample Sentence: Some people are trying to brainwash the people around them in respect for their religious beliefs.

          Turkish Equivalence: beyin yıkamak



    39) The Idiom: brain traffic

           Meaning: - thoughts and information moving through the brain

           Sample Sentence: I wish I could turn off my mind when my brain traffic is too heavy.

           Turkish Equivalence: beyin trafiği, aklı meşgul, yoğun olmak



     40) The Idiom: Brain surgery

             Meaning: If something is not brain surgery, it isn't very complicated or difficult to understand or master.



             Sample Sentence: It is not a brain surgery. Please come and do it.

           Turkish Equivalence: beyin ameliyatı



    41) The Idiom: brain knife

          Meaning: One piece stainless steel knife with brushed handle and polished blade.

          Sample Sentence: Don’t forget to bring your brain knife, please.

          Turkish Equivalence: keskin bıçak



    42) The Idiom: to be a brainac

          Meaning: to be very intelligent and brilliant person, to be a genius (slang).

          Sample Sentence: Everybody knows that you are a brainac.

          Turkish Equivalence: aklı bol olmak



   43) The Idiom: a bird brain

         Meaning: a stupid person

         Sample Sentence: She is a bird brain because she can’t understand anything we say.

         Turkish Equivalence: kuş beyinli olmak, kafadan kontak olmak



   44) The Idiom: brainy

         Meaning: very intelligent (old-fashioned, informal)

         Sample Sentence: I can not expect such a brainy behaviour from a stupid like you.

         Turkish Equivalence: akıllıca, zekice

 

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to be a addle brained

to be stupid

to be imprinted on one’s brain/brains

to fix an event or experience so firmly in the memory that it can not be forgatten although you do not try to remember it

to be a feather brained

to be stupid, foolish

 a brain-teaser

 a problem which is difficult but fun to solve

 brainchild

 someone's clever and original idea, plan or invention

 brainwash

 to make someone believe something by continually telling them that it is true and preventing any other information from reaching them

Brain surgery

If something is not brain surgery, it isn't very complicated or difficult to understand or master.



to be a brainac /brainy

to be very intelligent and brilliant person, to be a genius (slang).

  to have a bird brain

 being a stupid person

    
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