I. Explain the following: 1. to go to the dogs. 2. the black sheep of the family. 3. to put the cart before the horse. 4. to lock the stable door after the horse is stolen. 5. to take the bull by the horns. 6. to let the cat out of the bag. 7. to die in harness. 8. his bark is worse than his bite. 9. to ride the high horse. 10. a cat and dog life. 11. a cat on hot bricks. 12. a bull in a china shop. 13. to smell a rat. 14. a fish out of water. 15. an "also ran". 16. straight from the horse's mouth. 17. raining cats and dogs. 18. a red herring. 19. misfortune dogged his foot- steps. 20. a cock-and-bull story.
2. Every day I wind up my watch at 7 o’clock in the morning.
3. It’s Friday. Have you seen him this week?
4. Students usually buy books at the House of Books.
5. It’s a pity, but I have not bought this dictionary yet.
6. As a rule we do many exercises in class.
7. He has told this joke many times.
8. Something (has gone) wrong with my watch.
9. I have already ( translated) these sentences into French.
10. They ( have) their English many hours a week.
11. She (works) much and usually ( gets) many good marks.
12. We (have bought) a new TV set this year.