Step 1
Study the power point to get to know this week’s idioms.
Step 2
Listen to the dialogue for better understanding and pronunciation.
Step 3
Read the following dialogue to see the idioms in context:
| Tatiana: | Hey! What are you doing? |
| Natalia: | I’m just trying to figure out how to rearrange the office. |
| Tatiana: | Why? What’s wrong with it? |
| Natalia: | I don’t know. I can’t quite put my finger on it. Maybe it’s just too cluttered. |
| Tatiana: | Yes, I see that. |
| Natalia: | The problem is that nobody wants to lift a finger around here to help keep it organized. |
| Tatiana: | Hey, don’t wag your finger at me. I do more than my share around here! |
| Natalia: | I don’t mean to point a finger at anyone. I’m just saying we all need to work together to keep it looking nice. |
| Tatiana: | Well, you are sure right about that. |
| Natalia: | Why don’t we just get it organized ourselves and then have a meeting to discuss how we are going to keep it clean and neat in the future? |
| Tatiana: | Sounds good! We have to work together on this. We can’t just cross our fingers and hope somehow it stays presentable. |
| Natalia: | No kidding! |
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