1) He's flirting with her, but he's married. He's playing with ________. a) Light b) fire c) her d) him 2) Don't worry about the ICFES test; it's a piece of _______. a) date b) late c) cake d) day 3) That car is beautiful, but it must have cost _____ _____ _____ ____ _____. a) a lot b) too much c) and arm and a leg d) an eye of a face 4) I'm feeling a bit _______ ______ _______ today, so I might take a rest. a) sick b) over the weather c) well d) under the weather 5) Losing that job was ___ __________ _____ _______; it forced me to pursue my dream of starting my own business. a) the most important thing b) a blessing in disguise c) the hardest thing d) the best thing 6) Just get to the point; stop _______ ______ ______ _______: a) beat around the bush b) beaten around the bush c) beated around the bush d) beating around the bush. 7) I was just ________ _______ _______ about winning the lottery! a) pulling your leg b) pull your leg c) pulled your leg d) pulls your leg 8) We had a couple of hours before the movie started, so we played some arcade games to ______ ______. a) killing the time. b) killed the time c) kill time. d) kills the time. 9) We're going to fix all the potholes in the roads this year in Soledad," the mayor "Alcira Sandoval" announced. "________ _______ _______," muttered a disgruntled resident. a) when cows fly b) When pigs fly c) when chickens fly d) when horses fly 10) My youngest daughter is the apple of my _______.I love her too much. a) heart b) ear c) hand d) eye 11) Instead of ___________ __________ _______ ________, let's analyze what went wrong and learn from it. a) cry over spilled milk b) cried over spilled milk c) cries over spilled milk d) crying over spilled milk 12) Mary was _____ ______ ______ and the joy and excitement that radiated from her was infectious. a) in cloud nine b) at cloud nine c) on cloud nine d) under cloud nine. 13) Stop shedding those ________ ________ , I know you're not sorry for what you did. a) cocodrile tear b) crocodile tears c) cocodrile ears d) crocodiles ears 14) It's risky to ______ ______ ______ _______ in one basket, so make sure you have backup plans. a) putting all your eggs b) puts all your eggs c) puting all your egss d) put all your eggs

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