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Practise the words

Exerciții de vocabular: Expresii utile. Consolidează-ți vocabularul nou completând propoziții cu expresii idiomatice potrivite pentru a descrie situații în care planurile tale au eșuat complet.

Упражнения на лексику: Полезные выражения. Закрепите новые слова, дополняя предложения подходящими идиоматическими выражениями для описания ситуаций, когда ваши планы полностью сорвались.

Practise the words — Plans that fell through

Complete the sentences with the words from the box

fall through · smoke · meant to be · back out · second thoughts · change of plan · call off · scrapped · leave someone in the lurch · turn down an offer · postponed indefinitely · best-laid plans

  • When the funding was cut, their holiday plans began to ____ .
  • Management decided to ____ the conference due to low ticket sales.
  • The outdoor festival was ____ until further notice because of the storms.
  • Even the ____ can go wrong when the weather turns bad in Chicago.
  • All their hard work on the Boston project went up in ____ .
  • The original design for the Seattle office was completely ____ .
  • Liam decided to ____ at the last minute, leaving us short-handed in Denver.
  • A sudden ____ forced everyone indoors during the retreat in Austin.
  • Missing that flight felt terrible, but maybe it was ____ .
  • It was foolish to ____ such a lucrative offer from the London firm.
  • She started having ____ about moving across the country to New York.
  • You should never ____ your teammates in the lurch during a crisis.

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Descoperă cum să exprimi planurile nerealizate folosind timpul viitor în trecut și vocabular natural de nivel avansat. Această lecție practică te ajută să vorbești despre schimbări neprevăzute cu ușurință și naturalețe.

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