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Business Expressions 3

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  1. I reckon we owe you about the same as you owe us. Why don't we just ___ ?
    a. call his bluff
    b. called it a day
    c. calls the shots
    d. chicken
    e. call it quits

  2. We've been working on this for forteen hours now. Isn't it time we ___ ?
    a. called it a day
    b. call it quits
    c. calls the shots
    d. chicken
    e. call his bluff

  3. Let's face it, he decides. He's the boss so he's the one that ___ .
    a. called it a day
    b. calls the shots
    c. call it quits
    d. chicken
    e. call his bluff

  4. He says he will go elsewhere if we don't lower our price but I don't think he will. I think we should ___ .
    a. call his bluff
    b. call it quits
    c. called it a day
    d. calls the shots
    e. chicken

  5. I'm sure that there is a lot of corruption in that country. If we order an internal audit we may be opening ___ .
    a. carry the can
    b. chicken
    c. can't win
    d. chicken and egg
    e. a can of worms

  6. Someone is going to have to take responsibility for this disaster. Who is going to ___ .
    a. can't win
    b. carry the can
    c. chicken
    d. a can of worms
    e. chicken and egg

  7. Whatever we do, we are going to come out badly. It's a ___ situation.
    a. a can of worms
    b. carry the can
    c. chicken
    d. can't win
    e. chicken and egg

  8. She always like to think things through very carefully. She likes to ___ .
    a. chicken and egg
    b. chicken
    c. chew things over
    d. call his bluff
    e. call it quits

  9. We need a loan to start the company and we need a company to get the loan. It's a ___ situation.
    a. calls the shots
    b. chew things over
    c. chicken
    d. call his bluff
    e. chicken and egg

  10. We wanted to expand into Asia but we were a bit frightened. We were soon sorry for being so ___ .
    a. chicken and egg
    b. chicken
    c. calls the shots
    d. chew things over
    e. call it quits

Copyright 1998 by Pearson Brown (pearsonb@easynet.fr)
This quiz is part of the HTML-Only Self-Study Quizzes which is part of Activities for ESL Students, a project by The Internet TESL Journal.