1. We can't work on this project together: we are on different wavelengths.
2. My sister's very spoilt: she always gets her own way.
3. What was Sam ranting and raving about earlier? We could hear him in the next room! 
4 . If you don't stand up to John, he'll just get worse.
5 . Vicky walks all over Tom, but he doesn't seem to mind.
6. Don't take all the gossip at face value.
7 . Haley has small talk down to a fine art .
8. It's no use trying to talk to Lily: she is in a world of her own at the moment.