Exercise 1.

1. The government are going to do away with custom inspectors.

2. Somebody decided to do in the gang boss and dump the body in the river.

3. I can’t do up this zip. Can you help me?

4. Why don’t you buy that old cottage and then do it up?

5. After that long walk, I could do with a cup if tea.

6. Don’t do in your back digging the gardens.

7. People can’t do without water.

Exercise 2.

1. I (I’m trying to get across to the people in the office that they’ll have to work harder. – Have you had any luck making them understand?)

2. M (He was rude to the teacher, but got away with it somehow. – I don’t believe he wasn’t punished!)

3. N (How are you going to get by without a car? – It’ll be difficult, but I’ll manage.)

4. A (We get by on only £50 a week. – Really? How do you manage to live on that?)

5. D (He’ll have to get down to some hard work if he wants to pass the test. – He needs someone to tell him to start working.)

6. E (They don’t get on well at all. – Well, they’ve never been friendly with each other.)

7. O (She’s getting on well at university. – I always knew she’d do well.)

8. P (I want an excuse to get out of going to the office party. – Typical! You’re always trying to avoid doing something!)

9. F (Kiki’s got over her flu. – That’s great. I’m glad she’s better at last.)

10. B (She never got over the death of her father. – No. Her mother never recovered from the shock either.)

11. H (I only got round to sending my Christmas cards yesterday. – Oh, at heart you’ve done it at last.)

12. J (Jane got round the boss by giving him a bottle of wine. – She always manages to persuade someone to do what she wants.)

13. K (Did he get through his exams? – Yes, in fact he was very successful.)

14. L (I tried to get through to the complaints department, but the line was busy. – Did you finally manage to speak to someone on the phone>)

15. G (Whatever did you get up to last night? – Nothing naughty, I promise.)

16. C (She thinks she’s being got at. – She always thinks she’s being criticised.)

Словарик:

could do with – нуждаться в

do up – приводить в порядок/застёгивать

do without – обходиться без

do away with – упразднить, устранить, покончить с

do in – убивать/переутомлять

get across to – доводить до сведения

get at – критиковать

get away with – избежать наказания за

get by – обходиться

get down to – приняться за

get on – хорошо справляться

get on with – ладить с

get out of – избавиться от

get over – преодолеть

get round – перехитрить

get through – справляться с/достигать

get up – вставать, просыпаться