Set Expressions with THE

all the same= just the same	keep the bed /to make the bed
be on the safe side	keep the house
by the way	lay the table
do the shopping	on the one (other) hand
get the sack	on the right/left
in the country	on the whole
in the daytime	pass the time
in the distance	take the opportunity
in the doorway	take the trouble to do smt
in the middle	the day before yesterday
in the morning/afternoon/evening	the other (of two)
in the night(during)	the other day
in the original	the same opinion
in the affirmative/ negative	the right/ wrong side
in the past/ present/ future	to tell the truth
in the singular/ plural	What's the time?
It is out of the question	by the kilo/ dozen …

Set Expressions with NO ARTICLE

arm in arm	from beginning to end	in time/ on time
ask for permission	from east to west	into consideration
at dawn at daybreak	from head to foot from morning till night	keep house lose control
at dinner	from side to side	lose touch with
at dusk	from time to time	make fun of / love/ war
at first sight	get out of bed/ town	make progress
at noon/ midnight/ night	go down town	move house
at peace/ at war	go on board (a ship)	on behalf of
at present	go to sea/ be at sea	on business
at random	hand in hand	on condition that
at sunrise/ sunset at twilight	have good /bad luck have great fun	on account of on demand
be at home/ school	in addition to	on sale
be/to stay in bed	in charge of	on tiptoe/ on foot
by chance	in (for) fun	out of date/fashion
by heart by mail by means of	in debt in demand in detail	out of order out of place out of sight
by mistake	in fact	pay attention to
by name	in favour of	shake hands with
by order of	in honour of	step by step
day and night	in search of	take care of
do business	in sight	to/at sea
find fault with	in spite of	take notes of
for hours	run risks	take advantage of

E x e r c i s e s

5.1. Fill in the gaps using a/an or the if necessary.

1) I bought a hat and a pair of shoes at ….. shop. Unfortunately ….. shoes are ….. wrong size. I'll take them back tomorrow.

2) How much are the driving lessons? – Fifteen pounds ….. hour.

3) But I had ….. suspicion that he wasn't speaking ….. truth because ….. meter readers usually wear ….. peaked caps.

4) He said, "As ….. matter of ….. fact, there was ….. explosion in ….. last house I visited; and Mr Smith, ….. owner of ….. house, was burnt in ….. face."

5) By this time I had come to ….. conclusion that he wasn't ….. genuine meter reader; and ….. moment he left ….. house I rang ….. police.

6) ….. fog was so thick that we couldn't see ….. side of ….. road. We followed ….. car in front of us and hoped that we were going ….. right way.

7) I don't know what ….. price ….. owners are asking. But Dry and Pot are ….. agents. You could give them ….. ring and make them ….. offer.

8) ….. postman's little boy says that he'd rather be ….. dentist than ….. doctor, because ….. dentists don't get called out at ….. night.

9) Just as ….. air hostess (there was only one on the plane) was handling me ….. cup of ….. coffee ….. plane gave ….. lunch and ….. coffee went all over ….. person on ….. other side of ….. gangway.

10) There was ….. collision between ….. car and ….. cyclist at crossroads near ….. my house early in ….. morning. ….. cyclist was taken to ….. hospital.
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