Reading comprehension - Matching exercise
Read the article ‘Words, Words’ about Scottish expressions on pages 18-19 of English Now No. 124. Then match the Scottish expressions on the left with their English translation on the right.
| 1. Haud yer wheesht | |
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| a. Drizzle |
| 2. Drookit | |
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| b. Do the grocery shopping |
| 3. Ah dinnae ken | |
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| c. Be quiet |
| 4. Wee bairn | |
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| d. Give it all you’ve got |
| 5. Gie it laldy | |
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| e. Small child |
| 6. Smirr | |
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| f. Wishing you good health and prosperity |
| 7. Ahm pure done in | |
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| g. Soaking wet |
| 8. Lang may yer lum reek | |
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| h. Wet, dull and gloomy |
| 9. Get the messages | |
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| i. I’m exhausted |
| 10. Dreich | |
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| j. I don’t know |