Answers to last week's vocabulary quiz

Answers to last week's vocabulary quiz: "
Did you miss our quiz on dream and sleep idioms last week?
Which of the expressions mean that you sleep well, and which mean that you sleep badly?
Here are the answers:
sleep well
get a good night's sleep
get back to sleep = go back to sleep after being awake: "I woke up at 4 am, but I got back to sleep."
get off to sleep = manage to fall asleep: He's finally managed to get off to sleep."
sleep in = sleep late: "I like to sleep in on Sundays."
sleep it off = sleep to feel better: "If you have a headache, try to sleep it off."
sleep like a log = sleep very well: "I slept like a log last night."
sleep soundly = sleep without waking: "He sleeps soundly most nights."
sleep through something = not to wake up even though there's lots of noise: "He didn't hear the storm and slept through it."
sleep badly
be a light sleeper = be easily woken: "I'm such a light sleeper that I wake up at least three times a night."
have a sleepless night = not sleep much, or at all: "I feel awful – I had a sleepless night worrying."
have nightmares = have bad dreams: "She often wakes up in the middle of the night with nightmares."
not sleep a wink = not sleep at all: "I didn't sleep a wink the night before the exam."
sleepwalk / sleep talk = either walk or talk in your sleep: "As a child he sleepwalked a lot."
toss and turn = to not be able to sleep because you keep changing position: "He was so worried about the meeting that he tossed and turned all night."

Sleep Or DIE!

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Sleep Idioms

Прочитайте предложения 1-10. Что означают выделенные фразовые глаголы?
1. My daughter has asked my permission to sleep over at her friend’s house tonight.
2. I drifted off listening to the steady beat of the train wheels.
3. I drew the curtains, made a cup of hot chocolate and started to listen to music to help me wind down after today’s hectic day in the office.
4. Today is my day off. I can finally sleep in!
5. Little Danny was so tired that he fell asleep as soon as he boarded the plane. He slept through the takeoff and most of the flight.
6. I wake up at 7:00 am when my alarm-clock rings. I don’t get up right away indulging in bed for another 10-15 minutes.
7. I’ve worked two night shifts in a row and need to catch up on sleep.
8. My friend has just crashed out on my sofa. She’s probably had too many drinks.
9. I need to sleep off my migraine. I hope it’ll go away after a couple of hours of rest.
Новые фразовые глаголы:
• sleep over - остаться (гостем) переночевать
• drift off - задремать
• wind down - успокаиваться
• sleep in - спать дольше обычного
• sleep through - не заметить что-либо сквозь сон, проспать что-либо
• get up - вставать
• catch up - нагнать (упущенный сон)
• crash out - отрубиться (от усталости или подвыпитого состояния)
• wake up - просыпаться
• sleep off – отоспаться (чтобы лучше себя чувствовать)

Ответьте на вопросы:
* What age should kids be allowed to sleep over at their friends’ houses?
* What makes you drift off?
* Do you sleep in on the weekend?
* How do you wind down after work?
* Have your ever slept through New Year’s Eve?
* Do you get up right after you wake up?
* Have you ever crashed out in a taxi?
* Can you sleep off the effects of a jetlag?