Business English Language Lessons

Understanding

Matching exercise

Match the items on the right with the items on the left.

He's useless. He doesn't have a ______ what he is doing. ??? home grips lines got clue tail clear thing mud first head hang message right I didn't understand any of his explanation. It went right over my ______ . ??? home grips lines got clue tail clear thing mud first head hang message right I understand absolutely nothing. I cannot make head nor ______ of it. ??? home grips lines got clue tail clear thing mud first head hang message right I'm afraid I don't know the first ______ about American football. Could you explain the rules to me? ??? home grips lines got clue tail clear thing mud first head hang message right I understood nothing. His explanation was as clear as ______ . ??? home grips lines got clue tail clear thing mud first head hang message right We seem to have completely misunderstood each other. Our ______ were crossed. ??? home grips lines got clue tail clear thing mud first head hang message right It took me a while to get the ______ of this program but now I love it. ??? home grips lines got clue tail clear thing mud first head hang message right I can't seem to get to ______ with the Access data base program. I find it too complicated. ??? home grips lines got clue tail clear thing mud first head hang message right When Caroline showed me some examples of what she had done, it really brought it ______ to me what to do. ??? home grips lines got clue tail clear thing mud first head hang message right This is a very difficult and abstract concept and I have problems getting my ______ around it. ??? home grips lines got clue tail clear thing mud first head hang message right You don't have to say any more. We get the ______ . ??? home grips lines got clue tail clear thing mud first head hang message right Don't talk to Simon about it. He doesn't have a ______ what he is doing. ??? home grips lines got clue tail clear thing mud first head hang message right What language is he speaking? I cannot make ______ nor tail of what he is saying. ??? home grips lines got clue tail clear thing mud first head hang message right It suddenly came ______ to me that I had made a bad mistake. ??? home grips lines got clue tail clear thing mud first head hang message right You mustn't ask me. I don't know the ______ thing about that. ??? home grips lines got clue tail clear thing mud first head hang message right I don't understand Boulez's music. It goes ______ over my head. ??? home grips lines got clue tail clear thing mud first head hang message right When I saw the pictures of the starving people on the BBC, it really brought it ______ to me about the problems they have in that country. ??? home grips lines got clue tail clear thing mud first head hang message right He hasn't phoned me for weeks. I hope he has finally ______ the message. ??? home grips lines got clue tail clear thing mud first head hang message right I don't know the first ______ about architecture but the Muséé D'orsay looks really lovely to me. ??? home grips lines got clue tail clear thing mud first head hang message right This exercise explained nothing very well. It's as ______ as mud. ??? home grips lines got clue tail clear thing mud first head hang message right

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