Exercise 6 Fill in the blanks with the expressions given. Change the form where necessary. on one's mind on and off come across toy with out loud get away with set ... to rights get into the habit of give away drop a hint 1. Once you ______ writing articles about your experiences and interests you will find no end of things to write about. 2. UN finances are in a mess, largely because the UN is expected to ______ the world ______ without being given the means to do so. 3. In 1984 when I first arrived, I was actually called a “Yankee,” as my New York accent ______ me ______ immediately. 4. If you don’t mind, could you ______ on who you are working for? 5. We think that some of the stories are very funny and they’ve made us laugh ______. 6. Some people believe that on the Internet they can lie about anything and everything and ______ it. 7. I had been ______ the idea of starting my own blog since I started reading them about a year ago. 8. I have been trying to study Chinese ______ for about 2 years now, but because am busy with many other things my Chinese is still really bad. 9. One day when I was doing my research on the Net, I ______ an interesting site: BootsnAll.com. 10. With Jim losing his job and her mother being sick, Michelle has had a lot ______ lately.