Grammar World Context 7 (Noun Modifier)

Have a look at the dialogue and explore any unfamiliar words . Press the word of your interest. The selected word appears with a black background. Click on the word to look it up in an online dictionary that you have to choose in the window on the right. Choose the languages to translate (from-to) and the dictionary. Remember, you may switch the dictionaries at any time, you may click on the listening icon next to the word and listen to how it is pronounced.

Task 1. Picture the following situation: Chris and Chloe who have recently got married are having a difficult conversation. On the one hand, Chris is experiencing some problems at work, on the other one, they are desperately trying to conceive a child but without much success. Chloe starts suspecting something but Chris reassures her that everything was fine and it would be so in the future. Complete the following dialoque constructing sentences with different types of the Genitive case. Sometimes, you will be required to use one of the following idiomatic expressions: at one's wits' end, the lion's share, a fool's paradise, out of harm's way, a stone's throw, to one's heart's content, at a snail's pace, Achilles' heel, nobody's fool.

Chloe: I wanted to talk to you.

Chris: What about? Is something wrong?

Chloe: There is.

Chris: What?

Chloe: If you're still taking a hammering financially in the market, you know it's not a problem. It is ... (spesifying genitive).

Chris: I can't keep leaning on your father, Chloe. ... (an idiom).

Chloe: Papa gets more pleasure out of helping his family, than all the possessions he owns. ... (specifying genitive) You know that. What is it? Is it something to do with those phone calls you kept getting? Because you acted really strangely after each of them. Are you having an affair?

Chris: Am I having an affair?

Chloe. Yeah, that's what I asked. You are.

Chris: Of course I'm not. Don't be silly. ...  (an idiom)

Chloe: Do you not love me anymore? Who is she? Is she ... (double genitive)?

Chris: Of course I love you.

Chloe: Well, what's wrong?

Chris: I just feel like I'm letting you down. ... (classifying genitive)

Chloe: You're not. How? Is it because I'm not getting pregnant?

Chris: I just... ...feel so guilty. So terribly guilty.

Chloe: Listen, Chris. We've both been to ... (independent genitive). We're both perfectly healthy. I can conceive and you're perfectly capable of making a woman pregnant. Is it me? Have I been horribly pushy and obnoxious on the subject? Look, I... I just want a baby.

Chris: I want to have our baby. We haven't been lucky yet, that's all. Oh, Chloe. Let's get off the subject. I have a lot of work. It's ... (group genitive).

Chloe: Having a child should be something that makes us both happy and excited, not a cause of all this tension and anxiety and ... (an idiom).