Sunday 4 October 2009

What's the word that fits the three sentences?

1. The allies let _________ an intensive artillery bombardment over the border.
2. Brewer escaped from prison last year and has been on the _________ ever since.
3. If you find yourself at a ________ end, you could always clean the bathroom.
* the last one is an expression for "ficar a toa"! Is it used Angela?

3 comments:

Anonymous said...

loose (?)

xoxo said...

yes, loose

Angela said...

Yes, Mari!

be at a loose end (British & Australian),
be at loose ends (American)

to have nothing to do
If you find yourself at a loose end over the weekend, you could always clean out the garden shed.
Sarah was at loose ends in a strange city when she first met Bob.