EPISODE 1: OPENING DAY
VOCABULARY QUIZ

Mr. Brashov and Jamal are working hard to get the restaurant ready to open. There is a lot to do, and the restaurant opens in just a few days.


CHOOSE THE BEST WORD(S) TO PUT IN EACH BLANK:

MR. BRASHOV: Losing your job was a ________, Jamal.  I'm so glad that you will be working as my handyman for a while.
 
tough break    piece of cake    breakthrough

JAMAL: I was educated as an engineer at the finest technical school in Egypt. I never thought that I would ________ as a handyman.
 
back down    end up    moonlight
MR. BRASHOV:I hope you're not ________ about taking this job.
 
getting hot under the collar    having second thoughts    getting cold feet
JAMAL: Mr. Brashov, I'm grateful for the job. I was ________, and I'm very happy to be working again, even as a handyman.
 
ripped off    laid off    on the go
MR. BRASHOV: I must be ________.  Look at this place. We're going to open in a few days. The stove doesn't work, I don't have a waitress, and I don't even have a name for my restaurant.
 
chicken    on the run    out of my mind
JAMAL:A name for the restaurant is ________. If I don't get that stove fixed, you won't be able to serve any food!
 
aboveboard    right off the bat    the least of your problems
MR. BRASHOV: Well, we'd better stop talking and ________!
   
get moving    show off    take it easy
JAMAL:Don't worry, Mr. Brashov. If we work really hard, I'm sure we'll ________.
 
get fried    give up    make it
MR. BRASHOV:Ah, Jamal!  It seems that you never ________ optimism.
 
get over     run out of    come across

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