Welcome to the April issue of the english-at-home.com newsletter. I hope you enjoy reading it.

Clare

1. What's new on the site

Was she absolutely livid, or just stroppy? Check out our new page on describing anger in the vocabulary section of the site.

Over in the reading section of the site, there's an article on the greenest country in the world. How does your country compare?

On our sister site theenglishweb.com there's a new article on talking about your job and your responsibilities.

2. Vocabulary quiz - Missing word

Put the words below into the gaps in the idioms.

foul, hot, nose, red, spitting, wrong

get _____ under the collar
to be a _____ rag to a bull
get out of bed on the _______ side
be _______ mad
be in a _______ mood
it really gets up my _____

cheek, down, get, hair, knickers

Keep your ________ on
Calm ______
Don't let it ______ to you
Turn the other ________
Don't get your _________ in a twist

Answers

get hot under the collar
to be a red rag to a bull
get out of bed on the wrong side
be spitting mad
be in a foul mood
it really gets up my nose

Keep your hair on
Calm down
Don't let it get to you
Turn the other cheek
Don't get your knickers in a twist

That's all for this issue. See you in May 2008!