1 eliminated 2 composure 3 distressing 4 signalled 5 Break WRITE short answerS 1 ] Some parents force their children to study those subjects in which they do not have any interest. Such subjects are distasteful for them. They don’t work with interest and ultimately fail. This reason of failure can be avoided if boys are allowed to study the subjects according to their interests. 2 ] Lazy bluffers are the students who don’t take studies seriously. They do not have any serious aim in their life. They do not concentrate on their studies and spend their time in useless activities. Such students should not be allowed to stay in college. 3 ] Some parents force their children to earn their living with studies. So they get poor education and poor living. Parents should contribute towards the expenses of their children. 4] The writer wished to have a tricycle in his early childhood. As he grew up his tricycle which was changed into a bicycle wish. His parents were very poor and could not afford it. In the same way he could not buy ice cream or sweets in his childhood. 5 ] Summer vacation was a period of permanent joy and felicity for the writer. He walked across in July wearing his grey shirt, grey short and red Weston blazer. Idioms and phrasal verbs An axe to grind : A selfish person Will not help anyone unless he has his own axe to grind. A wild goose chase: A wise man Never indulges in wild goose chase. A bird of passage: A bird of passage never succeeds in life. Bring about: The previous government brought about many changes in the constitution. Bring up: She brings up her child with great care. The End