Episode 32 - Name Idioms

ESL in Ho Chi Minh City

She’s my neighbor. She goes ___ ___ ___ ___ Silly or at least people ___ ___ ___ to her face like that. She has a one-track mind, namely, to ___ ___ name for herself. In ___ ___ ___ fame, she has many times embarrassed herself. She ___ ___ ___ in all competitions organized by big corporations, game shows, promotion campaigns... ___ ___ ___, in hopes of winning a big prize. She once joined a beauty pageant and won a consolation prize for the most energetic person, ___ ___ ___. Later, she made up her mind to become a writer ___ ___ ___ of A.Q. Nobody knew for sure what it was short for or whom she ___ ___ ___. She wrote about the big names she hung out with, or so she said. She gave me and others that impression when she dropped names, however we have never seen anyone near her house. Speaking of the house, she lives in a beautiful two-story house which is not ___ ___ ___ but she’s the only heir to it. Anyway, she didn’t stay long in the writing business since, on the spur of the moment, she ___ her boss ___ and got the pink slip. But she never gave up her dream of ___ ___ ___ to something, so she turned her house into a store that sold absolute anything- food, flowers, household appliances and clothes, to ___ ___ ___. She built up hopes that one day her store would become big. However, she went out of business only after two months because she kept losing money. But every cloud has a silver lining. Thanks to the store, she met a guy like her and they ___ ___ ___ shortly after. She feared that unhappiness would ___ ___ ___ ___ ___. So far, so good though. In fact, she’s going to be a mother. And for the first time in her life, she is achieving something-___ ___ ___ to her baby. Idioms and expressions: is someone's middle name by the name of call someone names in someone's name in name only name names put down one's name enter one's name to name a few to name but a few under the name you name it put a name to name the day make a name for oneself in the name of give one's name to have one's name on it name someone/something after