1. You’re going down to the docks to make a nuisance of yourself. (j. Wain)

2. On Tuesday he was dressed and brushed and allowed to cut back to the city for the day. Though what he did there the wife and girls couldn’t imagine. Made a nuisance of himself to his friends they supposed. (K. Mansfield)

3. Oh, that boy, what a nuisance he is! (D. Lawrence)

4. “Girls are amazing nowadays,” said Mr.Jones. “Turn up all over the place. Great nuisance when you want to get on with things.” (A. Christie)

5. I couldn’t see the guns but they were evidently firing directly over us. It was a nuisance to have them there but it was a comfort that they were no bigger. (e. Hemingway)

to sink in - to penetrate, to deeply in

1. He waited to let the importance of this bit sink in. (S. Heym)

2. He paused to let my reply sink in – to my mind, not to his. (Gr. Greene)

3. Make a little pause. “Give the facts a chance to sink in.” (S. Heym)

to be a credit to – to be a source of honour

(to be) to one`s credit – to be a proof or illustration of some good quality

to do somebody credit – to show that one deserves honour or good reputation

1. “And then the first time we went surfing together you took on some of the waves I let pass.” “Oh, that! It’s no credit to me. I lived in the surf when I was a kiddy… I won runs in heavy surf where I couldn’t win in still water.”

2. The second generation of Forsytes felt indeed that he (Dorset Forsyte) was no greatly to their credit. (J. Galsworthy)

3. “But when I say a thing I mean it; when I feel sentiment I feel it in earnest; and what I value I pay hard money for. That’s the sort of man I am.” “It does you great credit, I’m sure.” (B. Shaw)

Dialogue

A: Jane, what’s up? I can see you’ve been crying. Your eyes are all red and swollen. Ten to one you’ve again had a quarrel with your parents.

B: You’re not mistaken, Maggie. I’m fed up with their remarks. Catch me going home today. I’d prefer to spend the night in the street.

A: Jane, don’t talk nonsence. I suppose your parents wish you only good. It’s quite natural that sometimes your points of view are not alike. It’s better to be on friendly terms with them. If you put two and two together you’ll understand that we are to take the rough with the smooth. Life is too short to waste it on giving way to your anger. By the way, what’s happened this time?

B: At last you’ve asked about it. Once you start teaching me there’s no stopping you. I won’t go into details in order to save your time. Yesterday in the morning I asked my mother to let me go to the disco with my new boy friend. She agreed. The whole day I had been as pleased as Punch. But in the evening my good mood was put an end to.

A: Did your boy friend let you down?

B: Of course, not. Why are you so slow in the uptake? I said the problem was with the parents and not with the boy friend.

A: Would you take yourself in hand? It’s not my fault that you’ve got in a mess. At heart I feel for you very much. So, calm down and go on, please.

B: Sorry. It was the last straw. When I returned home to put on my new dress which had cost me a pretty penny, my father told me that I wouldn’t go anywhere as he wanted to ask me to do something about the house.

A: You don’t say so! I suppose you were rather taken aback.

B: Oh, yes, I needed several minutes to let my father’s words sink in. Then I went crazy and simply turned on him. I told him different awful things, that he was a nuisance, that he was slow in the uptake and he didn’t know me from Adam. I shouted that he didn’t understand my problems at all and that I preferred to live on my own than with them.

A: Oh, Jane, you shouldn’t have behaved in such a way.

B: I know. Now I regret it already.

A: Thanks Heaven! You’ve started to talk sense at last!

B: It’s a credit to you! If I hadn’t met you I wouldn’t have realized what a silly thing I’ve done. I’d better go home right now and ask my father to forgive me. Bye-bye.

A: Good luck!