McGraw - Hill''s Essential American Idioms

... ambulance chasers. *American as apple pie Cliché quintessentially American. (*Also: as ϳ.) ᮀ A small house with a white picket fence is supposed to be as American as apple pie. the American dream ... weather, but quickly beat a retreat to the warmth of our fire. a basket case 16 McGraw- Hill’s Essential American Idioms Dictionary Second Edition Richard A. Spears, Ph.D. New York...

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... the McGraw- Hill publications, NTC’s Dictionary of Proverbs and Clichés, NTC’s Dictionary of Euphe- misms, and NTC’s Dictionary of Folksy, Regional, and Rural Sayings, as well as other McGraw- Hill special-purpose ... support, and encour- agement for the creation of specialized dictio- naries. Acknowledgments 00 (i-xviiiB) front matter 12/7/04 13:48 Page xv Copyright © 2005 by The McGraw-...

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... language lab. The idioms are presented in reading, writing, speaking, and lis- tening activities because idioms occur in all these aspects of American English. People commonly believe that idioms are ... Consulate turned down (him) a b 3. In the movie, a 25-year-old actor played the part of an 80-year- old man. Nobody could believe how well he pulled - IV. LISTENING COMPREHENSION...

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... some heads together. knock-down-drag-out fight a serious fight; a serious argument. ᮀ Stop calling each other names, or you’re going to end up with a real knock-down-drag-out fight. know one’s ABCs Fig. ... limitations. 2. bound by old, non- functional, or limiting structures, rules, or practices. (Usually inside-the-box ; adjectival.) ᮀ You have some really inside-the- box ideas, Ralph....

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... answer choice like this in every weaken-the-argument question. STRENGTHEN THE ARGUMENT Strengthen-the-argument questions use very similar thinking to weaken-the-argument questions, but instead of ... sure that the answer you choose points in the desired direction. As with weaken-the-argument questions, strengthen-the-argument questions almost always have at least one answer that deals with th...

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... area of the non- shaded rectangle. If AB = 6, BC = 4, and the longer side of the non-shaded rectangle is an inte- ger, what is one possible measurement for the shorter side of the non-shaded rectangle? A. B. ... odd number yields an odd number. 99 ▲ d Copyright © 2007 by The McGraw- Hill Companies, Inc. Click here for terms of use. McGraw- Hill’s GMAT: Introduction WELCOME TO THE GMAT Welco...

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... Infrastructure Systems Engineering. The engineering graduates in these one-day-per week two-year programs are working full-time and most of the participants work globally. The essence of the globalization ... name, description and estimated duration (Initial each Post-It). 2. Arrange Post-Its on chart paper 3. Work together to rearrange Post-Its 4. Draw arrows to indicate precedence The foll...

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... main vowel of a syllable. The main vowel is determined by this order of precedence: a - 0 - e - i - u - ii. For example, in ao, the main vowel is a, and in ei, the main vowel is e. However, ... tones 15t 2 nd - ~- . I rn a rn a rn a n. horse n. mother ' n. hemp 3.1 The tonal value of four basic tones \ \ / " I'l. ~ ~ &...

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... bound. dyed-in-the-wool permanent; indelible; stubborn. (Usually said of a person.) ᮀ My uncle was a dyed-in-the-wool farmer. He wouldn’t change for anything. ᮀ Sally is a dyed-in-the-wool socialist. dying ... support. ᮀ There are many young peo- ple down-and-out in Los Angeles just now. ᮀ John gambled away all his fortune and is now completely down-and-out. down-at-the-heels shabby; poorl...

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