Idioms in Speech

... I'm not in the habit of giving up what I've set my mind on. (J. Galsworthy) (3) to take pains (be at pains) — to take the trouble to get something or do something; to try to do something 1. ... queer, penetrating look mingled, too, with intelligent interest which, as our eyes met, he took pains to conceal. (A. Cronin) 2. They took pains not to stand next to one another or begin an...

Ngày tải lên: 04/11/2013, 11:15

... ways of defining an idiom. In general, most of the linguists share the same point that an idiom is a fixed expression whose meaning can not be worked out by looking at the meaning of its individual ... idiomatic variants and synonymous idioms. - Gain an insightful look at idioms in general and idiomatic variants and synonymous idioms in particular in both English and Vietnamese....

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Ngày tải lên: 17/08/2013, 09:17

... part in: to be involved in, to participate in (also: to be in on) o Martin was sick and could not take part in the meeting yesterday. o I didn't want to be in on their argument, so I remained ... expected, new idioms have been included and outdated idioms have been removed. Lessons in all sections review and build upon idioms introduced in earlier lessons. In some c...

Ngày tải lên: 17/08/2013, 10:40

... phải theo lao) - In for a penny, in for a pound (Được voi đòi tiên) - Tell me the company you keep, and I will tell you what you see (Gần mực thì đen, gần đèn thì sáng) - It never rains but it pours ... được) - Bitter pills may have blessed effects (Thuốc đắng dã tật) - Beginning is the difficulty (Vạn sự khởi đầu nan) - Traveling forms a young man (Đi một ngày đàng, học một sàng khôn) -...

Ngày tải lên: 25/08/2013, 22:10

... part in: to be involved in, to participate in (also: to be in on) o Martin was sick and could not take part in the meeting yesterday. o I didn't want to be in on their argument, so I remained ... expected, new idioms have been included and outdated idioms have been removed. Lessons in all sections review and build upon idioms introduced in earlier lessons. In some c...

Ngày tải lên: 04/09/2013, 19:57

... up to (something): to be doing something; to be planning or plotting something, scheming The first definition usually takes the form of a question. • Hi, Jake. I haven’t seen you in a long time. ... fill (someone) in: to inform, to give background information to (also: to clue in) (S) This idiom is often followed by the preposition on and a noun phrase containing the pertinent information...

Ngày tải lên: 25/10/2013, 06:20

... (B) No lacking in meaning, but with slightly awkward expression. (C) Slightly lacking in meaning. (D) Considerably lacking in meaning. (E) Unable to understand, and unable to imagine the actual ... error-block in the Error-String, am found in the Similar- String, take out the string (denoted C) between A and B in 1 For detecting errors in Japanese sentences, the method...

Ngày tải lên: 20/02/2014, 18:20

... takes as input a sentence and a context-free grammar and produces as output a chart like that below, indicating the starting point and ending point of each phrase in the input string. lnput~ ... of/d/before/y /in didyou (5b) Reduction of unstressed/u/to schwa in) ,~u (5c) Flapping of intervocalic /t/ in hit. it (5d) Reduction of schwa and devoicing of/u /in to (5e) Reduc:ion o...

Ngày tải lên: 21/02/2014, 20:20