Tài liệu CAMBRIGDE INTERNATIONAL DICTIONARY OF IDIOMS CHƯƠNG 2 4 doc

... crown the best or most valuable thing in a group of things • (often + of) The island of Tresco,with its beautiful tropicalgardens, is thejewel in thecrown of the Scilly Isles. j iggery-pokery jiggery-pokery ... How much of the research done by academics in their ivory towers is ever read orpublished? ivy / the Ivy League American X, a group of old and very good colleges in 20 6 t...

Ngày tải lên: 17/01/2014, 06:20

... about 25 4 something > (often + on) We're of like mind on mostpolitical issues. be out of your mind informal to be crazy • You paid three thousand pounds for that heap of junk! Are you out of ... no experience of that activity • Work?He doesn't know the meaning of the word! • And the irony of Phil talking about ethics. Hedoesn't know the meaning of the wor...

Ngày tải lên: 21/12/2013, 04:15

... sleight of hand he produced twopigeons out of his tophat. slice a slice of life if a film, a play, or a piece of writing shows a slice of life, it shows life as it really is • The drama, a slice of ... small hours the early hours of the morning. (often + of) I was up till the small hours of Wednesday morning finishing off that report. • She was born in the small hours of S...

Ngày tải lên: 17/01/2014, 06:20

... a group or organization. (often + in) A leading light in the art and ballet world, he was a closefriend of Princess Diana. • (often + of) Jeffries, at 23 a leading light of the campaign, was thefirst ... out of line. • Her remarks to the papers were way out of line. 2 if the amount or cost of something is out of line it is not what is expected or usual • (usually + with) His s...

Ngày tải lên: 17/01/2014, 06:20

... the cockles of your heart. coffee a coffee table book a large, expensive book with a lot of pictures, that is often kept on a table for people to look at • A glossy coffee table bookof his art ... to payoff his loan. creme de la creme the creme de la creme the best people or things in a group or of a particular type 0 (often + of) The creme de la creme of young designers will be 84...

Ngày tải lên: 21/12/2013, 04:15

... activities of people around you. They wereall keen on sports, so Ifelt really out of it. out-and-out out -of- date 2 if a document is out -of- date, it cannot be used any more because the period of time when ... schemes. the pick of sth the best of a group of things or people • Send inyour poems and wewillprint the pick of the bunch. have your pick of sth if you can have you...

Ngày tải lên: 21/12/2013, 04:15

... once the raison d'etre of the festival but it has now been replacedby comedyand cabaretshows. rake-off a rake-off informal a share of the profits of something, often taken in a way that is ... thefuture of the wholeproject. 2 a feeling of doubt about the ability or quality of something> The recentspate of government scandals has left a question mark over their ability...

Ngày tải lên: 21/12/2013, 04:16

... newspapers. grab a grab bag American & Australian a mixture of different types of things • (often + of) Airlines are offering a grab bag of discounts, air miles and car rentals toattract customers. grabs up ... because of the scarcity of opportunities at home. green-eyed the green-eyed monster humorous the feelingof beingjealous. Doyou think his criticisms of Jack are valid...

Ngày tải lên: 17/01/2014, 06:20

... and often strange • He produced some really way-out designs for the opera house. ways ways and means methods of achieving something' (often + of) Surely there are ways and means of 41 8 achieving ... boy who tries to make a lot of money in ways that are not honest. He's a bit of a wide boy - I wouldn't get involved in any of his schemes if I were you. 42 4 be wid...

Ngày tải lên: 17/01/2014, 06:20

... someone look or feel much older • The breakup of his marriage put years on him. OPPOSITE take years off sb • Losing all that weight has taken years off her. yellow yellow journalism American writing ... lack of young blood. Please purchase PDF Split-Merge on www.verypdf.com to remove this watermark. 43 7 z's zero-sum a zero-sum game American a situation where two people compete and...

Ngày tải lên: 17/01/2014, 06:20