Idioms at work full book

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“ UF vets eel Sine Pe ` SN TAS natural flialogue context , * Simphe explanatiohs in languages German, jItalian, and Spanish hà * Humo | _e Tests as cartoons throughout For eldss use or self study # ‘ For general or business students « For1 906711 prmediate level and above | 60 J ` `Tanguad \Teaching Publications | h lì ~~ Idioms at Work presents and tests 150 of the commonest English idioms Each idiom 1s presented In + IDIOMS | | t AT WORK Introduction What are idioms? 11 } hale nh h fron thu meaning of the :separate words “If you are fed up, you are bored anc tnltappy, but the whole phrase has nothing to with feed, if somethin works out alright the long run, 1t means in the end, when the whole proces is funshed, but it has nothing to with running All languages have idioms, but an idiom in one language may have nc iitect equivalent in another This means when you learn a new languag: you have to learn the idioms as complete phrases Idioms ar are less common in writter | nglish, or more e formal situations Inr Roel in particular, idioms are vers uflen used in business contexts to help to create a relaxed atmosphere Mos ut the idioms in Idioms at Work are common in situations which can occu 1ì Commerce, business or government departments Someone whose Englist in very good, but ound formal and rather1mpersonal and,, therefore, a little unfriendly For ‘this reason, idioms are important ir atmosphere, nieetings not seem ‘cold? and helping to make sure that your busines Are idioms always appropriate? Some idioms are very informal and are only used in conversations among liiends Most of the idioms in this book, however, will sound completely \uitural in any ordinary discussion or business meeting Understanding and using idioms So tudents not feel comfortable using idioms They find 11 hee to believe that the unusual combinations of words can be used witl the special meaning of the idiom Anyone who wants to use English, however musttbe Teady to understand idioms if they are used by otherspeakers Very often, native speakers ofEnglish not even know that they are using these cial expressions They not think they are “difficult”, so not know that a foreign listener may have trouble with them How to use Idioms at Work Idioms at Work can be used with a teacher, or you can use 1t alone, for self-study You can work through the book Unit by Unit, or you can pick and choose those: units which you think will particularly help you After each set of five Units there isa Test You can use this in two ways ~ before you work through the Unuts, to see if you already know any of the expressio — after you have studied the Units, to check that you have learnt the expressions and to see how much you have improved Probably the best way to use each umt is as follows Look at the list of expressions at the top of the chapter Try to say the phrases out loud a few times Don’t worry if they sound a little strange t Work m the Try to that 1t 4A few through the matenal in the book, stuation by situation, filling appropriate expression say the phrase which contains the idiom a few tumes out loud so feels naturalto days later go through the material again, or check the Test to sure that you have learnt the expressions For wach situation we have given French, Spanish, German and Itahan quivalents ometimes paraphrases In addition, after each situation there j is anon idiomatic Enghsh equivalent These, of course If you are using 1dioms at « ‘Work 1m class, in addition to | > working through the material in the book, you may like to practise the idioms by writing your own situational dialoguea, or by using the idioms in mim roleplay situations However you use Idioms at Work, we hope you will enjoy reading the material, and that it will help make your English more friendly and more atural Contents › Ù i] = z :i Í 10 II 1) 14 15 lime Expressions Being Confused Knowimg or Agreeing Failure Success or Strong Interest TEST Money Matters Extreme or Excess Compromise or Balance Complaining or Commiserating Meeting People TEST Giving or Seeking Information Things Gomg Wrong Contradicting or Disagreeing The Bureaucracy Winning or Losing TEST Answers All rights reserved No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted, in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, phot ocopying, recording, or otherwise, without the prior permission of Language Teaching Publications This edition edited by Michael Lewis Based on Idioms published in wep by Public Serv: ce Commiss n of Can: Language ing Bran ch English Progam Development Unit Bisson Cent Ottawa Canada KIA 0M? The onginal material was by Vera McLay, edited by Howard B Woods, Michael Sutton and Cornelius von Baeyer Many people have contributed to the French, Spanish, German and Italian translations We are particularly gratefulto Norm: Fernandez, Angeles | Broca, Anne Péchou, Judith Fleming and Christophe Dupin Onginal Book © Munster of Supply and Services Canada 1980 Available from Canadian Government Publishing Centre, Supply and Services Canada, Ottawa, Canada K1A 089 This edition © Language Teaching Publications Reprinted 1988, 1990, 1992 ‘ ) Language Teaching Publications 1987 45 Church Road, Hove, Sussex, BN3 2BE ISBN 906717 60 Printed in ngland by Commercial Colour Press, London E7 tí to) po th Time Expressions _—_— rae = 48a ke at the eleventh hour every now and then it’s high time once m a blue moon in the mick of tưne in no time in the long run on the double for the ume being out of the blue Fall m the bà ¬ below each situation to helplam om he ist above Use the equevalents at the back of the book, I hear you’ve grven up sailing ¥ Not completely I sull gow but P’'m much more interested in windsurfing nowadays It’s more of a challenge, but I still go out in a boat ocgasionally from time to time, sometimes de temps en temps ab und zu ves en cuando di tanto im tanto x nN Fh, Pete I see you’re still driving that old wreck I thought you were gomg to buy a new car No, I’ve changed my mind But I’m getting rid of my car I’m going to use taxis in Really — thar’ll be much more expensive No, —— _ ST “stank 1’ actually be cheaper How you work that out? œ< nw in the end, m the final result la longue @ Ia larga auf lange Sicht alla lunga I hear you had a pretty rough weekend Yes we had a bit of a fire at home What happened? We went snopping aand left a heater on It short circuited and started a fire We call he fire brigade before it was a real disaster That must have been terrible! > at the last possible second juste a temps justo a tempo gerade noch rechtzentig giusto in tempo Michael, the boss wants to see you in his office nght away OK ll be there in a conple of minutes I just want to finish this letter You’d better forget the letter and get im thre _—_—_— — —D _ — — Yợu know he hates to be kept waiting fast, quickly au plus vite, sur-le-champ en seguida, inmediatamente schnellstens, aber mit Tempo! immediatemente — What beautiful flowers! Thank you My husband sent them for our anniversary Lucky you r rove flowers but I have to buy them for myself I’m lu fl g t the — ñoom n my husband He can’t even remember the date of our anniversary Well, nobody’s perfect very rarely tres rarement, tous les 36 du mois muy de vez en cuando, cada ano bistesto c= emmal in hundert Jahren, einmal alle Fubeljahre I wish Jack was ogni morte di papa here Why? This tape recorder 1s making a funny noise and I need it now The last time this happened Jack fixed it Let me have a look at it I may not be as fast as Jack but I can probably fix 1t Thanks, that’s very kind of you a very short time (used with verbs of doing something) en un rien de temps, en un tournemain fo en un minuto, al mstante ruckzuck TH un minuto Wh, FPLQe Co c ờn Irlooked as there was no chance of an agreement a Why not? Well the management said they had to move by the end of June and the Union said definitely ‘No’ and threatened to strike What happened? Well it socked impossiblebut _—_— mebody said why not the 7th of July and everyone agreed, and that vwas that at the last possible moment € Ệ2 @ la dernere seconde en el ultimo mstante in leteter Minute, funf vor zwolf all’ultemo momento Hey, Sue I’ve just heard our department’s moving to the new building Is it true? It seems to be The boss announced it at our section meeting this nee, Thope we move soon I’m sick of these so-called temporary we moved falling apart This place 1s at’s long overdue (that) il est grand temps ‘ya es tiempo, ya es hora es tật hochste Zett e’ora Dhid you hear that Brian 1s leaving his wife? Who told you that? He did We were having coffee ims mornng and _ he unced that he and his wife are breaking up He didn’t say much*h but I gather there’s a third person involved suddenly, utthout warning, unexpectedly tout & coup de repente aus henterem Himmel tutto d’un tratto 10) Mr Stuart 1n room 411 1s asking fh Not yet I’m afraid, nurse more tests goh doctor I’d rather keep him here — _ We need to a few temporarily, at the moment pour le moment por el momento bis auf weiteres per il momento ... formal situations Inr Roel in particular, idioms are vers uflen used in business contexts to help to create a relaxed atmosphere Mos ut the idioms in Idioms at Work are common in situations which... have trouble with them How to use Idioms at Work Idioms at Work can be used with a teacher, or you can use 1t alone, for self-study You can work through the book Unit by Unit, or you can pick... 1dioms at « ? ?Work 1m class, in addition to | > working through the material in the book, you may like to practise the idioms by writing your own situational dialoguea, or by using the idioms