20 commonly used idiomatic expressions

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Ngày tải lên: 02/04/2014, 10:33

Ngày tải lên: 07/07/2014, 12:20

... Here comes a bus. Before you _______________, ask the driver if he stops near the library. 20. Tom used to he a professional football player, hut he had to _______________ (it) because of a knee ... back (18) __________ her mother’s lap. 9. Shall I make the cheque (19) __________ (20) __________ you? 10. She accused her husband of setting the children ____________ her. TEST 8:Direction: Fill ... wears __________ TEST 9:Direction: Supply a correct preposition into the given space. 3 IDIOMATIC EXPRESSIONS TEST 1: Complete the following sentences with one appropriate word. Example: He...

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Ngày tải lên: 24/10/2013, 15:20

... If something is completely disorganised or confused, it is all over the place. All over the shop If something is completely disorganised or confused, it is all over the shop. All roads lead ... spread the risk. (This is often used as a negative imperative- 'Don't put all your eggs in one basket'. 'Have your eggs in one basket' is also used. ) All's fair in ... bravely with a problem. Grass roots This idioms is often used in politics, where it refers to the ordinary people or voters. It can be used to mean people at the bottom of a hierarchy. Grass...

Ngày tải lên: 13/12/2013, 13:15

... If something is completely disorganised or confused, it is all over the place. All over the shop If something is completely disorganised or confused, it is all over the shop. All roads lead ... spread the risk. (This is often used as a negative imperative- 'Don't put all your eggs in one basket'. 'Have your eggs in one basket' is also used. ) All's fair in ... strategy or option that could be used to achieve your objective. As a rule If you do something as a rule, then you usually do it. As cold as ice This idiom can be used to describe a person who...

Ngày tải lên: 20/01/2014, 09:21

... one to do something. This expression is used to communicate someone’s typical or characteristic behavior. Notice that this expression is most commonly used in the negative. 3. To throw in the ... since they were kids and I’m still green. But LE SS ON 28 EASY AMERI C AN IDIOMS Hundreds of idiomatic expressions to give you an edge in English! by Rachel Varra Edited by Christopher Warnasch ... right at my fingertips, right?! LE SS ON 38 20. To be out of your mind.To be crazy, to be unreasonable or irrational. This expression is very often used in response to someone who proposes something...

Ngày tải lên: 25/02/2014, 08:20

... thoughts. My friend has a bee in her bonnet about going to Europe next year. Mr_doody2004@yahoo.com 20 at bay - at a distance We tried to keep the dog at bay when we entered the building. ... when she refused to let us use the telephone and computers during lunch. add up - to total up to a certain amount I plan to add up the money that I owe to my father. Mr_doody2004@yahoo.com ... will do things differently." Mr_doody2004@yahoo.com 36 be the death of (someone) - to be the ruin/downfall/death of someone (often used for some kind of problem) The woman said...

Ngày tải lên: 02/03/2014, 20:36

... appear; Cook et al., 200 7; Katz and Giesbrecht, 200 6), we focused mainly on expressions of the form V+NP or V+PP as this is a fairly large group and many of these expressions can be used literally ... form expressions as this is pre- cisely the set of expressions that would be classi- fied as idiomatic by the unsupervised CForm clas- sifier (Cook et al. (200 7), Fazly et al. (To appear)). While expressions ... observation that literally used expres- sions typically exhibit cohesive ties with the sur- rounding discourse, while idiomatic expressions do not. Hence idiomatic expressions can be de- tected...

Ngày tải lên: 17/03/2014, 22:20

... I developed this dictionary of commonly used Spanish expressions that are often difficult to find in standard dictionaries. My sources have been as diverse as the expressions themselves: Nobel Prize–winning ... understanding of Spanish. The dic- tionary contains a broad collection of over 4,000 commonly used idiomatic and colloquial expressions in Spanish and almost 8,000 English translations. Particular care ... ~) arriba 9 Contents Acknowledgments vi Introduction vii Spanish-English Idiomatic Dictionary 1 English-Spanish Dictionary and Index 209 v For more information about this title, click here. idarse aires...

Ngày tải lên: 04/05/2014, 13:37

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Ngày tải lên: 27/05/2014, 16:50

... adaptation. 130 140° 10° 20 0500 Kilometres 32 31 30 29 28 27 25 26 1 6 1 9 22 15 24 23 21 17 18 14 13 1-12 20 WA NT QLD Clone These trees were propagated by cuttings. Terms Commonly Used in Tree Improvement Khongsak ... of interbreeding individuals. No degree of relationship is assumed. ã The term Stand is often used synonymously. ...

Ngày tải lên: 22/06/2014, 13:20

... gic logical (adj) /'lɔdʤikəl/ hợp lý, hợp logic 3000 English Commonly Used words 29 TVN Center 5 th Floor 292 Tay Son, Đong Đa, Ha Noi Tel: (84 4) ... confuse (v) làm lộn xộn, xáo trộn confusing (adj) /kən'fju:ziη/ khó hiểu, gây bối rối confused (adj) /kən'fju:zd/ bối rối, lúng túng, ngượng confusion (n) /kən'fju:ʒn/ sự lộn...

Ngày tải lên: 26/06/2014, 09:50

... If something is completely disorganized or confused, it is all over the place. All over the shop If something is completely disorganized or confused, it is all over the shop. All over the show ... spread the risk. (This is often used as a negative imperative- 'Don't put all your eggs in one basket'. 'Have your eggs in one basket' is also used. ) All's fair in ... don't go into debt. Bottom line In accountancy, the bottom line is net income, and is used idiomatically to mean the conclusion. Bounce off the walls If someone's bouncing off...

Ngày tải lên: 28/06/2014, 03:20

... of people or things There were all manner of people at the party. Mr_doody2004@yahoo.com 1 Commonly- Used Idioms, Sayings and phrasal verbs What is the meaning of idioms? Words that ... putting it in the open air We put the blankets outside in order to air them out. Mr_doody2004@yahoo.com 2 able to take a joke - to be able to let others laugh and joke about you Our ... that nobody will suspect you The man's actions are always above suspicion. Mr_doody2004@yahoo.com 8 alive and kicking - to be well and healthy My aunt is 87 years old and she...

Ngày tải lên: 07/07/2014, 12:20

... addition, also, too I plan to take a computer course this summer as well. Mr_doody2004@yahoo.com 20 at bay - at a distance We tried to keep the dog at bay when we entered the building. ... girls walked arm in arm to school. armed and dangerous - to have a weapon that may be used (usually used for a criminal) The criminal was armed and dangerous when the police arrested him. ... always, continually My sister asks for money all the time but I never give it to her. Mr_doody2004@yahoo.com 17 as one - as if a group were one person The crowd stood up as one and began...

Ngày tải lên: 07/07/2014, 12:20

Ngày tải lên: 07/07/2014, 12:20

Ngày tải lên: 07/07/2014, 12:20

Ngày tải lên: 07/07/2014, 12:20

Ngày tải lên: 07/07/2014, 12:20