common idioms and idiomatic expressions

... your feet, you are in the process of gaining confidence and experience in something. Fine and dandy (UK) If thing's are fine and dandy, then everything is going well. Fine tuning Small ... something. Fingers and thumbs If you are all fingers and thumbs, you are being clumsy and not very skilled with your hands. Fire away If you want to ask someone a question and they tell you ... Burning question Dorking School of English, Bangkok Thailand www.dk-english.com Page 1 Dictionary of English Idioms and Idiomatic Expressions By Dorking School of English ~ A ~ A bit much...

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... end. Climb on the bandwagon When people climb on the bandwagon they do something because it is popular and everyone else is doing it. Close at hand If something is close at hand, it is nearby ... This is used to tell someone to go away and leave you alone. Go hand in hand If things go hand in hand, they are associated and go together. Go off on a tangent If someone goes off on a tangent, ... Bangkok Thailand www.dk-english.com Page 4 Argue the toss (UK) If you argue the toss, you refuse to accept a decision and argue about it. Arm and a leg If something costs an arm and a leg,...

Ngày tải lên: 20/01/2014, 09:21

... about something. Sources: the Internet 4 Common Idioms and Expressions ThaoThy’s Common Idioms and Expressions  Here is a list of the most common idioms that you could expect to encounter. 1. ... up and running: (for a technological process) be operational; be ready to use . Sources: the Internet 1 Common Idioms and Expressions ThaoThy’s “Dave's ESL Cafe on the Web has been up and ... exhausted. Sources: the Internet 2 Common Idioms and Expressions ThaoThy’s "I'm going to lie down for a while. I'm really bushed." 40. by oneself: alone and without help. "I...

Ngày tải lên: 10/12/2013, 13:15

... job 2. Boring and detailed work, such as examining documents for mistakes, can be described as… (a) hammer and chisel work (b) nut and bolt work (c) bucket and spade work (d) pick and shovel work 3. ... of phrasal verbs that use turn, and decide which particle or particles (around, back, on, etc) can be used to complete them. 60 Phrasal verbs, idioms and other expressions using 'turn' 1. ... example, present continuous, past simple, etc), and an appropriate particle or particles, to make phrasal verbs. Exer cise 2: Try to decide what the idioms and other expressions in sentences 11 – 20 mean, then...

Ngày tải lên: 02/11/2013, 10:20

... / expressions have a negative connotation and are not very polite, so you should be careful how you use them! 8 Idioms and other expressions for describing character and personality anorak bigmouth bunny ... very clever and important ) 10 Idioms and other expressions using clothes There are several items of clothing hidden in the box below. You will find these by reading from left to right and from ... sentence. 6 Idioms and other expressions using animals bee bird cat chicken dog donkey duck fish fly goat goose hen horse monkey pig rat shark whale 1. I always thought Laurence was rather shallow and...

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... sentences with items of food or drink, and write your answers in the crossword grid on the next page. Acr oss ( ı ) Down ( ij ) Idioms and other expressions using food and drink 21 3. Mr Taylor is the ... verbs, idioms and other expressions using 'give' 25 1. I've finally managed to give off / out / up / in smoking. ( to stop doing something you do regularly ) 2. Ten thousand copies ... be the correct or suitable thing to do ) Exercise 2 : Look at the idioms and other expressions in bold in sentences 1 – 25, and choose a suitable definition or expression with a similar meaning...

Ngày tải lên: 02/11/2013, 10:20

... _! This section looks at some common idioms and other expressions that are not included in the main exercises elsewhere in this book. Each of the three idioms and other expressions in bold in the ... were experiencing the feelings, emotions, etc, highlighted in bold? 28 Idioms and other expressions to talk about health, feelings and emotions 1. Amanda is at her wits' end. ☺ /  2. Ian is in a state. ☺ / ... case, and write it in the sentence. Make sure that you use it in its correct form. The meaning of each idiom is explained in italics at the end of each sentence. Mixed idioms and other expressions 35 1....

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... complete the phrasal verbs, idioms and other expressions using put in this story. You will need to use some of them more than once. Phrasal verbs, idioms and other expressions using 'put' 47 across ... wish she would take a _____ and leave me alone. ( understand what someone wants you to do, even though they do not say it directly ) Exercise 2 : The idioms and other expressions in bold in sentences ... phrasal verb, idiom or other expression using pick. Use between two and four words in each sentence. 46 Phrasal verbs, idioms and other expressions using 'pick' 1. (a) They spent ages talking...

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... over 4,000 commonly used idiomatic and colloquial expressions in Spanish and almost 8,000 English translations. Particular care has been taken to match like with like, so that Spanish idioms are ... 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 authors and Juan Pérez ... RED BOOK OF SPANISH IDIOMS Peter Weibel 12,000 SPANISH AND ENGLISH EXPRESSIONS Acknowledgments I wish to convey my special thanks to Kim, my wife, and Ron Nagel. Their help and support made it...

Ngày tải lên: 04/05/2014, 13:37

... here. Jeff: And here you both are.Well, come on in and shake off the dust. You can freshen up, and I’ll whip up some of my famous guacamole and a drink or two. We can relax on the porch and catch ... and R. Rest and Relaxation. 14. To recharge the batteries. To rest and regain physical and psychological strength. 15. A weekend getaway. A place to go to for the weekend where you can rest and ... Carolyn Roth, and Tom Marshall. Copyright © 2006 by Living Language, an imprint of Random House, Inc. Living Language is a member of the Random House Information Group Living Language and colophon...

Ngày tải lên: 25/02/2014, 08:20

... Literal and Non-Literal Use of Idiomatic Expressions Caroline Sporleder and Linlin Li Saarland University Postfach 15 11 50 66041 Saarbr ¨ ucken, Germany {csporled,linlin}@coli.uni-saarland.de Abstract We ... EACL-06. Afsaneh Fazly, Paul Cook, and Suzanne Stevenson. To appear. Unsupervised type and token identification of idiomatic expressions. Computational Linguis- tics. M.A.K. Halliday and R. Hasan. 1976. Cohesion ... (Lapata and Keller, 2005). When generat- ing the queries we made sure that we queried for all combinations of inflected forms (for example “fire AND coal” would be expanded to “fire AND coal”, “fires AND...

Ngày tải lên: 17/03/2014, 22:20

... www.english-test.net 15. Expressions with cold 115 16. Way Idioms 116 17. Idioms with come 117 18. Common English Idioms 118 19. Idioms with Hand 119 20. English Idioms and Phrases 120 21. Expressions ... 30 14. British Idioms 31 15. Expressions with cold 32 16. Way Idioms 33 17. Idioms with come 34 18. Common English Idioms 35 19. Idioms with Hand 36 20. English Idioms and Phrases 37 1 PHOTOCOPIABLE ... intermediate-18 English Idioms and Expressions / Intermediate level # 18 Common English Idioms Q1 Tom told Andrea that giant turtles had escaped from the city zoo and were eating only left-handed people....

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... kéo dài thời gian - Rough and ready: tàm tạm - In the rough: chưa hoàn thành - In rough: đại khái Ex: I’ve drawn it in rough so that he finds it easy to look - Join hands to do ST: hợp tác làm ... trạng thoải mái, tốt - Take ST in one’s stride: vượt qua cái gì một cách dễ dàng SOME USEFUL IDIOMS AND PHRASES (part1) 1/ - be on probation for: thời gian quản chế - yield to SO/ST: nhường chỗ; ... vòng luẩn quẩn - In the nick of time: chỉ vừa kịp lúc - Be overrun with ST: có nhiều cái gì - Stand by/ go back on one’s pledges: giữ/thất hứa - Walk with a limp: đi khập khiễng - Conduct a review...

Ngày tải lên: 02/10/2012, 14:04

... preposition into the given space. 3 IDIOMATIC EXPRESSIONS TEST 1: Complete the following sentences with one appropriate word. Example: He turned out the light and went to sleep. 1. She _________ ... ______________ (them) and return them to the consulate. 5. Grandmother’s over eighty, but she still likes to _______________ . She’s going to Paris next week. 6. I’ve joined a health and fitness club. ... accused her husband of setting the children ____________ her. TEST 8:Direction: Fill in the blank with the correct preposition or adverb: 1. Yesterday the children went ______ a walk and didn’t get...

Ngày tải lên: 26/06/2013, 01:26

... Greeting and Goodbye Expressions Nếu được hỏi bạn sẽ “chào” và “tạm biệt” ai đó bắng tiếng Anh thì bạn sẽ nói ... biết những mẫu câu đồng nghĩa nhưng lại có cách diễn đạt khác. Hãy tìm hiểu thêm nhé! Greeting Expressions Chào hỏi bình thường nhưng mang tính chất lễ nghi, trang trọng. (General greetings)...

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