idioms and fixed expressions in english language

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... success. Find your feet When you are finding 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 ... something. In the swing If things are in the swing, they are progressing well. In the twinkling of an eye If something happens in the twinkling of an eye, it happens very quickly. In turn ... of being made. In the offing If something is in the offing, it is very likely to happen soon. In the pink If you are in very good health, you are in the pink. In the pipeline If something's...

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... something positive, it's a blessing in disguise. Blind as a bat If you are in total darkness and can't see anything at all, you are as blind as a bat. Blind leading the blind When ... mind their own business and not interfere in other people's affairs. Mind Your P's and Q's If you are careful about the way you behave and are polite, you mind Your P's and ... rather than sitting in a office discussing things in a detached way. Dorking School of English, Bangkok Thailand www.dk -english. com Page 31 Gone pear-shaped (UK) If things have gone pear-shaped...

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... Language functions Chapter 4 LANGUAGE FUNCTIONS 4.1 Agreeing and Disagreeing Agreeing and disagreeing are typical elements of spoken English but may also appear in scientific writing. ... 4.4 Defining In science and technology, there are generally two kinds of definitions:  the real definition, that is a definition that explains precisely the essential, intrinsic characteristics ... something else, with regard to particular features. Phrases you can use include: in a certain way from a certain point of view with regard to … as regards … in being in that it is inasmuch...

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... pretends to work is said to be… (a) swinging a cat (b) swinging both ways (c) swinging the lead (d) swinging the balance 15. Someone who is out of work and claiming money from the government can ... who call in sick on Monday are pulling a fast one. (a) Working too hard the rest of the week, and not relaxing enough during their free time. (b) Pretending something that is not true in order ... these sentences. Idioms and other expressions used for talking about work 63 1. Sue has always been a high-flier. (a) Someone who has achieved a lot and is determined to continue being successful. (b)...

Ngày tải lên: 02/11/2013, 10:20

... 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 ... definitions given for the idioms and other expressions in bold are true or false. Phrasal verbs, idioms and other expressions using 'cut' 15 cut across cut back on cut down on cut in ... of clothing to complete the idioms and other expressions in bold in sentences 1 – 20. You will need to use some of the items more than once, and you may need to change the form from singular...

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... 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 ... ( something that is needed in order to achieve something, in this case to get the printer to start working ) 11. We spent a week in Paris, and __________. ( to visit all the most important and famous ... 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 from the box...

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... 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 following sentence ... 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 ... According to this story in the paper, a child in the USA is divorcing his parents. Huh! Now I've ________ everything! ( a spoken expression used for saying that you find something very shocking...

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... understand and remember something that you hear or read ) 11. Could you take me _____ the rules again, please? ( to explain to someone in detail how something should be done, what something is ... making her angry. ( to do something that may have a bad result ) 2. I've been working hard all day, and I'm beginning to run out of _____. ( to become too tired to finish something ) 3. ... running a very high _____. ( to be very hot because you are ill ) 5. I must hurry. I'm running a bit _____ this morning. ( doing things or arriving in places later than planned ) 6. I think...

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... Laboratoires and the Information Sciences Institute. 1 The analysis is based on a higher order intansional logic described in detail in Hinrichs, Ayuso and Scha (1987). Tem- poral expressions of English ... arrive in Hawaii? The person asking (39b) is not interested in being informed about all ships that at some time in the fu- ture will go to Hawaii. Instead, the user is interested in a much ... 6522. Link, Godehard (1983). 'The Logical Analysis of Plurals and Mass Terms'. In: Baeuerle, Schwat-ze and von Stechow eds. Meaning, Use and Interpretation of Language. Berlin: De...

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