... one to do something. This expression is used to
communicate someone’s typical or characteristic behavior.
Notice that this expression is mostcommonlyused in the
negative.
3. To throw in the ... since, for most of the guys on that team, rowing is old
hat. They’ve been at it since they were kids and I’m still green. But
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Hundreds of idiomaticexpressions ... there . . . She was in a bad
mood that day . . . I almost lost my nerve—I
thought she was gonna turn me down!
Allison: He’s right . . . I almost left him in the park. I had a
terrible migraine....
... _______________ in the country, but I’ve spent most of my life living in cities.
7. Jane plays the piano beautifully. She _______________ her father who used to he a concert pianist.
8. Jeff is over ... soon wears __________
TEST 9:Direction: Supply a correct preposition into the given space.
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IDIOMATIC EXPRESSIONS
TEST 1: Complete the following sentences with one appropriate word.
Example: He ... __________ 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 in the blank with...
...
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...
...
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...
... several months when he was a young man.
at sea (about something)
- to be confused about something, to be lost
Most members of the class were at sea when the teacher tried to explain the difficult ... distance
We tried to keep the dog at bay when we entered the building.
at best
- under the most favorable circumstances
The doctors said that the man had ten months at best to live.
at ... something, the value that is printed on a stamp or a bond
At face value the old stamp was worth almost nothing.
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ahead of schedule
- before the time on a schedule...
... observation that literally used expres-
sions typically exhibit cohesive ties with the sur-
rounding discourse, while idiomatic expressions
do not. Hence idiomaticexpressions can be de-
tected ... words of a
potentially idiomatic expression do not participate
in any lexical chain, it is likely that the expression
is indeed used idiomatically, otherwise it is prob-
ably used literally. For ... 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. (2007), Fazly et al. (To appear)).
While expressions...
... 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 has been taken ... I developed
this dictionary of commonlyused Spanish expressions that are often
difficult to find in standard dictionaries. My sources have been as diverse
as the expressions themselves: Nobel Prize–winning ... (fam.)
i¡El que venga detrás, que arree! (fig.) Devil
take the hindmost. (prov.) Every man for
himself [and the devil take the hindmost].
arreglar to arrange
iarreglárselas (fam.) to manage, to get...
... 140°
10°
20°
0500
Kilometres
32
31
30
29
28
27
25
26
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6
1
9
22
15
24
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Clone
These trees were propagated by cuttings.
Terms Commonly
Used in Tree Improvement
Khongsak Pinyopusarerk
CSIRO/Ensis-Genetics
Canberra, Australia
Genotype
• ... of interbreeding individuals.
No degree of relationship is assumed.
• The term “Stand” is often used
synonymously.
...
... lô gic
logical (adj) /'lɔdʤikəl/ hợp lý, hợp logic
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Tel: (84 4) ... nữa, ngoài ra, vả lại
morning (n) /'mɔ:niɳ/ buổi sáng
most det., pro (n) (adv) /moust/ lớn nhất, nhiều nhất; nhất, hơn cả
mostly (adv) /´moustli/ hầu hết, chủ yếu là
mother (n) /'mΔðз/ ...
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...
...
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...
... people or things
There were all manner of people at the party.
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Commonly- Used Idioms, Sayings and phrasal verbs
What is the meaning of idioms?
Words that come together ... something
The woman is all for the manager and she never criticizes her.
all important
- most important, urgent or necessary
The meeting is all important and I plan to attend it.
all ... point of doing something
I was about to leave my house when the phone rang.
above all else
- most importantly of all
Above all else, I plan to go to the Natural History Museum when I visit...