the 800 most commonly used idioms in america pdf

... RIGHTS RESERVED The 800 Most Commonly Used Idioms in America 12 © 2005 - 2007 PronunciationWorkshop.com, LLC – ALL RIGHTS RESERVED at the corporate meeting. It was a feather in his cap.  ... Many businesses have been complaining about the amount of red tape that they must deal with in order to get anything done with the government.    585. – in the beginning, immediately. ... RESERVED The 800 Most Commonly Used Idioms in America 18 © 2005 - 2007 PronunciationWorkshop.com, LLC – ALL RIGHTS RESERVED  271. – enthusiastic, eager. He thinks his team is the best in the...

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... SOME OF THE MOST COMMONLY USED CONNECTIVE WORDS AND PHRASES referring Use to give more examples For instance, … In particular, … … such as … Group 6: showing results Use to express the consequence As ... result, … Consequently, … Hence,… So … Therefore, … Thus, … Group 7: inferring Use to deduce In other words, … In that case, … Then, … Otherwise, … Group 8: giving alternatives Use to refer to an ... alternative Alternatively, … On the other hand, … Then again, … Group 9: restating Use to express what you have said in another way (usually more simply) In other words, … That is to say,...

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... someone to learn something The teacher thinks that she must beat the material into the heads of the students. beat the clock - to finish something before the time is up The basketball team ... bark up the wrong tree - to make a wrong assumption about something The police are barking up the wrong tree in their investigation of the criminal. base one's opinion on (something) ... something We had a birds-eye view of the playing field from our seats high up in the stadium. Mr_doody2004@yahoo.com 35 be into (something) - to be interested or involved in something...

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... for their share either in a lump sum in the early spring (before planting) or over the course of the growing season. They then receive a weekly “bounty” from the farm throughout the growing ... their time in doing the best job they can raising their crops instead of searching for buyers. *The information in this piece is adapted from the writings of Robyn Van En, CSA of North America ... Observer, there are more than 2,300 farms registered in the state, most of them in rural eastern North Carolina. In the late 1990s, state lawmakers were the first in the nation to institute...

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... achieve the national goals in reducing health risk behaviors. To meet these goals, the Merck Institute of Aging & Health and the National Academy on an Aging Society, the policy institute of The ... rates for older Americans have been declining in recent years. In 1982, the disabled older population in the United States totaled 6.4 million. If the 1982 rate had continued, the number of disabled ... older. The Merck Institute of Aging & Health and the National Academy on an Aging Society, the policy institute of The Gerontological Society of America, are releasing this report to assess the...

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... clothes and went out. wrap (something) up - bring something to an end We wrapped up the meeting before dinner and went home. wrapped up in - thinking about or interested only in one thing ... something in a sneaky way My friend weaseled out of helping us clean up the yard. weather permitting - if the weather allows Weather permitting, we will go to the lake on Saturday. weave in ... be the boss in a family She is very strong and is the one who wears the pants in her family. wear thin - become thin from use or the passing of time The silver dollar began to wear thin...

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... Mr_doody2004@yahoo.com 1 Commonly- Used Idioms, Sayings and phrasal verbs What is the meaning of idioms? Words that come together and change the whole meaning of the statement like "it rains cats and ... meet the lawyer at the appointed time. at the bottom of the hour - at the half hour - 10:30, 11:30 etc. (like the bottom of a clock) The weather forecast is on the radio at the bottom of the ... complain (often publicly) We aired our grievances during the monthly meeting. air (something) out - to freshen something by putting it in the open air We put the blankets outside in order...

Ngày tải lên: 08/07/2014, 20:20

... behind schedule - unable to do something by the time on the schedule, after the time on a schedule The trains were behind schedule because of the accident early in the morning. behind ... not buildings) The uniforms burned up in the fire. . burst at the seams - to explode with pride or laughter, to be full to the breaking point The train was bursting at the seams ... touching backs There were two back-to-back games today because of the rain last week. back to square one - to go back to the beginning of something The city was back to square one in their...

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... of (doing something) - to catch someone doing something illegal or private The police caught the politician in the act of taking money from the business owner. catch (someone) napping - ... red-handed - to find someone in the middle of doing something wrong The clerk caught the boy red-handed when he was stealing the candy. catch up on (something) - to do something that you have ... a book during the weekend. crack the whip - to try to make someone work hard or obey you by threatening them We had to crack the whip in order to get the job finished before the weekend....

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... throwing money down the drain when he goes to the horse races. down the hatch - to swallow a drink or eat something The captain says down the hatch whenever he gives the sailors a drink. ... complaining is driving me up a wall. drive (something) home - to make something clearly understood The high price of gasoline drove home to us the necessity of driving less. the driving ... less. the driving force behind (someone or something) - the motivating force behind someone or something The potato farmers were the driving force behind the efforts to get people to eat...

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... during the meeting. Mr_doody2004@yahoo.com 165 every Idioms every cloud has a silver lining - there is something good in every bad thing Every cloud has a silver lining ... everything but the kitchen sink on our camping trip. everything humanly possible - everything in the range of human powers The doctors did everything humanly possible to save the man after the accident. ... explain himself after the accounting problems were discovered. explain (something) away - to explain something so that it seems less important The sales clerk tried to explain away the...

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... at the party wanted to get into the act and join the singers. get into the swing of things - to adapt to a new environment or situation My friend got into the swing of things after the ... get into trouble or difficulty We got into hot water when they found us in the building after it had closed. get into (something) - to become involved in something, to become interested in ... find a starting point somewhere The new political party is beginning to get a foothold in the big cities. get a grasp of (something) - to begin to understand something I am beginning to get...

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... local city government. have a finger in the pie - be involved in something The man has his finger in the pie of many businesses. have a fit - become upset The woman had a fit when she ... something) - resemble each other in specific ways, have similar interests to someone I have much in common with a girl in my class. have (something) in mind - have a plan or idea in one's ... come to meet me. have a keen interest in (someone or something) - be very interested in someone or something I have always had a keen interest in hiking and camping. Mr_doody2004@yahoo.com...

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... for the city library expansion. join hands - hold hands with other people Everybody in the group joined hands at the end of the meeting. Join the club! - an expression used when the ... want to join the fray and argue with the other members of the group. jolt to a stop - stop moving suddenly which causes a jolt The train jolted to a stop when the engineer put the brakes ... early in the morning at the jumping-off place for our hike to the mountains. . the jury is still out (on someone or something) - have not decided about something For myself, the jury...

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... They have been knocking their heads against the wall for years trying to find a solution to the problem. knock oneself out - make a great effort They really knocked themselves out trying ... something) - go at the same speed as a person or thing, maintain the same rate of progress I can`t keep up with the rest of the class. keep up with the news - keep informed I read the newspaper ... something silent or less noisy The mother had a hard time keeping her child still in the airplane. Mr_doody2004@yahoo.com 447 knock (something) off - finish/do something (often in haste...

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