useful 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 ... 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...

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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, ... someone red-handed If someone is caught red-handed, they are found doing something wrong or illegal. Caught with your hand in the cookie jar (USA) If someone is caught with his or her hand in the...

Ngày tải lên: 20/01/2014, 09:21

... Literal and Non-Literal Use of Idiomatic Expressions Caroline Sporleder and Linlin Li Saarland University Postfach 15 11 50 66041 Saarbr ă ucken, Germany {csporled,linlin}@coli.uni-saarland.de Abstract We ... (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 ... Suzanne Stevenson. To appear. Unsupervised type and token identification of idiomatic expressions. Computational Linguis- tics. M.A.K. Halliday and R. Hasan. 1976. Cohesion in English. Longman...

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... 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)...

Ngày tải lên: 05/09/2013, 15:10

... 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. ... choice: you can shape up or ship out! (a) Do a simple job and receive low pay, or do a more difficult job and get more pay. (b) Improve your work and behaviour, or leave the company. 8. Friday is dress ... work and performance during the week is assessed by his / her boss. 9. Our boss always gives us a lot of ear candy, although we would rather have a pay rise instead. (a) Kind words that praise and...

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 ... cruel and intended to upset someone. 17. If you are in a difficult or unpleasant situation and you decide to cut and run, you pretend that the situation is not so difficult or unpleasant and continue ... 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...

Ngày tải lên: 02/11/2013, 10:20

... 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 ... 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...

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... 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 following ... 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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... 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 ... 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 ... ________, and smashed the car through the agency's window. And that, your honour, ladies and gentlemen of the jury, is my story. I hope you will take into account my feelings and emotions...

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... 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 ... rest and compose yourself after a long trip, as if you had been walking for a long time and were covered in dust from the road. 8. To freshen up.To wash up and relax.To tidy your appearance and...

Ngày tải lên: 25/02/2014, 08:20

... Long time no see. o Where have you been hiding? o It’s been ages since we last met. Goodbye Expressions Cách chào tạm biệt bình thường nhưng mang tính ch ất lễ nghi, trang trọng. (Simple ... off now. o Let’s get off work early. Hãy trang b ị cho mình nh ững cách diễn đạt về “greeting and goodbye” mà Global Education chia s ẻ và chúc các bạn ng ày giàu tri thức giao tiếp khi sử...

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