Essential Idioms in English - advanced

... opponent unfairly. narrow-minded: not willing to accept the ideas of others (the opposite of narrow minded is broad-minded) • Narrow-minded people tend to discriminate against groups of people with ... up to (something): to be doing something; to be planning or plotting something, scheming The first definition usually takes the form of a question. • Hi, Jake. I haven’t seen you in a long ti...

Ngày tải lên: 25/10/2013, 06:20

... in activity from one section to another. Finally, there is an answer key in the back of the book for all multiple-choice, matching, true-false, and fill- in- the-blank exercises. SECTION ONE -- - ... part in: to be involved in, to participate in (also: to be in on) o Martin was sick and could not take part in the meeting yesterday. o I didn't want to be in on their ar...

Ngày tải lên: 17/08/2013, 10:40

... in activity from one section to another. Finally, there is an answer key in the back of the book for all multiple-choice, matching, true-false, and fill- in- the-blank exercises. SECTION ONE -- - ... in the English language. In fact, the use of idioms is so widespread that an understanding of these expressions is essential to successful communication, whether in listenin...

Ngày tải lên: 04/09/2013, 19:57

... example, distinguishes the following groups of idioms: - informational (conveying information of different kind: in the red, rub shoulders with, one’s kith and kin )- evaluative (giving the speaker’s ... nose - somebody is led by nose- idioms without any distinctive nominative and communicative function - linguists usually include here modal and interjectional idioms, or...

Ngày tải lên: 07/11/2012, 15:01

... (Còn nước còn tát) - A lie has no legs (Giấu đầu lòi đuôi) - We have gone too far to draw back (Đâm lao thì phải theo lao) - In for a penny, in for a pound (Được voi đòi tiên) - Tell me the company ... sáng) - It never rains but it pours (Họa vô đơn chí) - If you eat the fruit, you have to think about the one who grows the tree (Ăn quả nhớ kẻ trồng cây) - We re...

Ngày tải lên: 25/08/2013, 22:10

Ngày tải lên: 04/09/2013, 19:25

... opponent unfairly. narrow-minded: not willing to accept the ideas of others (the opposite of narrow minded is broad-minded) • Narrow-minded people tend to discriminate against groups of people ... trade -in. • The car dealership offered me $1,000 for my old car if I traded it in for a new model. • The appliance company was offering a $50 trade -in during the special promotion for its...

Ngày tải lên: 24/01/2014, 08:20

... about the following issues: - Defining the concepts of “idiomatic variants” and “synonymous idioms - Criteria for the distinction between idiomatic variants and synonymous idioms - Forms and ... head - to take into one’s mind. - An adverb replaced by another belonging to the same field of meaning, e.g. to come apart - to come asunder. - A conjunction replaced b...

Ngày tải lên: 14/03/2014, 11:20

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