Tài liệu CAMBRIGDE INTERNATIONAL DICTIONARY OF IDIOMS CHƯƠNG 2 9 docx

... sleight of hand he produced twopigeons out of his tophat. slice a slice of life if a film, a play, or a piece of writing shows a slice of life, it shows life as it really is • The drama, a slice of ... small hours the early hours of the morning. (often + of) I was up till the small hours of Wednesday morning finishing off that report. • She was born in the small hours of S...

Ngày tải lên: 17/01/2014, 06:20

... Most of the music they play is pretty middle -of- the-road. Please purchase PDF Split-Merge on www.verypdf.com to remove this watermark. mask make a martyr of him from the point of view of the international ... no experience of that activity • Work?He doesn't know the meaning of the word! • And the irony of Phil talking about ethics. Hedoesn't know the meaning of t...

Ngày tải lên: 21/12/2013, 04:15

... the cockles of your heart. coffee a coffee table book a large, expensive book with a lot of pictures, that is often kept on a table for people to look at • A glossy coffee table bookof his art ... in the clutches of a religiousfanatic. C-note a C-note American, informal a piece of paper American money that is worth 100dollars. Joe took a wad of bills out of his pocket, peeled off...

Ngày tải lên: 21/12/2013, 04:15

... schemes. the pick of sth the best of a group of things or people • Send inyour poems and wewillprint the pick of the bunch. have your pick of sth if you can have your pick of a group of things, you ... be a natural part of that place • I've been working in this office for so long I'm part of the furniture now.• (sometimes + of) He had become part of the furnitu...

Ngày tải lên: 21/12/2013, 04:15

... once the raison d'etre of the festival but it has now been replacedby comedyand cabaretshows. rake-off a rake-off informal a share of the profits of something, often taken in a way that is ... thefuture of the wholeproject. 2 a feeling of doubt about the ability or quality of something> The recentspate of government scandals has left a question mark over their ability...

Ngày tải lên: 21/12/2013, 04:16

... the Romans do). ROOF a roof over your head be like a cat on a hot tin roof go through the roof hit the ceiling/roof raise the roof the roof caves/falls in ROOFTOPS shout sth from the roof tops ROOM elbowroom not ... conversation piece a piece/ slice of the action be a nasty piece of work be a piece of cake be a piece of piss be (all) of a piece give sb a piece of your mind How lon...

Ngày tải lên: 21/12/2013, 04:16

... newspapers. grab a grab bag American & Australian a mixture of different types of things • (often + of) Airlines are offering a grab bag of discounts, air miles and car rentals toattract customers. grabs up ... two weeks of good weather during the winter when the days are the shortest in the year .• (often + of) She recalled the halcyon days of childhood .• That was in the h...

Ngày tải lên: 17/01/2014, 06:20

... especially towards the end of their life ° The book describes the last 20 years of Churchill's life, including his Indian summer as prime minister between 195 1and 195 5. in flagrante delicto in ... crown the best or most valuable thing in a group of things • (often + of) The island of Tresco,with its beautiful tropicalgardens, is thejewel in thecrown of the Scilly Isles. j...

Ngày tải lên: 17/01/2014, 06:20

... a group or organization. (often + in) A leading light in the art and ballet world, he was a closefriend of Princess Diana. • (often + of) Jeffries, at 23 a leading light of the campaign, was thefirst ... out of line. • Her remarks to the papers were way out of line. 2 if the amount or cost of something is out of line it is not what is expected or usual • (usually + with) His s...

Ngày tải lên: 17/01/2014, 06:20

... different and often strange • He produced some really way-out designs for the opera house. ways ways and means methods of achieving something' (often + of) Surely there are ways and means of 418 achieving ... certain of • The real wild card is the undecided vote, which accountsfor 18 to 25 percent of the electorate.• The company tstast gaining a reputation as the wild card o...

Ngày tải lên: 17/01/2014, 06:20