COMMON IDIOMATIC EXPRESSIONS AND THEIR MEANINGS AND EXAMPLES

Some common idiomatic expressionsHere is a list of some common idiomatic expressions.Lose one’s cachetTo lose one’s cachet is to lose the respect one used to enjoy.The business has lost some of its cachet.A piece of cakeIf something is a piece of cake it can be ach[r]

English Banana.comEssential EnglishList of Common HomophonesHomophones are words that sound the same as each other, but have differentspellings and meanings. Here are some common examples:allowedauntballbasebebearberryblueboarboardbreadbuybycerealcheckcouncilcourse[r]

Talk a LotIntermediate Book 1Eat Up Your Phrasal Verbs – They’re Good for You!Phrasal Verbs Dice Game – CombinationsWhen you roll the Most Common Verbs and Particles Dice there are 36 possible combinations, whichproduce 34 different phrasal verbs. They are listed below, along with t[r]

On the other hand, while and whereasThese words or phrases have similar uses, but the grammar is not quite the same. On the other hand is aconjunctive adverb. It is used to compare two situations or two people and to show that there is an importantdifference between them.In many Middle[r]

Expressions with takeTake is one of the most frequently used words in English. Needless to say, nearly fifty expressions in current useincorporate the verb take.Take something / somebody for grantedThere are two meanings for this expression.To take somebody for granted is to ben[r]

many things in common such as age, interests, homework and classes after all. So, theydiscuss their impressions about a new teacher, solve problems together, learn theirhomework, gain new knowledge and experience and even make their own discoveries.Sharing a[r]

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Showing contrast and causeIf you repeat the same words and structures, your writing will become monotonous. Good writers always make aconscious effort to avoid repeating vocabulary within the same paragraph if possible. Fortunately, in English wecan express the same idea in very many w[r]

Tenses and the time adverbs used with themThe present perfect continuous tenseThe present perfect continuous tense is commonly used with the time expressions since and for.It has been raining since yesterday.I have been working in this company for 3 years.My sister has been prep[r]

Má hồng ñến quá nữa thì chưa thôi.AND LEARNINGdifficulties for Vietnamese learners of English, following suggestions[45, p.136]are drawn out to overcome these obstacles.Vietnamese people consider ‘hair’ as an important feature ofFirstly, teachers must be aware that the basis ICMs is verytheir[r]

Plural uncountable nounsSome uncountable nouns are plural. They have no singular forms with the same meaning, and cannot be usedwith numbers. Common examples are: arms, groceries, goods, customs, clothes, thanks, regards, police etc.Have you bought the groceries? (NOT Have you b[r]

This study is an attempt to describe, analyse, compare contrast English and Vietnamese root and epistemic modality as realized by modal verbs from Cognitive perspective, more specifically in terms of force dynamic framework. The study is both descriptive and contrastive in nature. The main aim of th[r]

Expressions without prepositionsSome common expressions are used without prepositions.Verbs without prepositionsSome verbs are normally followed by direct objects without prepositions. Examples are: enter, discuss, marry,lack, resemble, approach etc.We entered the compoun[r]

Talking about changes using turn and fallWe use turn to talk about visible changes of state. It is common before color words. Note that turn is more formalthan go.Leaves turn brown in autumn.When I broke the news she turned red.She turned white with anger.Suddenly everything turned bla[r]

Grammar terms beginning with Letter DDangling participleA dangling participle is a participle which is not grammatically linked to the rest of the sentence. For example, inthe sentence ‘Standing at the gate, a scorpion bit him’, the participial phrase ‘standing at the gate’ is dangling; itappears to[r]

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1.2.3.4.AmericansThe Europeans who went to North AmericaThey found the local people,They lived in tribes or nations, such as the Apache and Cheyenne,By the time Mark Twain wrote Huckleberry Finn, in 1884, the whitesettlers had moved the Native Americansa)b)c)d)out of their homelands in[r]

Nouns: GenderLiving beings are of either the male or the female sex.A noun that denotes a male animal is of the masculine gender.Examples are: boy, lion, hero, peacock, tiger and cock-sparrowA noun that denotes a female animal is of the feminine gender.Examples are: girl, liones[r]