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Idioms
1. Turn A Blind Eye:
Refuse to acknowledge something you know is real or legit.
2. Twenty three skidoo:
To be turned away.
3. Under the weather:
Feeling ill or sick.
4. Up a blind alley:
Going down a course of action that leads to a bad outcome.
5. Use Your Loaf:
Use your head. Think smart.
6. Van Gogh's ear for music:
Tone deaf.
get on:
1.entered the bus
2. like each other and are friendly
3. continue doing my work
Phrasal Verbs
1. bring off: Succeed in doing something difficult
You pretended to be a journalist and he believed you?
I never thought you'd bring that off!
2. bring up:
1) Raise (a child).
2) Mention something.
1) She stopped working in order to bring up her children.
2) His friends knew he had lost his job but they decided not to bring up the subject.
3. brush up on: Improve, refresh one's knowledge of something.
Mary decided to brush up on her Spanish before going to South-America.
4. bump into: Meet by accident or unexpectedly.
Pedro bumped into his English teacher at the supermarket.
5. burn out
1) Stop (something) working
2) Become exhausted from overworking
1) The fuse has burnt out.
2) Tom will burn himself out if he doesn't slow down.
Idioms
1. When It Rains, It Pours:
Since it rarely rains, when it does it will be a huge storm.
I haven't see my sister for a while, though we live on the same street.
I haven't see my sister for a while. We live on the same street, though. (at the
end of a sentence you can only use thought, although can't be used at the end of a
sentence)
There are only three cases when although can't be used:
1. Though is only used at the end of a sentence
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I was going to go to the store, but my mother did not let us go, though.
o
We love our new house. The house is a little big far from town, though.
o
The food is all ready, but the oven is not working, though.
2. As Though means as if
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My sister acts, as though she is the only one that lives in the house.
o
My dog acts, as though she was human.
o
My friends look really tired, as though they did not sleep all night.
o
I felt sick, as though I'd just eaten bad food.
3. Even Though is used to emphasis something or someone
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I went to my classes, even though I did not feel well.
o
The car was not working, even though it was just in the shop.
1. Sara's babysitting job is such "a cushy number". All she has to do is take the children to the beach
and watch them play.
2. What "a cushy number", living rent-free in return for taking the dog out once a day!
cushy number = a very easy job
6. Do you .. on Sundays?
a) shave
b) shave yourself
c) Either could be used here
7. She took her dog with .
a) her
b) herself
c) Either could be used here
8. You are very selfish. You only think of .
a) yourself
b) you
c) Either could be used here
9. I am quite pleased with .
a) myself
b) me
c) Either could be used here
10. Everybody came early except ..
a) me
b) myself
c) Either could be used here
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