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    Collocation Idiom

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    Equivalence above word level: The lexical patterning will be dealing with falls under two main heading: Collocation Idioms and fixed expression Collocation: - It is the tendency of certain words co-occur regularly in a given language It is the relationship between two words that often go together and if the expression is heard often it becomes glued in our mind Lexical patterning Recurrent patterns in the language When it comes to equivalence across languages we will find for instance

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    The Use of Idioms

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    It ’s So Clichéd "She sat down to write her paper without batting an eyelash." This sentence contains an example of what is called an idiom. Idioms are individual forms of expression specific to one language. They can be thought of as a group of two or more words that together mean something different from the literal meaning of the individual words. "Without batting an eyelash" means to be passive‚ or show no interest in an event or situation. This phrase first appeared in the early 1900 ’s."Batting"

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    Personal Idioms

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    The Sage Encyclopedia of Human Relationships Personal Idioms by Sandra Metts‚ Illinois State University Sylvia Mikucki‚ University of Illinois “Raining cats and dogs.” “Green with envy.” “Easy as pie.” What these odd expressions share in common is the classification as cultural idioms. They are colloquial expressions that use the English language in creative ways to capture an attitude‚ image‚ or a feeling. A person who came to America from another country would have to study the sky during

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    English Idiom Elementary

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    = Easy English = ESSENTIAL ENGLISH IDIOMS Elementary = Easy English = 1 LESSON 1 t o get in/to get on : to enter or to board a vehicle To get in is used for cars‚ to get on is used for all other forms of transportation. - It’s easiest to get in the car from the driver’s side. The door on the other side doesn’t work well. - I always get on the bus to work at 34th Street. t o get out of/to get off : to leave or to descend from a vehicle To get out of is used for cars‚ to get of

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    Useful Idioms

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    Useful Idioms for Lower-Intermediate to Advanced Students (Teacher’s Resource) My students often tell me that they want to learn idioms. But‚ in the past‚ I always found it difficult to find a list of idioms/phrases that was general enough to be useful for everyone. So‚ I finally broke down and made my own idiom and phrases list. Below is the result of hours of idiom compilation and writing.  Item example: off the top of your head        He asked me to tell him a joke‚ but I couldn’t think of

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    Idiom Paper

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    in the eye of the beholder means that different people will find different things beautiful and that the differences of opinion don’t matter greatly. 5. Better late than never This idiom suggests that doing something late is better than not doing it at all. 6. Better safe than sorry This idiom is used to recommend being cautious rather than taking a risk. 7.

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    Idioms and Their Meaning

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    IDIOMS |Group of words with a meaning of its own that is different from the meanings of each individual word in the group (for example‚ | |‘It’s raining cats and dogs’ means ‘It’s raining heavily’ and kick the bucket means ‘to die’); also a style of expression in | |writing‚ speech‚ or music that is typical of a particular period‚ place‚ or person (for example‚ ‘a piece of music composed in | |the modern idiom’).

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    Idioms in Newspaper Style

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    Yerevan State Linguistic University after V. Brusov Theme: Idioms in newspaper style Faculty of foreign languages 3th coarse‚ 4th group Student: Grigoryan Victoria Supervisor: Nina Mnatsakanyan Yerevan 2009 TABLE OF CONTENTS Introduction…………………..…………………………………………………..……3 Chapter 1: Idiom‚ general characteristics……………….…………………….…..5 Chapter 2: Newspaper style …………..….… ……………………………….……13 Conclusion…………………………….…………………………………..………….23 Bibliography…………………………….………………………………………….…25 INTRODUCTION Today

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    idioms essay

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    IDIOMS Once upon a time there was a deer who had surprisingly grown a single horn on its forehead. He was quite unaware of this matter. But he knew that the other animals always gave him an icy stare when they saw him. They left him high and dry in jungle. He felt blue most of the time and looked like he has the weight of world on his shoulder‚ because he was so lonely. He decided to go it alone and went into the middle of the jungle where most of the animals live. He tried to be friend with them

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    English Idioms

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    Idiom Meaning Example Sentences Act like an ape behave badly‚ wildly‚ foolishly Aiman has been acting like an ape ever since his girlfriend‚ Filzah left him. Her bark is worse than her bite someone’s words are worse than their action You shouldn’t worry about her. Her bark is worse than her bite and she is really a very nice person Bull in a china shop a person with no tact who upsets others or upsets plans Haziq is like a bull in a china shop so you should be careful if you invite

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