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    Friendship Idiom

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    Friendship “A true friend is someone who thinks that you are a good egg even though he knows that you are slightly cracked.” –Bernard Meltzer A friend is one who knows us‚ but loves us anyway. – Fr. Jerome Cumnings Remember‚ the greatest gift is not found in a store nor under a tree‚ but in the hearts of true friends. –Cindy Lee Who finds a faithful friends‚ finds a treasure. – Jewish Saying “Your friend is the man who knows all about you‚ and still likes you” –Elbert Hubbard What is a friend

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    IDIOMS IN BILINGUAL DICTIONARIES A dictionary is a collection of words in one or more languages‚ and it reflects the vocabulary of a language. Its purpose is to provide information on the meaning of words‚ combinations with other words‚ sometimes also pronunciation and other aspects of a language. Dictionaries can be classified by many different aspects – for example‚ a dictionary can be monolingual‚ bilingual‚ bilingualised or even multilingual. If the dictionary is bilingual‚ it can be either

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    The Moon

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    The moon The moon is the only natural satellite of Earth. The moon orbits the Earth from 384‚400 km and has an average speed of 3700 km per hour. It has a diameter of 3476 km‚ which is about ¼ that of the Earth and has a mass of 7.35e22 kg. The moon is the second brightest object in the sky after the sun. The gravitational forces between the Earth and the moon cause some interesting effects; tides are the most obvious. The moon has no atmosphere‚ but there is evidence by the United States

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    Earth’s Moon The Earth’s Moon is the most important moon in the solar system in regards to Earth and all of the living things within it. It is also the only Moon that Earth has‚ whereas other planets‚ like Mars‚ have multiple Moons. The Moon is the only other Moon that humans have set foot on‚ which helped us to understand the formation‚ internal structure‚ and history of it. The “moon’s face” is the second brightest thing in the solar system after the Sun‚ and has a dark surface in actuality

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    whose meaning is often different from the normal meaning of the words is called an idiom. Of the various definitons of ‘idiom’‚ therr criteria‚ both semantic and syntactic‚ emerge as predominant. The first is semantic opacity‚ or what has come to be known as ‘noncompositionality’‚ the fact that the meaning of an idiom cannot be deduced from a sum of the meanings of its parts: in this sense‚ the meaning of an idiom is not ‘motivated’(bussmann 1996: 316). Thus‚ the meaning od ‘die’ cannot be produced

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    English and Arabic Idioms

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    The Art of Speech-Arabic Idioms Chapter Arabic-English dictionary for idioms‚ proverbs‚ politeness expressions‚ religious and Islamic expressions‚ slang and comparative spoken-written Arabic vocabulary.   The Arabic Idioms Written by Hussein Maxos Arabic for non-natives series by Hussein Maxos©‚ Damascus 1995-2003. ;;;;;;;;;;;;;; Index • Introduction…………………………………………….page 3 • Symbols and abbreviations………………………………. 6 • Section ‫6 .……………………………………ﺣﺮف اﻷﻟﻒ ا‬ • Section ‫71 ……………………………………ﺣﺮف

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    Advantage Learning Idioms

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    idioms definition Definition: Idioms are phrases in English that are used in a figurative manner. For example‚ the idiom ’make hay while the sun shines’ is used figuratively to mean: It is important to continue working hard during a period of relative success. The phrase has nothing to do with actually making hay. Advantage learning idioms 1. A good way to attain the metaphorical concepts in the target language is to learn idiomatic expressions. Idioms are often metaphorical. (Kovecses 2002)

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    which can not be deduced from their individual components. In a broad sense‚ idioms include set phrase‚ slang‚ proverbs‚ allusions‚ colloquialisms and so on. An idiom‚ the essence of a language‚ is deeply embedded in culture‚ and thus culture-loaded. In idiom translation‚ how to convey the cultural connotation has always been considered the most difficult part. Generally‚ there are two strategies adopted to translate idioms which are domestication and foreignization. Domestication demands a closeness

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    Used Idioms in English

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    addition‚ also‚ too I plan to take swimming lessons this summer. I plan to take a computer course as well.  as well as (someone or something) - in addition to someone or something "Please bring your swimming suit as well as your towel."  B Idioms back and forth -

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    Essay Writing Idioms

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    Strike while the iron is hot  When you have an opportunity to do something‚ do it before you lose your chance. This is the best time in the last ten years tobuy a house. Strike while the iron is hot. Dot the i’s and cross the t’s to take care of every detail‚ even minor ones‚  to do something very carefully and in a lot of detail -I had dotted all the i’s and crossed the t’s‚ so I wondered why my application was rejected -Your instructor is a tough grader‚ be sure to dot your ‘i’s and cross your

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