... success.
Find your feet
When you are finding your feet, you are in the process of gaining confidence and experience in something.
Fine and dandy
(UK) If thing's are fine and dandy, then ... something.
In the swing
If things are in the swing, they are progressing well.
In the twinkling of an eye
If something happens in the twinkling of an eye, it happens very quickly.
In turn ... of being made.
In the offing
If something is in the offing, it is very likely to happen soon.
In the pink
If you are in very good health, you are in the pink.
In the pipeline
If something's...
... something positive, it's a blessing in disguise.
Blind as a bat
If you are in total darkness and can't see anything at all, you are as blind as a bat.
Blind leading the blind
When ... mind their own business and not interfere in other people's affairs.
Mind Your P's and Q's
If you are careful about the way you behave and are polite, you mind Your P's and ... rather than sitting in a office discussing things in
a detached way.
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Gone pear-shaped
(UK) If things have gone pear-shaped...
...
Language functions
Chapter 4 LANGUAGE FUNCTIONS
4.1 Agreeing and Disagreeing
Agreeing and disagreeing are typical elements of spoken English but may also appear in
scientific writing. ...
4.4 Defining
In science and technology, there are generally two kinds of definitions:
the real definition, that is a definition that explains precisely the essential, intrinsic
characteristics ... something else, with regard to
particular features. Phrases you can use include:
in a certain way
from a certain point of view
with regard to …
as regards …
in being
in that it is
inasmuch...
... pretends to work is said to be…
(a) swinging a cat (b) swinging both ways (c) swinging the lead (d) swinging the
balance
15. Someone who is out of work and claiming money from the government can ... who call in sick on Monday are pulling a fast one.
(a) Working too hard the rest of the week, and not relaxing enough during their free time.
(b) Pretending something that is not true in order ... these sentences.
Idioms and other expressions used for talking about work
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1. Sue has always been a high-flier.
(a) Someone who has achieved a lot and is determined to continue being successful.
(b)...
... very
clever and important
)
10
Idioms and other expressions using clothes
There are several items of clothing hidden in the box below. You will find these by reading
from left to right and from ... definitions given for the idiomsand other expressionsin bold are
true or false.
Phrasal verbs, idiomsand other expressions using 'cut'
15
cut across cut back on cut down on cut in ... of clothing to complete the
idioms and other expressionsin bold in sentences 1 – 20. You will need to use some of the
items more than once, and you may need to change the form from singular...
... verbs, idiomsand other expressions using 'give'
25
1. I've finally managed to give off / out / up / in smoking. (
to stop doing something you do regularly
)
2. Ten thousand copies ... (
something that is needed in
order to achieve something, in this case to get the printer to start working
)
11. We spent a week in Paris, and __________. (
to visit all the most important and famous ... or suitable thing to do
)
Exercise 2
: Look at the idiomsand other expressionsin bold in sentences 1 – 25, and
choose a suitable definition or expression with a similar meaning from the box...
... some common idiomsand other expressions that are not included in
the main exercises elsewhere in this book.
Each of the three idiomsand other expressionsin bold in the following sentence ... were
experiencing the feelings, emotions, etc, highlighted in bold?
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Idioms and other expressions to talk about health,
feelings and emotions
1. Amanda is at her wits' end.
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2. Ian is in a ... According to this story in the paper, a child in the USA is divorcing his parents. Huh! Now I've
________ everything! (
a spoken expression used for saying that you find something very shocking...
... understand and remember something that
you hear or read
)
11. Could you take me _____ the rules again, please? (
to explain to someone in detail how something should
be done, what something is ... making her angry. (
to do something that may have a bad
result
)
2. I've been working hard all day, and I'm beginning to run out of _____. (
to become too tired to finish
something
)
3. ... running a very high _____. (
to be very hot because you are ill
)
5. I must hurry. I'm running a bit _____ this morning. (
doing things or arriving in places later than planned
)
6. I think...
... Laboratoires
and the Information Sciences Institute. 1 The analysis
is based on a higher order intansional logic described
in detail in Hinrichs, Ayuso and Scha (1987). Tem-
poral expressions of English ... arrive in Hawaii?
The person asking (39b) is not interested in being
informed about all ships that at some time in the fu-
ture will go to Hawaii. Instead, the user is interested
in a much ... 6522.
Link, Godehard (1983). 'The Logical Analysis of
Plurals and Mass Terms'. In: Baeuerle,
Schwat-ze and von Stechow eds. Meaning,
Use and Interpretation of Language. Berlin:
De...
... perceptual training of
sounds such as /r/ and /l/, especially in the more phonologically
challenging areas based on their L1: /r/ and /l/ in final position
for Korean participants andin initial position ... pottery and involved description and gesture use.
Materials recording and editing. Two video-recording ses-
sions using the same lecture outline were scheduled, each last-
ing approximately 20 min. ... Lynch, K. (1999).Offeringa
hand to pragmatic understanding: The role of speech and gesture in
comprehension and memory. Journal of Memory and Language, 40,
577–592.
Lansing, C. R., & McConkie,...