... express their respect, but they don't act on their words, so the respect
is hollow and empty.
Little pitchers have big ears
(USA) This means that children hear more and understand the ... 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 everything is going well.
Fine tuning
Small ... something.
Fingers and thumbs
If you are all fingers and thumbs, you are being clumsy and not very skilled with your hands.
Fire away
If you want to ask someone a question and they tell you...
... floor, it is their turn to speak at a meeting.
Have your cake and eat it too
If someone wants to have their cake and eat it too, they want everything their way, especially when their wishes ... express their respect, but they don't act on their words, so the respect
is hollow and empty.
Little pitchers have big ears
(USA) This means that children hear more and understand the ... it
If somebody make no bones about a scandal in their past, they are open and honest about it and show no shame or
embarrassment.
Make out like a bandit
(USA) If someone is extremely successful...
... EFFORT AND EXPENSE HAVE GONE INTO THE
DEVELOPMENT AND DOCUMENTATION OF SAP2000. THE PROGRAM HAS
BEEN THOROUGHLY TESTED AND USED. IN USING THE PROGRAM,
HOWEVER, THE USER ACCEPTS AND UNDERSTANDS ...
spacing in the X, Y and Z direction. Set the number of grid spaces to
10 for the X direction, and to 1 for the Y and Z directions. Type 6 ft
into the X direction spacing edit box and press the Enter ...
Subdivide command to bring up the form in Figure 13. Select the
Auto Subdivide Frame option and check the at Intermediate Joints
and at Intersection with Other Frames check boxes, and click OK....
... expensed computer hardware and supplies and
purchased computer services; refuse removal services; management consulting and administra-
tive services; taxes and license fees; and all other expenses ... 229
Total capital expenditures (new and used) $1,000
r
173 884
Buildings and other structures (new and used) $1,000
r
10 174
Machinery and equipment (new and used) $1,000
r
163 710
Automobiles, ... XN
33633000 Shocks, struts, and other suspension equipment and parts 2002 XD
1997 XN
33635003 Transmissions and parts 2002 X 90 479
1997 XN
32622001 Rubber and plastics hose and belting 2002 X 35 560
1997...
... distinction between idiomatic variants and
synonymous idioms.
- Gain an insightful look at idioms in general andidiomatic variants and synonymous
idioms in particular in both English and Vietnamese.
... forms and figurative meaningsand reflect their own nation's culture values, including
material and spiritual values.
Idiomatic variants are idioms which have the same meaningsand grammatical ... terms of their structures and
lexical components.
- Idioms are complete and figurative in terms of meanings which do not come from the
meanings of their individual components.
- Idioms have their...
... job
2. Boring and detailed work, such as examining documents for mistakes, can be described as…
(a) hammer and chisel work (b) nut and bolt work (c) bucket and spade work (d) pick
and shovel work
3. ... of phrasal verbs that use turn, and decide
which particle or particles (around, back, on, etc) can be used to complete them.
60
Phrasal verbs, idiomsand other expressions using 'turn'
1. ... example,
present continuous, past simple, etc), and an appropriate particle or particles, to make
phrasal verbs.
Exer
cise 2: Try to decide what the idiomsand other expressions in sentences 11 – 20 mean,
then...
... /
expressions have a negative connotation and are not very polite, so you should be careful
how you use them!
8
Idioms and other expressions for describing character
and personality
anorak bigmouth bunny ... 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 ... sentence.
6
Idioms and other expressions using animals
bee bird cat chicken dog donkey duck fish fly goat
goose hen horse monkey pig rat shark whale
1. I always thought Laurence was rather shallow and...
... sentences with items of food or drink, and write your answers in the
crossword grid on the next page.
Acr
oss ( ı )
Down
( ij )
Idioms and other expressions using food and drink
21
3. Mr Taylor is the ... 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 ... be the correct or suitable thing to do
)
Exercise 2
: Look at the idiomsand other expressions in bold in sentences 1 – 25, and
choose a suitable definition or expression with a similar meaning...
... section looks at some common idiomsand other expressions that are not included in
the main exercises elsewhere in this book.
Each of the three idiomsand other expressions in bold in the following ... were
experiencing the feelings, emotions, etc, highlighted in bold?
28
Idioms and other expressions to talk about health,
feelings and emotions
1. Amanda is at her wits' end.
☺
/
2. Ian is in a state.
☺
/ ... case, and write it
in the sentence. Make sure that you use it in its correct form. The meaning of each idiom
is explained in italics at the end of each sentence.
Mixed idiomsand other expressions
35
1....
... complete the phrasal verbs, idiomsand other expressions using
put in this story. You will need to use some of them more than once.
Phrasal verbs, idiomsand other expressions using 'put'
47
across ... wish she would take a _____ and leave me
alone. (
understand what someone wants you to do, even though they do not say it directly
)
Exercise 2
: The idiomsand other expressions in bold in sentences ... phrasal verb, idiom or
other expression using pick. Use between two and four words in each sentence.
46
Phrasal verbs, idiomsand other expressions using 'pick'
1. (a) They spent ages talking...
... References
Stephan Bloehdorn and Alessandro Moschitti. 2007a.
Combined syntactic and semantic kernels for text clas-
sification. In Proceedings of ECIR 2007, Rome, Italy.
Stephan Bloehdorn and Alessandro Moschitti. ... expression
segmentation and polarity labeling and compare
them to the joint opinion extractor and polarity clas-
sifier by Choi and Cardie (2010). Secondly, we ex-
tend the global structure approach and add features
reflecting ... pages 101–106,
Portland, Oregon, June 19-24, 2011.
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2011 Association for Computational Linguistics
Extracting Opinion ExpressionsandTheir Polarities – Exploration of
Pipelines and Joint Models
Richard...