Sunday, 7 June 2009

Vocabulary Book - 100 Everyday Idioms

Here's a useful book explaining 100 commonly used metaphors (i.e. idioms)

What did you say?
What do you mean?


The metaphors are arranged alphabetically, based on the first noun – if there is one. If there is no noun, then the order is taken from the main word that doesn’t change, such as “backwards” in “bend over backwards” (people sometimes say “lean over backwards”).

I each case there is an explanation of what the idiom means, why or when people use it, plus examples.

Download it here. Slightly bigger file than usual (almost 6MB), hope it's ok for you.

Here's an example from the book:




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2 comments:

  1. If you like this book, and find it useful, make sure you buy it when you find it in a shop. If it's not what you were looking for, make sure to delete it from your computer. And if you give a copy to your friend make sure you tell them that if they like this book, and find it useful, they should make sure they buy it when they find it in a shop. Also tell them that if it's not what they were looking for, they should make sure to delete it from their computer. Clear? He he.

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  2. "What did you say? What do you mean?" Sounds like me on holiday in France!

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