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i i PAUL HANCOCK x(a Keemioniaent ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS Inveoducton Unit One rctce A Practice B Practice © Practice D Unit Two, Practice A Practice B Practice © Practice D Unit Three Practice A Practice B Practice © Practice D CONTENTS Ww 18 19 10 en INTRODUCTION ‘To the Student An idiomatic expression ia group of 149 or more words which Cannot he undestood simply hy koowing the eneaning of each Separate word ~it hata special meaning which spears of the Tanguage understand. Most learners of English want to and need te learn sore idiomatic expressions Beeau they are such an important pst ofthe real Inguage we spe, "There are reat many idioms in the English Ianguage, and it (seul fr non-native spears wo hot whi expressions are realy wef. Many idioms sound quit oldaskione sche are ‘ot realy wid wry much by English speakers. Soe expressions fre winlirmal oe ealequial thot wos sound strange a ‘eign speaker ase them. The expessons used inthis book ave, theres, ben cower bess cey are often used by Enis speakers, and can alo be weed quite natal by Foreign laters. However, larg az wing idloms correctly nt ey. “There the problem of geting them right. An idiomatic capresso must be used absolutely eoreecty- IFyou make even the smalls mistake, the illic expresslon no Tonger has special meaning. Iwill actally mean just what the words sy, ‘wich i somesiner very range! The fst etre ofeach ‘rample in this book will show youths and wl help co stop you ftom making mistake, Making you aware ofthese mistakes ad ‘correcting them wil make are that you lar the iio in ‘onrect form soften not egy to nderatand exactly what an idiom means. The second picture ofeach example in this bok will hcp to make the racing leat, Some more explanation of the itiom is even nde each ofthese pictur, When you check the orreet answer, notice which word) is stressed when te liom is pken. Exerc in cach sie ites further practice in learning te Idioms in ther correct fom. Exerise B in each unit wll check that you wnderstand which ion is correct fr each Be sure to remember that very many idioms are informal and {at you shouldnt ey to we them ina formal canter, tering 2 Teter ts buok manage or te pricipal of & ct, ‘You might thik that it would show that your English i very ond if you ued an idiom in 2 statin Mk thi, bo ean often Sound wrong. In this book, thereto, yo wil be given away of expressing these seas in mere formal way. Exerite Cin each luni ves you practic in deciding whether ions sound corect ‘n lerent contests, Exercise D fs fr stent who are working in a case. gives you the opportunity to uae the idioms that, ‘you have leernt by talking about your personal experince with Ifyou ate using the book fr scstudy, the answers tall the cexerles cam be checked by ung the Answers section the back of the book. This sth best way to use each wait of the book 1 Look at the petures snd explanations and correct the mites, 2, Look atthe answers inthe back of the ok t check that 4. Do the fist practi eerste A. Lok again at the pctres and explanation if you are notre if the practice sentences are Fight or wrong. Correct the sentences which are wrong 4 Check your answers to exerie A ithe back of the book Da the practice cxerve B. Look tthe pictures and ‘explanations again if you are not sare what co write 8. Check your answers inthe back ofthe book 1. Do the practice exercise C. Again, look atthe explanation: if you ae not sure which answer 1 chowe 8, Check your ansoer in the back af the bok eects D is for lasaroom se nly ‘Toshe Teacher “The inuuduction to the stent explains the value offs Tat "What You Meum, Tn? t earners of English who would keto got «god understanding of soe widely used idiomatic exprestions {icatng some phratal verb). The book e fr stents at Imermedate and advanced level As wells focusing a0 the scorect form and meaning ofa seletion of ios each unit Ielp atidents to see wheter they ean use the ions inillerent, regiters, Ther sao fre prodtion exercne at ie end of ‘ach unt fo which stdents cam use the cxpresions ia personal ‘ontext. Thor teachers who have osed Ir Th Wis You Mea? ‘wil se that this book can be wed i clase ina similar way. A of using each unit ofthe book in class |. Pathe students in pais or groups, Ask them to look though the pitures and explanations end to correct the stakes 2, When they have Fnshed, chek the cortet frm ofthe om se cls, and practise speaking the sentence with th corzect. ‘Heese pattern (ar shown im the Index of Lom ~ page 132). ‘The ilstration ofthe Incorect idiom offen shows the eral ‘meaning. The laitration of he correc idiom shoald be wed to check tha students have got Its meaning cortect. You ean 4 this by asking questions about what the people in the ‘ustzations are ding and why, «page 80 ‘How does dhe teacher look? Why? Why do you think the howl manager emt understand bis French? Do the chive fe sorry for the teacher? What wil happen wen the teacher next es to ‘onrect hie students’ French?” The ustration ca also be ted to intraduce extn vocabulary you wish fe pae 8, efron, te tag shes, teak, ly, te, You ‘ould ask the stdens now to provide a lear dfinithm ofthe idiom in simple language (= Hist is provided on page 132). (Check that students have aiden of hw formal the expession Iand ask asatent wo give the more Smal aerate 9. Aad the tents to do exercise Ain pair or groupe, You ‘ould teach of check any vocabulary which your cass might ot know. When they have finished, check the answers a dase 4: Repeat th me proces with ere B. Encourage the stunt fst uy ad remeter the i witout ing back at he prweration pages You can go round whe they se doing the arcs ae nate tha al stents Have ‘ete the io nt cone fom hh he tin wie @ wha te student, Theta them odo the ener it flo OEP “There may bes oof qu el vocabulary or ler kel sent inthe a setae Tica be ght or ‘edhe, bu tit actly neces tha they tndertand “cert nthe eters, Wat more portant that they ete basi meaning of her and ecgnve em st formalin contest ao agsage Chek the answers css aga, ding wth ciel wesbalary you wk 6, Breise Dix plcton proto, Thc exec old be done ater th thers na ater te ein ‘Writ oa he ows practed in ach unt ee Index of cms, page 12) on ceo paper and pve hemo he sede Sadee could work epson prepare ve idioms each, Aerating group ech suede ould prepare over ime, or in goa 1 12 people, ch student oud prepare ane mn ech ac ae hes {© prepares alk abut «pononal experienc which woul {ct a parr or another member ef the group Yo reduce the iim onthe peo pape. The ce ste) et then 2k nore guts abou the peal espn, An ‘ample gen neh wet. Sade led soe time te prepare tc ansvers tdy yh any ites, sue a vocabulary. Mono the ste they te working in pas or gop, anda sr ht the) re the om wth ore ares sn noma, I stds werk in pai group, ou eld nk each et feds pce the ds the mort intceing ory they heard fom he partner othe person nes othe the group, ‘ig them core are not very good parente a they never you do what this expresin suggest it means that someone hasbeen behing badly towards you and that you Ihave acepted it bu that now you've had enough, You door ‘ay something to show that you are deftly nt going to cept the haviour aay mote “This is quite a infernal expression. A more formal way af txpessng the same Meni fo ae on’ ah, eg. Teachers who do net ssert their autbority ver & lass of. “hic suadcns atthe beginning wil ni imposible to vesain contol ater iif {i definitely in love with ves a ring to her every eve The expression you nee here means the same ast epee ‘luo al. Wits these verbs, and with this expression, yous have to may who you te telephoning mediately afer the ‘verb, but without leintely i love with mon every evening” Thi sone ofthe ment poplar ways Of saying 0 elpone ‘when you are speaking or writing informally 15 used cspectly when you are aking someone to phone you inthe ature, oF eferng to phone then, You ean alone eld tel rig “This is a ily infra expression. more formal way of saying the same ding i tepoe (men), eg. Yeu Mr Chadwick, I wil ge Mr Allan your message a Seon as he returs and atk hin to epbone you. To put op means psd ceo for mane Es,“ You Gnd heap he, we an pt you up a ow da lere you need 10 use another peepaction ar apo get the has ver wih dhe ight mesiing

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