idioms - spoken, written
natural-sounding phrases, makes your English sound authentic, real English speaker, comfortable
Thousand of idioms
"It's raining cats and dogs."
"kill two birds with one stone" "a twofor"
focus on phrasal verbs - very important for natural sounding English, everyday usage, HIGH FREQUENCY
verb + preposition
Lesson 1 - elementary
get in / get on
sit in / sit on
sleep in the bed/ sleep on the bed
to get out of / to get off
to put on/ to put in - glasses, contacts
My grandmother put in her dentures/ retainer every morning.
extract a tooth
vanilla extract - ingredient for baking
Lesson 4
It is not cold at all.
waiter/waitress - server
The server waited on us. She took our order and brought our food.
My daughter spends at least two hours a night on math homework.
So far, we have studied in this class for two and a half weeks so far.
So far, John has saved up $2000 for his new car so far.
Take a hike! expression Get out of here! Hit the road! Get lost!
Hit the road. - leave
I have to hit the road.
casual - I got to hit the road.
Hit the books. - study
Hit the hay. - go to sleep
Hit the sack. - go to sleep
Hit the roof. - hit very angry
She hit the roof when she saw her car all dirty.
She blew her top.
think over - think about
think over - thinking about it for a long time, serious
I have been thinking it over.
Put your clothes away.
Lesson 6
under the weather - a little bit sick
a touch of the flu, cold
hang up (n) - something bad that you can't forget aboutHe is still hung up on the argument that he had with his sister.
I am counting on you to take care of your sister.
rely on
out of order - public machines
The vending machine is out of order.
The elevator is out of order.
The ATM is out of order.
The ticket machine at Skrtrain is out of order.
The bus is not in service. NIS
The gas pump is out of order.
My phone is broken.
Her laptop is not working.
Her computer is dead.
His car doesn't work.
His car won't start.
His car is broken. XXX
The coffee maker is broken.
The TV is broken.
The car is dead.
The battery is dead.
to get to - to be able to do something special
Last week I got to meet Justin Beiber.
When Sheila went to China, she got to see the Forbidden City.
I got to have coffee yesterday. XXX
I got to have coffee with Jack Ma yesterday.
few and far between - very rare, hard to find, not easily found
Good men are few and far between. You have to kiss a lot of frogs before you find a prince.
partner - modern word "wife' 'husband' 'spouse'
This is my business partner.
life partner
lover
to check over- scan it, skim it, examine in a cursory way
check out - look at and evaluate
We're going to check out a new restaurant tonight.
She checked out the Outlet Mall last weekend.
We checked in to / out of the hotel.
The checkouts at Superstore are always a zoo.
She checked out the guy at the gym.
I think that person is checking me out.
We put out the fire in the kitchen.
all of a sudden - happened quickly, unexpectedly
We were watching a movie at home. All of a sudden, we saw flashing lights from an ambulance.
Lesson 17
The Canucks lost to the Blues 8-1. The game was a blow out.
We had a blow out party last weekend. It was a wild party.
I blew out my knee last week. I seriously injured it playing soccer.
Ikea is having a blow out sale next weekend. Everything is 90% off.
What became of you last night? Where did you go? What happened to you?
What became of the guitar I gave you?
We shut up the cabin for the winter.
He shut her down when she was talking.
have got - own, have
I have got a headache. casual
I have a headache. writing
have got to -have to (strong) (very strong) must
She likes to keep up with the fashion.
Dave is having trouble keeping up with his math course. He is falling behind.
I tell my son that he has to keep up with his school work in high school. If he falls behind, it is hard to catch up.
ketchup, catsup
dimmer
He turned down the job offer.
She politely turned down the date.
He turned down my invitation to be Facebook friends.
We split the bill 50/50.
She got some 50/50 tickets at the baseball game at Nat Bailey Stadium.
paying the bill at a restaurant:
"I insist."
"It's on me." very authentic
"It's my treat."
"Let's split it."
"Dutch treat." split 50/50
stereotype is Dutch people are cheap, tight-fisted
stereotype is Scottish people are cheap, tight-fisted
He had to break into his own house. He lost his keys.
She broke into our conversation.
He broke in a new pair of boots.
He broke out of jail.
She broke in a new baseball glove.
We are breaking in a new teacher in our school.
This computer is a lost cause.
Work hard. Stay calm. Above all, don't quit.
Tomorrow - descriptive paragraph of a picture on the screen.
Prewrite
Write
You can use dictionaries if you like for vocabulary.
dictionary.com - definitions
thesaurus.com - synonyms
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