mcgrawhills dictionary of american idioms and phrasal verbs pdf

... Use This Dictionary xii of variation is similar to wild card terms. Here are examples of the sets of limited sets of verbs. be ahead of Tom get ahead of Tom keep ahead of Tom remain ahead of Tom stay ... collocations, idioms, idiomatic expressions, clichés, proverbs, set phrases, fixed phrases, phrasal verbs, common phrases, prepositional verbs, and phrasal/ prepositional verbs. They all offer the ... fairly commonly known idioms. GOALS OF THE DICTIONARY A major goal of this dictionary is to make certain that each definition of a phrase illustrates the meaning of the phrase and matches it in syntax. The...

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... she was standing in front of the computer. black sheep of the family - the worst member of a family The boy was the black sheep of the family and nobody liked him. blast off - to ... with lots of energy The man stood up and belted out several old songs. Mr_doody2004@yahoo.com 29 B back Idioms back and forth - backwards and forwards, first one way and then ... friend at the top of my lungs. at the top of the hour - at the beginning of the hour - 12:00, 1:00 etc. (like the top of a clock) The radio news always starts at the top of the hour. at...

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... schools joined forces to try and raise money for the city library expansion. join hands - hold hands with other people Everybody in the group joined hands at the end of the meeting. Join ... schedules. jump/climb/get on the bandwagon - join a popular activity/campaign Everybody jumped on the bandwagon to try and stop smoking in the workplace. jump out of one`s skin - be badly frightened ... broke the computer." jumping-off place/point - the starting place of a long trip, start of something We gathered early in the morning at the jumping-off place for our hike to the mountains....

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