the 800 most commonly used idioms in america pdf

... SOME OF THE MOST COMMONLY USED CONNECTIVE WORDS AND PHRASES referring Use to give more examples For instance, … In particular, … … such as … Group 6: showing results Use to express the consequence As ... result, … Consequently, … Hence,… So … Therefore, … Thus, … Group 7: inferring Use to deduce In other words, … In that case, … Then, … Otherwise, … Group 8: giving alternatives Use to refer to an ... alternative Alternatively, … On the other hand, … Then again, … Group 9: restating Use to express what you have said in another way (usually more simply) In other words, … That is to say,...

Ngày tải lên: 08/07/2014, 11:00

... someone to learn something The teacher thinks that she must beat the material into the heads of the students. beat the clock - to finish something before the time is up The basketball team ... bark up the wrong tree - to make a wrong assumption about something The police are barking up the wrong tree in their investigation of the criminal. base one's opinion on (something) ... something We had a birds-eye view of the playing field from our seats high up in the stadium. Mr_doody2004@yahoo.com 35 be into (something) - to be interested or involved in something...

Ngày tải lên: 02/03/2014, 20:36

... for their share either in a lump sum in the early spring (before planting) or over the course of the growing season. They then receive a weekly “bounty” from the farm throughout the growing ... their time in doing the best job they can raising their crops instead of searching for buyers. *The information in this piece is adapted from the writings of Robyn Van En, CSA of North America ... Observer, there are more than 2,300 farms registered in the state, most of them in rural eastern North Carolina. In the late 1990s, state lawmakers were the first in the nation to institute...

Ngày tải lên: 24/03/2014, 04:20

... achieve the national goals in reducing health risk behaviors. To meet these goals, the Merck Institute of Aging & Health and the National Academy on an Aging Society, the policy institute of The ... rates for older Americans have been declining in recent years. In 1982, the disabled older population in the United States totaled 6.4 million. If the 1982 rate had continued, the number of disabled ... older. The Merck Institute of Aging & Health and the National Academy on an Aging Society, the policy institute of The Gerontological Society of America, are releasing this report to assess the...

Ngày tải lên: 28/03/2014, 20:20

... 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 the club! - an expression used when the ... want to join the fray and argue with the other members of the group. jolt to a stop - stop moving suddenly which causes a jolt The train jolted to a stop when the engineer put the brakes ... early in the morning at the jumping-off place for our hike to the mountains. . the jury is still out (on someone or something) - have not decided about something For myself, the jury...

Ngày tải lên: 08/07/2014, 20:20