transition words and phrases for writing

... only for types and instances.) 2 n a kind or type of @) 3 1 a small forest; an area where there are many trees (Usu- ally plural, but not countable The meaning is the same for the singu- lar and ... ONE”S WORDS STICK IN ONE'S THROAT — PUT IN A GOOD WORD (FOR SOMEONE) — PUT WORDS INTO SOMEONE'S MOUTH —> TAKE THE WORDS (RIGHT) OUT OF ONE'S MOUTH — TRUE TO ONE'S WORD —> TWIST SOMEONE'S WORDS ... prepare and send [a letter or note to someone] (E.g., Please write when you can ) write away to write a lot; to con- tinue writing write away for something to send for something in writing,

Ngày tải lên: 19/08/2013, 09:17

... Application forforfor SocialSocial SecuritySocialSecurityCard Đơn xin cấp Thẻ An-SinhXã-Hội ApplicationApplication forfor Taxpayerfor TaxpayerIdentification Identification NumberNumber forNumber forPending ... hạndelinquent delinquent taxpayertaxpayerngười nợ thuếdemanddemand forfor paymentforpaymentViệc đòi trả tiềnDepartmentDepartment ofofof HealthHealth andHealth andHuman Human ServicesServices Bộ Y tế và Phục ... TaxTaxTax forfor Individuals Mẫu đơn 1040-ES để phỏng định tiền thuế cho mỗi người (cá nhân) 1040EZ1040EZ IncomeIncomeIncome TaxTaxTax ReturnReturnReturn forfor SingleSingle andandand JointJoint

Ngày tải lên: 16/01/2014, 23:20

... previously learned words and phrases must be transformed from locutions that are simple and fixed in meaning into ones that are multidimensional and many-layered This book is an effort to help students ... ~@% TC might be literally translated as “with that” and G understood as its truncated form, and they could be para- phrased as “and then” and “and.” They serve as short, con- venient ways of encouraging ... Trang 1JAPANESE CORE WORDS ™ PHRASES Things you Can't | Trang 2 Previously published as Core Words and Phrases: Things You Can’t Find in a Dictionary in Kodansha

Ngày tải lên: 27/03/2014, 12:21

... closing and opening of the eyes 2 iv [for a light] to flash on and off quickly 3 tv to close and open one’s eyes quickly 4 iv [for one’s eyelids] to close and open quickly 5 tv to turn a light on and ... tense and past participle ofbind 2 adj tied up; fastened; glued into covers 3 iv to jump; to leap forward; to bounce up 4 n an upward jump; a forward jump → by leaps and bounds bound hand and foot ... [for flames] to expand upward suddenly 2 [for trouble, especially violent trouble] to erupt suddenly bleach ["blitS] 1 n a substance that removes color or stains (Plural only for types and

Ngày tải lên: 04/07/2014, 22:20

... plants that provide grain (Plural only for types and instances.) 2 n a food product made from grains, usually served at breakfast with milk (Plural only for types and instances.) ceremony ["sEr ... chairman. chalk ["tSOk] 1 n a soft, white limestone (Plural only for types and instances.) 2 n a stick of Q used for writing, as on a chalk-Centigrade 86 Trang 2board (No plural Number isexpressed ... sweet food made from roasted cacao beans, usually in the form of candy, syrup, a brewed beverage, or a flavor in cooking (Plural only for types and instances.) 2 n a piece of Q 3 adj made with or

Ngày tải lên: 04/07/2014, 22:20

... freeze over [for a body of water] to get cold and form a layer of ice on top freeze up 1 [for something] to freeze and stop functioning 2 [for someone] to become frightened and anxious, and be unable ... state at a temperature that is comfort-able for people (Plural only for types and instances.) 2 n a natu-rally occurring vapor that will burn and is used for cooking and heating (No plural.) 3 n ... sun to the setting of the sun from hand to hand from one per-son to a series of other perper-sons; from one person’s hand to another person’s hand, and so forth from pillar to post from one place

Ngày tải lên: 04/07/2014, 22:20

... level. grand ["grAnd] 1 adj impressive; magnificent (Adv: grandly Comp: grander; sup: grandest.) 2 n a thousand dollars (Slang No plu-ral.) → (as) busy as Grand Central Station grand total ... go to pot and go to the dogs to go to ruin; to become ruined; to deteriorate go to rack and ruin and go to wrack and ruin to become ruined (The words rack and wrack mean “wreckage” and are found ... fit-ted coverings for the hand, typi-cally made of fabric or leather and having individual “pockets” for each finger and thumb → fit like a glove → hand in glove (with someone) → handle someonewith

Ngày tải lên: 04/07/2014, 22:20

... somethingby hand → eat out of someone’shand → fold one’shands → force someone’shand → from hand to hand → get one’shands dirty → get the upper hand (on someone) → go away empty-handed → have clean hands ... fist [for money and merchandise to be exchanged] very rapidly hand over hand [moving] one hand after the other (again and again) hand something down [for a court] to issue a ruling (Legal.) hand ... hands → shake someone’shand → show one’shand → sit on itshands → sit on one’shands → soil one’shands → take the law into one’sown hands → tie someone’shands → Time hangs heavy on someone’s hands.

Ngày tải lên: 04/07/2014, 22:20

... ["hAz] 1 tv the present-tense form ofhaveused for the third-person singular, that is, with he, she, it, and singular nouns 2 aux. the present-tense form ofhave T used for the third-person singular, ... something; to have or get an understanding of something have a head for something have the mental capacity for something have a heart to be compassionate; to be generous and forgiving have a heart of gold ... defensive position have one’s cake and eat it too and eat one’s cake and have it too to enjoy both having some-thing and using it up have one’s ear to the ground and keep one’s ear to the ground

Ngày tải lên: 04/07/2014, 22:20

... as the sky → act high-and-mighty → hold someonein high regard → hunt high and low for someone or something → leave someonehigh and dry → run high → search high and low for someone or something ... objective form ofshe, referring to females (Used after prepositions and as the object of verbs.) 2 pron an objec-tive form ofshe, referring to ships and certain countries (Also other informal uses.) ... (from some-one or something) [for some-one] to get someone to quit working for someone or something and begin working for one his ["hIz] 1 pron the possessive form ofhe, referring to a male

Ngày tải lên: 04/07/2014, 22:20

... 2 iv to search for and kill animals as in Q hunt for someone or something to search for someone or something hunt high and low for someone or something and search high and low for someone or ... bear hungry for someone or something desiring someone or something hunk ["h^Nk] n a large, solid amount of something hunt ["h^nt] 1 tv to search for and kill animals for food or for sport ... searches for and kills animals for food or sport humble 278 Trang 4hurl ["h#l] 1 tv to throw someoneor something with force 2 tv to shout something negative, such as an insult or bad words hurl

Ngày tải lên: 04/07/2014, 22:20

... condition Go to in good shape. in good shape and in good con-dition physically and functionally sound and sturdy (Used for both people and things.) in hand controlled; under control. in heat [of ... easily spread sickness caused by a virus (No plural.) informal [In "form @l] 1 adj not formal, official, or final (Adv: informally.) 2 adj [of words, lan-indicate 292 Trang 8guage, or speech] ... used every daybut a little more relaxed than more formal speech (Adv: informally.) 3 adj [of dress] not formal; casual (Adv: informally.) information [In f# "me S@n] n. news; knowledge about

Ngày tải lên: 04/07/2014, 22:20

... member of an organiza-tion join hands [for people] to hold hands so that each person is hold-ing the hands of two other people; [for two people] to hold each other’s hands Join the club! an expression ... only for types and instances.) is [Iz] iv a form ofbe, used in the present tense of the third-person singular, that is, with he, she, it, and singular nouns (Reduced to ’s in contractions.) island ... piece of land surrounded by water and smaller than a continent 2 n. something that is completely sur-rounded by something else (Figu-rative on Q.) → desert island isle ["aIl] n an island. isn’t

Ngày tải lên: 04/07/2014, 22:20

... ground safely 7 tv [for a pilot] to return an air-plane to the ground safely → do a land-office business → lay of the land → live off the fat of the land → on land the land of Nod sleep (Humorous. ... past tense and past participle ofkeep. ketchup and catsup ["kEtS @p, "ket s@p] n a thick liquid, made from tomatoes, that is put on food for flavoring (Plural only for types and instances.) ... or something, especially someone else’s lips 3 iv [for two people] to kisseach other on the lips, as in W kiss and make up to forgive (someone) and be friends again (Also used literally.) the kiss

Ngày tải lên: 04/07/2014, 22:20

... landlord.) landlord ["lAnd lord] n a person or a company that manages and col-lects rent for houses, apartments, and offices landscape ["lAnd skep] 1 n the land and the things visible on ... 1landlady ["lAnd led i] n a womanwho owns and rents out space where people can live, such as houses and apartments; a woman who manages residential rental property (See also landlord.) landlord ... singular.) left-hand ["lEft hAnd] adj left; on, to, or at one’s left side (Prenomi-nal only.) left-handed ["lEft hAn dId] 1 adj. favoring the use of the left hand (Adv: handed or left-handedly.)

Ngày tải lên: 04/07/2014, 22:20

... down lie down to recline. lie fallow 1 [for land] to remain unused 2 [for a skill and talent] to remain unused and neglected lie fallow 327 Trang 3lie in [for a woman] to lie in bedawaiting the ... number of people or vehicles] to join or form a line line up for something to form or get into a line and wait for some-thing line up in(to) something to form or get into a line, row, rank, column, ... a tele-phone connection 7 n a row or series of people standing and waiting for a turn to do some-thing 8 n a row of words in printing or writing 9 n some-thing that is said by an actor onstage

Ngày tải lên: 04/07/2014, 22:20

... objective form ofI, the first-person singular pro-noun (Used after prepositions and transitive verbs and as an indi-rect object 2 pron a first-person singular form (Used after a short-ened form ofbeto ... fats, used in place of butter; a spread for bread (Plural only for types and instances.) margin ["mar dZIn] 1 n the space between the edge of a text and the edge of the page 2 n an extra amount; ... on land and sea and in the air mark ["mark] 1 n a spot; a stain; a dent; something that spoils a clear or clean surface 2 n a line or fig-ure made by a pencil, crayon, pen, or other writing

Ngày tải lên: 04/07/2014, 22:20

... miserable for someone misfit ["mIs fIt] n someone who does not seem to belong with other people or fit a situation misfortune [mIs "for tS@n] n bad luck; bad fortune (Plural only for types and ... misunderstand [mIs @n d# "stAnd] tv., irreg to understand someone or something incorrectly (Past tense and past participle: mis-understood.) misunderstood [mIs @n d# "stUd] past tense and ... that is to be copied or imitated; a standard 3 n someone who is paid to wear and show off clothing that is available for sale 4 n someone who poses for artists and photographers 5 n. one style of

Ngày tải lên: 04/07/2014, 22:20

... to move back and away from someone or something (Often a command.) move heaven and earth to do something to make a major effort to do something move in (for something) to get closer for some purpose, ... used to form the superlative form of some adjec-tives and adverbs; to the greatest extent (Usually with the.) 5 adv. very (Used for emphasis.) mostly ["most li] 1 adv more than half; for the ... word used to form the comparative form of some adjectives and adverbs; to a greater extent 5 adv of a greater amount → bite off more than onecan chew → wear more than one hat more and more an

Ngày tải lên: 04/07/2014, 22:20

... asleep while sitting or standing → get the nod → theland of Nod nod off to fall asleep (Informal.) noise ["noIz] n annoying or unwanted sound (Plural only for types and instances.) noisy ["noIz ... structure between the mouth and the eyes in humans, being the organ used for smelling and breathing, and a sim-ilar structure in other animals 2 n the sense of smell; Q used for smelling something ... on life a renewed and revitalized outlook on life; a new start in living a new one on someone something that one has not heard before and that one is not ready to believe (Informal The someone

Ngày tải lên: 04/07/2014, 22:20