آرتين لتعليم اللغات http://forum.art-en.com/ |
|
Safwat's world of Idioms http://forum.art-en.com/viewtopic.php?f=7&t=25696 |
صفحة 1 من 3 |
الكاتب: | Safwat [ الأربعاء تشرين الأول 12, 2011 12:25 ص ] |
عنوان المشاركة: | Safwat's world of Idioms |
Welcome to Safwat's world of idioms , in which you will find new subjects made easier for reading and few minutes to get knowledge . Imagine who how we will learn together idioms help us in enriching our knowledge about daily subjects we need ever day and every chance . Let us start by idioms about ( language ) Hope for you and me a new successful achievement Would you encourage me to go on ? In the name of Allah we begin together … |
الكاتب: | Safwat [ الأربعاء تشرين الأول 12, 2011 12:33 ص ] |
عنوان المشاركة: | Safwat's world of Idioms |
excellent, fluent, good, perfect- He speaks fluent Japanese. bad, broken, poor- I got by with broken Chinese and sign language. colloquial, idiomatic, non-standard, pidgin, standard- The inhabitants speak a kind of pidgin Spanish. spoken, written- My spoken Polish is better than my written Polish. business- She is doing a course in business English. original- The fable is translated from the original French. know, read, speak, understand, use- I am more comfortable using Spanish, if you don't mind. be fluent in- She was fluent in German, Urdu and Swahili. do, learn- I did German at school but I've forgotten most of it. I've been learning Arabic for four years. improve, practice- I spent a month in Rome to improve my Italian. master- I never really mastered Latin. translate sth into- He has translated her latest book into Korean. -class, course, lesson I'm late for my Russian class. -interpreter, speaker, a speaker of the need for Gujarati interpreters. a command/knowledge of- He has a poor command of English. in- What is 'apple' in French? He addressed me in his best Portuguese. |
الكاتب: | Safwat [ الأربعاء تشرين الأول 12, 2011 12:37 ص ] |
عنوان المشاركة: | Safwat's world of Idioms |
swear like a sailor
use vulgar language, use four-letter words, the air was blue Grace won't take her boyfriend to church because he swears like a sailor. |
الكاتب: | Safwat [ الأربعاء تشرين الأول 12, 2011 12:38 ص ] |
عنوان المشاركة: | Safwat's world of Idioms |
call a spade a spade
say it in plain language; the straight goods Kris will report the facts. She's not afraid to call a spade a spade. |
الكاتب: | Safwat [ الأربعاء تشرين الأول 12, 2011 12:39 ص ] |
عنوان المشاركة: | Safwat's world of Idioms |
bafflegab
confusing statements, jargon, political language There was a lot of bafflegab in the speech, a lot of nonsense. |
الكاتب: | étoile [ الأربعاء تشرين الأول 12, 2011 1:22 ص ] |
عنوان المشاركة: | Safwat's world of Idioms |
Safwat, Nice idea, go ahead brother, you are doing great Thank you so much May I ALLAH reward you All the best, |
الكاتب: | حلواني [ الأربعاء تشرين الأول 12, 2011 7:20 ص ] |
عنوان المشاركة: | Safwat's world of Idioms |
thank you alot my brother Safwat:)
|
الكاتب: | Safwat [ الأربعاء تشرين الأول 12, 2011 12:57 م ] |
عنوان المشاركة: | Safwat's world of Idioms |
étoile, حلواني, Thank you too I will go on tonight ...I prepare a search alot to make something original |
الكاتب: | Safwat [ الخميس تشرين الأول 13, 2011 12:24 ص ] |
عنوان المشاركة: | Safwat's world of Idioms |
Welcome to Safwat's world of idioms . I see that it is necessary to add collocations to idioms. It is really useful for everything . Say conversation , translation , writing , etc … Month the month of- The bus service will be offered free of charge to residents for the month of August. last, next, that, this the/ this coming the following/previous- She'll be 40this coming September. (of) last/next/that/this year (of) the/this coming year (of) the following/previous/same year The construction work began in May of last year. early, late, mid-- The strike began in late March. the beginning, end, middle of- I'm going on holiday at the end of April. first/latter/second half of- The first half of January was marked by intense diplomatic activity. the period- Throughout the period November to February flocks of 500or more are regularly present. the months/weeks/year to- In the year to June, sales were up 12% on a year ago. spend- He spent August abroad. -arrive, come (written) November came with especially nasty fog. -pass (Into-e) (written) January passed into February with the crime still a mystery. a-day/morning/night, etc. a misty December morning. -('s) edition/issue His article will appear in May's issue of the magazine. -sales I picked up lots of bargains in the January sales. -coup, demonstration, election, meeting, referendum, revolution, riot, summit, etc. The party is to boycott the June elections. about, around- We will write to you again around August. after, before- We expect to take delivery some time after June. Month Noun • ADJ. last, past The past few months have been hectic. I preceding. previous, recent I current I coming, following, next, future Winning stories will be published in the magazine in future months. I consecutive, successive I alternate I intervening To occupy the intervening months she took a temporary job. I early, later the early months of 2003 I cold, dry, hot, wet I autumn, spring, summer ,winter hot summer months I lunar I calendar I record This has been a record month for sales. • VERB + MONTH spend He spent about a month decorating the house. I take It took months to find another job. • MONTH + VERB elapse, go by, pass. • PREP. by the - paid by the month during/in a/the - of The festival is always held in the month of May. for a - It hasn't rained for months. in a - We're getting married in a month/in a month's time. over/under a - I've been working on the illustration for over a month. per - What does the salary work out as per month? I - of The months of July and August are the hottest. • PHRASES a time of the month Our money's usually running low by this time of the month. a month of Sundays a very long time, many days It will take a month of Sundays to phone the students in our school salt away save a little money each month, save tiny amounts By the time Jake died, he had salted away about $50,000. |
الكاتب: | Safwat [ الخميس تشرين الأول 13, 2011 9:23 ص ] |
عنوان المشاركة: | Safwat's world of Idioms |
not understanding understanding not have a clue informal: to have no knowledge of or no information about something after practicing it go over sb's head can't make head nor/or tail of sth :A to make someone understand something to not be able not know the first thing about sth to not know anything about a particular subject. be as clear as mud humorous to be impossible to understand. get your lines/wires crossed if two people get their lines crossed, they do not understand each other correctly. get the message informal to understand what someone is trying to tell you even though they are not expressing themselves directly get the hang of sth informal A. to succeed in learning how to do. come/get to grips with sth X they do not understand with a problem or situation to make an effort to understand and deal someone's head. bring sth home to sb: to understand something much more clearly than they did before, at all especially something unpleasant. get your head around sth informal to be able to understand something come/get to grips with sth X if a piece of information goes over X/ . |
صفحة 1 من 3 | جميع الأوقات تستخدم GMT + ساعتين [ DST ] |
Powered by phpBB® Forum Software © phpBB Group http://www.phpbb.com/ |