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Idioms organiser : organised by metaphor, topic and key word / by Jon Wright ; edited by Jimmie Hill and Morgan Lewis ; illustrated by Bill Stott.

Wright, Jon, 1959- (Author). Hill, Jimmie. (Added Author). Lewis, Morgan. (Added Author).

Summary:

Idioms practice book. Suitable for use in class or self-study. Contains 110 two-page units plus 4 review units, over 1800 idioms and a comprehensive index of idiomatic expressions. Ideal practice book for the FCE, CAE, and TOEFL exams. Includes filling-in-the-blanks, matching, and underlining exercises.

Record details

  • ISBN: 1899396063
  • Physical Description: 296 p. : ill. ; 25 cm.
  • Publisher: Hove, England : Language Teaching Publications, c1999.

Content descriptions

General Note:
Includes index.
Formatted Contents Note:
Includes answer key, p. 279-292.
Target Audience Note:
Intended for intermediate to advanced level ESL students.

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Subject: English language > Idioms > Problems, exercises, etc.
English language > Textbooks for foreign speakers.
Topic Heading: ESL dictionaries and idioms.

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  • 1 of 1 copy available at Selkirk College.

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Castlegar Campus Library PE 1460 W744 1999 (Text)
Copy: c. 1
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Introductory Unit 7(5)
Areas of Metaphor
Time is Money
12(2)
Business is War
14(2)
Seeing is Understanding
16(2)
Life is a Journey
18(2)
Life is Gambling
20(2)
A Company is a Ship
22(2)
Moods are Weather
24(2)
The Office is a Battlefield
26(2)
A Project is a Race
28(2)
Economics is Flying
30(2)
Organisations are Gardens
32(2)
People are Liquid
34(2)
Review Unit
36(2)
Individual Metaphors
Animal Idioms
38(2)
Bird Idioms
40(2)
Body Idioms
42(2)
Breaking Idioms
44(2)
Building Idioms
46(2)
Cat Idioms
48(2)
Clothes Idioms
50(2)
Colour Idioms: Black/White
52(2)
Colour Idioms: Red/Blue
54(2)
Driving Idioms
56(2)
Eating Idioms
58(2)
Eye Idioms
60(2)
Face Idioms
62(2)
Fingers and Thumbs Idioms
64(2)
Fire Idioms
66(2)
Fishing Idioms
68(2)
Food Idioms
70(2)
Foot Idioms
72(2)
Hand Idioms
74(2)
Head Idioms
76(2)
Heart Idioms
78(2)
Horse Idioms
80(2)
House and Home Idioms
82(2)
Life and Death Idioms
84(2)
Metal Idioms
86(2)
Mind Idioms
88(2)
Number Idioms
90(2)
Sports Idioms
92(2)
Swimming Idioms
94(2)
Temperature Idioms
96(2)
Train Idioms
98(2)
Water Idioms
100(2)
Review Unit
102(4)
Topics
Advice
106(2)
Agreeing and Disagreeing
108(2)
Annoyance and Frustration
110(2)
Being Positive
112(2)
Certainty and Doubt
114(2)
Change
116(2)
Communicating
118(2)
Dishonesty
120(2)
Easy and Difficult
122(2)
The Family
124(2)
Good and Bad Quality
126(2)
Health
128(2)
Holidays
130(2)
Knowledge and Ability
132(2)
Memory
134(2)
Mistakes
136(2)
Misunderstanding
138(2)
Money 1
140(2)
Money 2
142(2)
Moods
144(2)
People
146(2)
Power and Influence
148(2)
Problems 1
150(2)
Problems 2
152(2)
Reading
154(2)
Relationships 1
156(2)
Relationships 2
158(2)
Safety and Risks
160(2)
Similarities and Differences
162(2)
Sleep and Dreams
164(2)
Speed
166(2)
Starting and Stopping
168(2)
Success and Failure
170(2)
Suitability
172(2)
Surprises
174(2)
Time
176(2)
Work 1
178(2)
Work 2
180(2)
Review Unit
182(4)
Key Words
All
186(2)
And 1
188(2)
And 2
190(2)
Back
192(2)
Cut
194(2)
End
196(2)
Fall
198(2)
Good / Better / Best
200(2)
Ground
202(2)
Half
204(2)
Know
206(2)
Life
208(2)
Light and Heavy
210(2)
Like
212(2)
Line
214(2)
Lose and Lost
216(2)
No
218(2)
Of
220(2)
Or
222(2)
Point
224(2)
Side
226(2)
Something, Anything, Nothing
228(2)
Thing
230(2)
To + infinitive
232(2)
Top and Bottom
234(2)
`Very'
236(2)
Way
238(2)
Word
240(2)
Review Unit
242(3)
Index of Expressions 245(34)
Answer Key 279

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