ESSENTIAL IDIOMS IN ENGLISH

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Idomatic expressions are accepted as part of simple,every day speech.Experienced teachers of English have long recognized their importance as a means of adding grace and exactness to speech and writing.

I will try to rewrite some of them here.

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* The symbol (S) indicates that an idiom is separable  - that a direct object may be placed between the verb and the prepositional particle.In these cases examples are given of the idiom both separated and also unseparated.

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Sure I will.

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14.AT LAST:(finally)

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we waited & waited and at last John arrived.

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Has he finished tht work at last?

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15.AS USUAL(as always,customarily)

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George is late for class again as usual.

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As usual Dora won first prize in the spelling bee.

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16.TO FIND OUT : (to get information,discover,learn)(S)

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I was unable to find out the name of the man who called.

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will you please try to find out for me what time that train arrives?

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I will try to find it out.

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* The symbol (S) indicates that an idiom is separable  – that a direct object may be placed between the verb and the prepositional particle.

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17.TO LOOK AT (to direct the eyes toward, watch)

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The teacher told us to look at the blackboard and not at our books.

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I like to walk along a country road and look at the stars at night.

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18. TO LOOK FOR (to search for,seek)

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He has spent one hour looking for the pen which he lost.

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I have lost my gloves.will you help me look for them?

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we have looked all over for you.

As you see the adverb of place(all over) placed between the verb and the prepositional particle.it is an example of an idiom seprated by an adverb.

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very useful phrases in here

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19.ALL RIGHTC (satisfactory,correct)====================================

He said that it would be all right to wait in this office for him.

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Will it be all right with you if I pay back that money tomorrow instead of today?

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