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Author
Thomas Booth
worked for 10 years as an English-language teacher
in Poland and Russia. He now lives in England, where he works as
an editor and English-language materials writer. He has contributed
to a number of books in the
English for Everyone
series.
US consultant
Jenny Wilson,
MEd, has taught English as a foreign language in the US
and UK for many years, at private institutes and universities including
the University of Wisconsin–Madison. She has also worked as an IELTS
examiner and written English-language materials for Collins Language,
Cambridge University Press, and Corwin.
ENGLISH
FO R E V E RYO N E
ENGLISH IDIOMS
Contents
Senior Editor
Laura Sandford
Senior Art Editor
Amy Child
Illustration
Square Egg
Managing Editor
Christine Stroyan
Managing Art Editor
Anna Hall
Jacket Designer
Surabhi Wadhwa
Jacket Editor
Emma Dawson
Jacket Design Development Manager
Sophia MTT
Producer, Pre-production
Robert Dunn
Producer
Jude Crozier
Publisher
Andrew Macintyre
Art Director
Karen Self
Publishing Director
Jonathan Metcalf
DK India
Senior Editor
Janashree Singha
Assistant Editor
Rishi Bryan
Project Art Editor
Vikas Sachdeva
Art Editors
Pallavi Kapur, Roshni Kapur
Assistant Art Editor
Monam Nishat
Managing Editor
Soma B. Chowdhury
Senior Managing Art Editor
Arunesh Talapatra
Pre-production Manager
Balwant Singh
DTP Designer
Anita Yadav
First published in Great Britain in 2019 by
Dorling Kindersley Limited
80 Strand, London, WC2R 0RL
Copyright © 2019 Dorling Kindersley Limited
A Penguin Random House Company
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All rights reserved.
No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored
in or introduced into a retrieval system, or transmitted,
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is available from the British Library.
ISBN: 978-0-2413-3588-8
Printed in China
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How to use this book
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DESCRIBING PEOPLE AND THINGS
Age
Friends and family
Appearance and background
Personality traits
Good things
Bad things
Animals
Food
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ATTITUDE
Agreeing and disagreeing
Behavior
Emotions
Positive emotions
Negative emotions
Memory
The body
War and weapons
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SITUATIONS AND CIRCUMSTANCES
Amount and distance
Beginning and ending
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Chance, luck, and probability
Ease and difficulty
Safety and danger
Difficult situations
The weather and nature
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Work and business 1
Work and business 2
Sports
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EXPRESSIONS
“Make” and “do”
“Give” and “take”
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COMMUNICATION
Talking
Sharing information
Truth and lies
Looking and listening
Music and the arts
102
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“Have” and “get”
‘’Set’’ and ‘’put’’
“Go” and “come”
Expressions with other verbs
Intensifying adverbs
Similes
EVERYDAY LIFE
Eating and drinking
Describing your health
Knowledge and education
Money
Shopping
Time
Clothes
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Proverbs
Easily confused words 1
Easily confused words 2
Colors
Answers
Index of idioms and expressions
Index of common words and subjects
Acknowledgments
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WORK AND ACHIEVEMENTS
Working and relaxing
Movement and progress
Rules, law, and authority
Success and failure
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