lign="justify"> to get one s hand on somebody - to interfere in somebody s business
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Unit 10:
a to lose one s temper - to lose one s head/wits, to blow up
a to want a word with somebody - to want to talk with somebody
a a write-off (car) - completely destroyed
Rosy If Kim hadn t been driving so fast, she wouldn t have had an accident. She might lose her licence. The car sa write-off.
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Unit 11 :
a to have a real heart-to-heart with (someone) = to have a friendly conversation
a That s all water under the bridge = to forget everything (esp., bad things) which were in the past
Kim I had a real heart-to-heart with Andrea when she came. So that s all water under the bridge now. Mind you, Vince hasn t said anything about it! See: one of the characters, Kim, has used not one, but two idiomatic expressions in the conversation., You see that my classmates and I meet and use in our every day speech idioms. The authors of this textbook understand the necessity of using idioms fluently.conclusion I suggest a variety of exercise practice in recognition and production of idioms. ( Appendix 3 ).
Conclusion
Idioms make our speech more expressive, vivid, and imaginative. Having a rich vocabulary of idioms, you can not only understand shades of meaning, stylistics, emotion, but you also will enrich your speech, made it more natural, that, of course, will make your intercourse easier with foreign colleagues and friends., researching the history of American idioms I've known that many authors call attention to the fact that idioms can more easily than other language units cumulate and store facts about the past, cultural semantics of a nation, traditions, folklore, etc. because of the so called "cumulative" function of the language. When I've read it I've tried to prove or disprove this affirmation, so, I've run through a great number of...
