Basic Needs

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Everyday Expressions
n.
I have no idea just of what death is like.
n.
An idea occurred to me.
n.
I forced my idea on him.

Linguistic Skill
Useful Phrases
--- to accept new ideas
--- to adopt good ideas
--- to catch sbs idea
--- to cherish an idea
--- to have no idea
--- to give an idea
Idioms & Slang
to get the idea that ---
not have the first idea about sth ---
to run away with the idea that ---

Communicating Clearly
Street Talks
He seems to have a lot of strange ideas.
Where did you get the idea that she loves you?
Dont run away with the idea that its easy to make money.

 A: How (much) did they like your idea?

B: Very much.
A: I have no idea what you mean.
B: Ok, I can explain again.
A: Could you give me an idea of how long it will take?

Cultural Focus
Transcripts

A few years later that angry little man at the schoolhouse door had a good
idea and ran for President.
Thats a fine idea.
Some years later, I found out that that man did comp up with an idea
for a T-shirt.
Paris is always a good idea.

David: Who are you to lecture me about closeness? Your idea of

a long-term relationship is giving your date a chance to
order dessert.
Linus: I dont have time for dessert. Im too busy with this
company. Youre a grown man, David. Finish something.
Elizabeth Tysons the best things that ever happened to
you, and you told me so yourself.
Mrs. Robinson: Don't you think he trusts us together?
Ben: Of course he does. But he might get the wrong idea. Anyone
might.
Proverbs
Ideas are weapons.

Its with ideas as with pieces of money: those with the least value generally
circulate the most.

 Quotations
Ideas too are a life and a world.
G. C. Lichtenberg (1742-99), German physicist, philosopher.
Aphorisms,"Notebook F," aph. 70 (written 1765-99; tr. by R. J. Hollingdale, 1990).

It doesnt matter how new an idea is: what matters is how new it becomes.
Elias Canetti (1905-94), Austrian novelist, philosopher. The Secret Heart Of The
Clock: Notes, Aphorisms, Fragments 1973-1985,"1981" (1991).