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AN IDIOM IS
A group of words that do not have the same meaning as the
meaning of the words on their own.
EXERCISE: Match the idiom to the correct meaning below.
Burning the midnight oil
Heard it through the grapevine
Piece of cake
Jump on the bandwagon
Kill two birds with one stone
Actions speak louder than words
A penny for your thoughts
Once in a blue moon
Hit the sack
Feeling a bit under the weather
Meanings:
(a) A way of asking what someone is thinking
(b)Doing something is better than just talking about it
(c) Working late into the night
(d)Feeling a little sick
(e) To hear rumours/gossip about something or someone
(f) Go to bed
(g)Join a popular trend or activity
(h)Accomplish two different things at the same time
(i) Something that happens very rarely
(j) An easy task
the
upcoming
PT3
examination.
hope
you
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quite
tempted
to
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Lastly, we can recycle materials made of paper, aluminium and
glass. At the same time, we should start separating our waste into
categories and send them to recycling centres. As for me, I sell my old
newspapers to the neighbourhood newspaper collectors.
I
shall
end
my
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letter
I
here
would
as
love
Im
about
to
to
give
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