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CHAPTER 5 COLLOCATION
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*COLLOCATION a.k.a IDIOMATIC EXPRESSION (IDIOM) such as mind your manners, break a leg!, blow your own trumpet PRACTICE 1 BEND 1. Around the bend 2. Above one's bend 3. Bend someone's ear 4. Bend someone out of shape 5. Bend the rules RAISE 1. Raise eyebrows 2. Raise your game 3. Raise the devil 4. Raise the roof 5. Raise the bar WAVE 1. Catch the next wave 2. Wave the flag 3. Wave at someone 4. Ride on a wave 5. Wave a magic wand NOD 1. Land of Nod 2. A nod is as good as a wink 3. Give somebody the nod 4. Get the nod 5. Nod off
IDEA 1. Bright idea 2. Rough idea 3. Flirt with the idea of doing something 4. The very idea! 5. What's the big idea? MOVIE 1. A snuff movie TERRIBLY 1. Terribly wounded 2. I'm terribly sorry 3. Would you mind terribly if... 4. You're terribly kind PRETTY 1. Pretty as a picture 2. Sitting pretty 3. Come to a pretty pass 4. Cost a pretty penny 5. Pretty pickle PRACTICE 2 1. Finished 2. Do 3. Did 4. Leaving/made 5. Make 6. Made 7. Free 8. Running/are 9. Save 10. Spend CONSOLIDATION EXERCISE 1. Management 2. Level 3. Romance 4. Drain 5. Lashing 6. Signals 7. Job 8. Room 9. Relative 10. Complex
(Instead of just giving answers, it is better to know what actually the meaning of those idiom words in practice 1 right?)
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Word Idioms Meaning Example Bend 1. Around the bend crazy; having lost sanity I think this job is sending me around the bend. 2. Above one's bend beyond one's ability Fixing those new cars with computers in them is above my bend. 3. Bend someone's ear To talk to someone, perhaps annoyingly. I'm sorry. I didn't mean to bend your ear for an hour. 4. Bend someone out of shape To make someone angry. The cheating that was going on really bent Joe out of shape.
5. Bend the rules
to do something or to allow someone to do something which is not usually allowed We don't usually let students take books away, but I'm willing to bend the rules on this occasion. Raise 1. Raise eyebrows to shock or surprise people Anna's miniskirt raised eyebrows at the board meeting. 2. Raise your game to make an effort to improve the way that you play a game They're going to have to raise their game if they want to stay in the Premier Division this season. 3. Raise the devil to cause trouble with something. The onions raised the devil with my stomach 4. Raise the roof to show great enthusiasm The whole college is ready to raise the roof at next weekend's homecoming celebrations 5. Raise the bar
to make a task a little more difficult Just as I was getting accustomed to my job, the manager raised the bar and I had to perform even better. Wave 1. Catch the next wave to follow the next fad He has no purpose in life. He sits around strumming his guitar and waiting to catch the next wave. 2. Wave the flag to defend and support someone or something Marsalis waves the flag better than anyone and attracts new fans to jazz all the time. 3. Wave at someone to move an upraised hand in such a way as to signal recognition to someone. The people in the boat waved at us. 4. Ride on a wave to become involved with and get advantages from opinions or activities which have become very common or popular She came to power riding on a wave of personal popularity 5. Wave a magic wand
to solve a difficult problem with no effort Unfortunately, you can't just wave a magic wand and get rid of poverty. Nod 1. Land of Nod a state of sleep The baby is in the land of Nod.
2. A nod is as good as a wink something that you say when you have understood what was meant by something although it was not expressed in a direct way I know when I'm not wanted, so don't try to say anything more - a nod's as good as a wink. 3. Give somebody the nod to give someone permission to do something We're just waiting for the council to give us the nod then we'll start building. 4. Get the nod to be approved or chosen for something Martinez got the nod from the manager to be the starting pitcher in tomorrow's game.
5. Nod off
to go to sleep, esp. when not in bed or intending to sleep I nodded off once or twice during the movie. Idea 1. Bright idea a clever thought or new idea. Now and then I get a bright idea. John hardly ever gets a bright idea. 2. Rough idea a general idea; an estimate. I need to get a rough idea of how many people will be there. 3. Flirt with the idea of doing something to think about doing something, to toy with an idea, to consider something but not too seriously. I flirted with the idea of going to Europe for two weeks. 4. The very idea! I do not approve!, That is outrageous! Resignation? The very idea! The very idea! Absolutely not! 5. What's the big idea?
something that you say when you want to know why someone has done something that annoys you What's the big idea? That's my lunch you're eating. Movie A snuff movie A film that is intended to be sexually exciting which shows a person being murdered In May '92 he was arrested and charged with importing snuff movies into the country. Terribly 1. Terribly In a terrible manner Terribly wounded 2. I'm terribly Extremely, very Im terribly sorry 3. Would you mind terribly if... To a great extent, very much Would you mind terribly if I opened the window? 4. You're terribly
in a terrible manner (intensifier)
Youre terribly kind Pretty 1. Pretty as a picture very pretty Sweet little Mary is as pretty as a picture. 2. Sitting pretty living in comfort or luxury; living in a good situation. Now that I have a good- paying job, I'm sitting pretty. 3. Come to a pretty pass to encounter a difficult situation. This project has come to a pretty pass. I don't know how we can possibly finish on time. 4. Cost a pretty penny to be expensive; to cost a lot of money. Mary's dress is real silk. It must have cost a pretty penny. 5. Pretty pickle
a difficult situation. Well, this is a pretty pickle you've gotten us into.
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