Idioms for Practice Book 2

Description

Idioms play an important part in the English language. It is essential for learners to know how to use idioms as well as to understand them. The aim of the books in this series is to familiarize learners with some of the most common idioms by enabling them to see the idioms used in context and to practise with them.

In each book there are 15 units. Each of them deals with 15 idioms in a passage and three exercises. The idioms in each unit are all about the same broad theme. This thematic arrangement makes it easier for learners to grasp and remember the idioms. It also makes the learning process more interesting. At the end of each unit is a list of the idioms covered. This list provides explanations of the idioms which the user will fine invaluable.

Table of Contents

1. Unit 1 : The language of life
2. Unit 2 : Death words
3. Unit 3 : The world of home
4. Unit 4 : The sporting world
5. Unit 5 : Lighting the language
6. Unit 6 : Dark words
7. Unit 7 : Water terms
8. Unit 8 : The language of fire
9. Unit 9 : Good word
10. Unit 10 : Bad words
11. Unit 11 : Road talk
12. Unit 12 : Weapon words
13. Unit 13 : Nautical expressions
14. Unit 14 : Land language
15. Unit 15 : Hot and cold words

Author Biography

Betty Kirkpatrick has a long and distinguished career as editor, publisher and writer of English reference books. She was the editor of Chambers Twentieth Dictionary (1983), the editor of Roget`s Thesaurus (1987 and 1988) and compiler of the Oxford Paperback Thesaurus (1994). Her Dictionary of Cliches (1996), published by Bloomsbury, is also available in a US edition and a Japanese edition. A language consultant to the Encarta Dictionary (1999), published by Bloomsbury, and to Collins School Dictionaries (2000), she used to write a weekly language column for the Herald newspaper, based in Glasgow