Please complete the quiz before looking at the answers below.
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QUIZ ANSWERS:
6. a case of mistaken identity
7. a change of habit
2. a chief executive officer (CEO)
4. a combined total
3. a crucial component
8. a day off /a week off /a month off / time off
9. a dirty trick/dirty tricks
5. a fat cat
10. a flat out lie /a flat out guess
1. a habitual liar
Tuesday
Idioms Lesson 02B
Homework: Use your newly learned words and phrases in conversation or the real world. If you see a situation that your word pertains to, say it aloud or say it in your head. Practicing is the best way to really learn.
Idioms Lesson 02 A
1. a case of mistaken identity
They talked to me as though I were my twin sister. It was clearly a case of mistaken identity.
2. a change of habit Unless you show a change of habit, you will fail.
3. a chief executive officer (CEO) The CEO is the Chief Executive Officer, the head of the company.
4. a combined total They added the subtotals of the two sections to arrive at the combined total.
5. a crucial component Studying is a crucial component in academic success. A student cannot succeed without studying.
6. a day off /a week off /a month off / time off She wanted a week off, but her boss only gave her three days off.
7. a dirty trick/dirty tricks He played a dirty trick and deceived them. a fat cat Some say that rich, privileged people are fat cats.
8. a flat out lie /a flat out guess She meant to deceive them, but they caught her, accusing her of a flat-out lie. He didn't win the count-the-pennies contest through skill, he just made a flat-outguess.
9. a habitual liar Why believe her? She's just a habitual liar. She lies as a habit, a lot of the time, about many things.
Homework: write a simple definition of the vocabulary we learned today.
2. a change of habit Unless you show a change of habit, you will fail.
3. a chief executive officer (CEO) The CEO is the Chief Executive Officer, the head of the company.
4. a combined total They added the subtotals of the two sections to arrive at the combined total.
5. a crucial component Studying is a crucial component in academic success. A student cannot succeed without studying.
6. a day off /a week off /a month off / time off She wanted a week off, but her boss only gave her three days off.
7. a dirty trick/dirty tricks He played a dirty trick and deceived them. a fat cat Some say that rich, privileged people are fat cats.
8. a flat out lie /a flat out guess She meant to deceive them, but they caught her, accusing her of a flat-out lie. He didn't win the count-the-pennies contest through skill, he just made a flat-outguess.
9. a habitual liar Why believe her? She's just a habitual liar. She lies as a habit, a lot of the time, about many things.
Homework: write a simple definition of the vocabulary we learned today.
Idioms Lesson 01 C - Quiz
Please complete the quiz before looking at the answers below.
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Quiz Answers
4. a background check /a backgrounder
3. a ballpark figure
6. a big deal /a really big deal
2. a bitter pill
5. a box office hit/a blockbuster
1. a breadwinner
Idioms Lesson 01 B
Homework: Use your newly learned words and phrases in conversation or the real world. If you see a situation that your word pertains to, say it aloud or say it in your head. Practicing is the best way to really learn.
Idioms Lesson 01 A
1. a background check /a backgrounder We did a background check on him. He's clean. No prison record, outstanding warrants, that kind of stuff.
2. a ballpark figure Just give me the ballpark figure for the project, I don't need it down to the exact cent.
3. a big deal /a really big deal "So I blew my curfew, big deal," said the teenager.
4. a bitter pill After their winning streak, and intensive training schedule, the team's defeat was a bitter pill to swallow.
5. a box office hit/a blockbuster The movie was a great success, a box office hit.
6. a blockbuster. a breadwinner As the main wage earner, he is the breadwinner of the household.
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