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101 American English Idioms: Learn to speak Like an American Straight from the Horse's Mouth by Harry Collis
McGraw-Hill; 2 edition | March 5, 2007 | English | ISBN: 0071487727 | 128 pages | PDF | 11 MB
McGraw-Hill; 2 edition | March 5, 2007 | English | ISBN: 0071487727 | 128 pages | PDF | 11 MB
101 American English Idioms is designed to help bridge the gap between "meaning" and "thrust" of American colloquialisms by providing a situation and a graphic illustration of that situation, so that the imagery created by the expression can be felt, rather than simply learned as a stock definition.
The book is divided into nine sections. The title of each section reflects a notion or a manifestation of the physical world, the world of behavior, or the world of the senses with which the reader may easily identify.
This book makes American English phrases “duck soup.”
101 American English Idioms takes the mystery out of these common U.S. expressions and explains their meanings in context. On the audio CD, native speakers read each of the 101 idioms, so you can hear how American English sounds and practice what you have learned.
What Americans really mean when they say . . .
Drive someone up a wall–annoy someone greatly
Raise a stink–protest strongly
Pull someone's leg–fool someone
All thumbs–clumsy
Shoot the breeze–chat informally
Feel like a million dollars–feel wonderful
Duck soup–easy, effortless