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Paco travels to New Zealand: The journey back home. By Cako - Creative Commons. ‘ Idioms ’. An idiom is a language feature with a figurative meaning far from that of its real one. They are quite common in everyday English. Example: There is something fishy about it.
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Paco travels to New Zealand:The journey back home By Cako- Creative Commons
‘Idioms’ An idiom is a language feature with a figurative meaning far from that of its real one. They are quite common in everyday English. Example: There is something fishy about it. ( A strange or suspicious situation )
‘Phrasalverbs’ Take off is a phrasal verb that is a part of a large group of verbs called "multi-word verbs“ Multi-word verbs, including phrasal verbs, are very common, especially in spoken English. The particle can change the meaning of the verb completely. A multi-word verb is a verb like "pick up", "turn on" or "get on with“, etc… These verbs consist of a basic verb + another word or words. The other word(s) can be prepositions and/or adverbs.
‘Conjunctions (I)’ A conjunction is a word that "joins". A conjunction joins two parts of a sentence. There are two main types of conjunctions: Coordinating Subordinating
‘Conjunctions (I)’ • Function: • Coordinating conjunctionsjoin two parts of a sentence that are grammatically equal: single words or clauses, for example: • - JackandJill went up the hill.- The water was warm,butI didn't go swimming. • Subordinating conjunctions join a subordinate dependent clause to a main clause, for example: • I went swimmingalthoughit was cold. • Position: • Coordinating conjunctions are always placed between the words or clauses that they join. • Subordinating conjunctions are usually placed at the beginning of the subordinate clause.