ENGLISH IDIOMS IN USE INTERMEDIATE

Description This new reference and practice book looks at the most colourful and fun area of vocabulary idioms. This material will appeal to students from intermediate level upwards who want to understand the English which native speakers really use day to day. Over 1000 of the most useful and frequent idioms which learners are likely to encounter are presented and practised in typical contexts, so that by the end of the book learners will have hundreds of idioms 'at their fingertips'. English Idioms in Use will help you 'get off to a flying start'
Contents Idioms to talk about... 1 Health; 2 Happiness and sadness; 3 Anger; 4 Knowledge and understanding 1; 5 Knowledge and understanding 2; 6 Success and failure; 7 Having problems; 8 Dealing with problems; 9 Power and authority; 10 Structuring and talking about arguments; 11 Conversational responses; 12 Praise and criticism 1; 13 Praise and criticism 2; 14 Behaviour and attitudes; 15 Reacting to what others say; 16 Danger; 17 Effort; 18 Necessity and desirability; 19 Probability and chance; 20 Social status; 21 Feelings; 22 Human relationships; 23 Size and position; 24 Money; 25 Work; 26 Distance, speed and intensity; 27 Communication 1; 28 Communication 2; 29 Life and experience proverbs; 30 Memory; Idioms from the topic area of... 31 Time 1; 32 Time 2; 33 The elements; 34 Colour; 35 Games and sport; 36 Animals 1 people and their actions; 37 Animals 2 events and situations; 38 Weapons and war; 39 Food; 40 Roads; 41 Houses and household objects; 42 Nature; 43 Boats and sailing; 44 Science, technology and machines; Idioms using these key words... 45 Hand, finger and thumb; 46 Foot, heel and toe; 47 Legs, arms, shoulders and bones; 48 Head; 49 Face, neck and chest; 50 Eyes; 51 Ear, tongue, lips, nose and teeth; 52 Heart; 53 Brain, mind, blood and guts; 54 Back; 55 Long; 56 Line; 57 Act, action, activity; 58 Good and bad; 59 Ground; 60 As...as.../like similes; Key; Index