LET’S TALK

ENGLISH!
 INTERESTING
IDIOMS...

Look at these
expressions. What
do you think they
mean?
 “GET ON LIKE A HOUSE
ON FIRE”
1 TO DO SOMETHING VERY
QUICKLY
 2 TO HAVE A GOOD
RELATIONSHIP WITH
SOMEBODY
 3 TO BE DEAD...
“TO HAVE A SCREW LOOSE”
1 TO BE DEAD....
 2 TO BE LOST IN A
STRANGE PLACE
 3 TO BE ACTING A LITTLE
CRAZY
 “TO HAVE COLD FEET”
1 TO HAVE DOUBTS ABOUT
DOING SOMETHING
 2 TO BE DEAD....
 3 TO HAVE DIFFICULTY
UNDERSTANDING
SOMETHING
“TO BE IN THE DOGHOUSE”

1 TO LIVE IN A DIRTY
HOME
 2 TO BE IN TROUBLE OR IN
A DIFFICULT SITUATION
 3 TO BE DEAD...
“TO BE PUSHING UP DAISIES”

1 TO BE DEAD...
 2 TO LIVE IN THE CITY
 3 TO BE GETTING OLD
For business
For education
 For life
Any questions????
 OK Then!
Now, we’ll try some new approaches to
speaking English.

You can sound like a native speaker,

whether it makes sense or not!
– or –
What could these POSSIBLY mean?
 drop off
 decline suddenly
 fall asleep
 stop and give something to someone
 get around
 avoidfacing something
 eventually accomplish a task
 have an active sex life
 back up
 cause to move backwards
 support
 make an archive or a copy of
 burn up
 consume by fire
 consume by rage or anger
 consume by passion
 check out
 leave
 pay one's bill
 die
 clean up
 clarify
 tidy
 doextremely well in a business or financial
deal
 get by with
 barelymanage
 manage with a minimum of effort
 make the best of one’s resources
 hit on
 discover accidentally
 approach socially
 try to induce romantic or sexual relations
 take out
 remove
 meet for a social activity
 coordinate an encounter or liason
 wind up
 tighten the spring of a watch or machine
 the finishing statement, gesture, or activity
 the opening statement, gesture, or activity
 Which Could Mean the Same?
Match These . . . With These!
 carry on  carry on with
 catch on  cut out
 count out  drop in on
 come over  fall out
 disagree with  fill out
 fill in  get across
 make clear  get it