Unit 2

Word Formation
Synonyms ( reading p. 31 )
Idioms
Prepositional Phrases
Reading p. 31
Idioms & fixed phrases

as silent as the grave = very quiet -1

as sick as a dog =physically ill -2
.As tough as old boots = strong/not easily upset -3
as different as chalk and cheese = very -4
different in all aspects
as good as gold = well behaved -5
as keen as mustard = very eager -6
.to be on the cards = Likely to happen -7
doing something for a good cause = something -8
that helps other people
to make it clear = Explain in a way that makes -9
it easy to understand/obvious
to have one’s head in the clouds = to be -10
unaware
to get very hot under the collar = to be angry -11
Prepositional Phrases
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 Capable of: be able to
 Care about: 1. To have a strong feeling of love or affection for someone or
something
 Care for sb (= like)
 (take) care of
 Care for sth (= like to do sth)
 Careful of
 Careless about/with
 Cause of: (n)
 Certain of
 Charge for : 1.demand (an amount) as a price for a service rendered or
goods supplied.
 Charge sb with (a crime)
 Cheque for : "they presented him with a cheque for £4,000"
 Choice between/of
 Clever at (adj) (but: it was very clever of you to buy it.)
 Close to: near
 Cure for
 Comment on
 Communicate with
 Compare with (how people and things are alike and how they are
different.)
 Compare to(show the likeness between sb/sth and sb/sth else)
 Comparison between
 Complain of (=suffer from)
 Complain to sb about sth ( be annoyed at)
 Compliment sb on
 Comply with: act in accordance with a wish or command.
 "we are unable to comply with your request"
 Concentrate on
 (have) confidence in sb
 Congratulate sb on
 Connect between (but: in connection with)
 Connect to/with
 Conscious of
 Consist of
 Contact between (but in contact with)
 Content with: happy/ satisfied
 Contrary to
 Contribute to ( give for charity)
 Convert to/into
 Cope with (manage in spite of difficulty;
struggle successfully)
 Correspond to/with (match, fit, agree)
 Crash into
 Crazy about
 Crowded with
 Curious about
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 Date back to
 Date from
 Deal with
 Dear to
 Decide on/against
 Decrease in
 Dedicate to (devote to; set apart for)
 Deficient in( lacking, without; defective;
absent)
 Delight in
 Delighted with
 Demand for(n)
 Demand from(v)
 Depart from
 Departure from
 Depend on/upon
 Describe sb/sth to sb else
 Description of
 Die of/from
 Die in an accident
 Differ from
 (have) difference between/of
 Different from
 Difficulty in/with
 Disadvantageof(n) (but: there's a
disadvantage in doing sth )
 Disagree with
 Disappointed with/ about
 Disapprove of: agree
Discourage from: persuade (someone)
against an action.
Discussion about/on
Dismiss from
Dissatisfied with
Distinguish between
Dream about: have a dream during
sleeping
Dream of ( imagine)
Dressed in