McCarthy Michael, O’Dell Felicity. English Idioms in Use: Intermediate

2nd ed. — Cambridge University Press, 2017. — 178 p. — ISBN 1316629880, 9781316629888.The book presents and practises over 1000 of the most useful and frequent idioms in typical contexts. This reference and practice book looks at the most colourful and fun area of vocabulary - idioms. This book will appeal to students from intermediate level upwards who want to understand the English really used by native speakers. Over 1,000 of the most useful and frequent idioms which learners are likely to encounter are presented and practised in typical contexts, so that learners using this book will have hundreds of idioms 'at their fingertips'. Explanations and practice of English idioms, written for intermediate-level (B1 to B2) learners of English. Perfect for both self-study and classroom activities. Learn idioms in context, with lots of different topics, including 'Clothes', 'Music and theatre' and 'Work'. Be confident about what you are learning, thanks to Cambridge research into how English is really spoken and written, and get better at studying by yourself, with study tips, follow-up tasks and an easy to use answer key.Acknowledgements
Using this book
Learning about idioms
What are idioms?
Using your dictionary
Idioms to talk about
Happiness and sadness
Anger
Knowing and understanding
Experience and perception
Success and failure
Having problems
Dealing with problems
Power and authority
Structuring and talking about arguments
Conversational responses
Praise and criticism
Opinions on people and actions
Behaviour and attitudes
Reacting to what others say
Danger
Effort
Necessity and desirability
Probability and luck
Social status
Human relationships
Size and position
Money
Work
Speed, distance and intensity
Communication 1: words and language
Communication 2: expressing yourself
Life and experience: proverbs
Memory
Idioms from the topic area of...
Time 1: the past and the future
Time 2: clocks and frequency
The elements
Colour
Clothes
Games and sport
Animals 1: describing people
Animals 2: describing situations
Weapons and war
Food
Roads
Houses and household objects
Nature
Boats and sailing
Science, technology and machines
Music and theatre
Idioms using these keywords:
Finger, thumb, hand
Foot, heel, toe
Bones, shoulder, arm, leg
Head
Face, hair, neck, chest
Eyes
Ear, lips, mouth, nose, teeth, tongue
Heart
Brain, mind, blood and guts
Ground
Back
Similes and idioms with like and as
Long
Key
Line
Act, action, activity
Phonemic symbols
Good and bad
Index