All Clear! Idioms in Context

This intermediate level aural/oral skills program teaches students to recognize and produce high-frequency idioms and expressions in a range of conversational situations.-- Students learn to recognize high-frequency idioms and creatively produce them in meaningful contexts.-- Contexts containing natural language allow students to infer shades of meaning.-- Natural conversations cover a wide range of speech acts and emotions.

Acknowledgments

ix

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To the Student

xi

(2)

Introduction to the Teacher

xiii

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Suggested Teaching Methods

xv

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A Note About the Terminology Used in This Text

xxiii

Lesson 1 Cold Feet

1

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get cold feet

can/can't afford

have second thoughts

deep down

get/be married

tie the knot

get hitched

can/can't tell

read someone's mind

be a mind reader

shoot

for good

history repeats itself

be through

be dying to

have something in common

cut out

be chicken

chicken out

wind up

Lesson 2 Guess Who?

14

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in ages

for ages

be on the way

be out of the way

be in the way

come on

get going

drop in

drop by

stop by

drop off

pick up

drop out

feel free

keep in touch

lose touch

be in/out of touch

get back in touch

run into

bump into

Lesson 3 Please Leave a Message After You Hear the Beep

23

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please leave a message after you hear the beep/tone

check one's messages

a pain

a pain in the neck

go/be out of one's mind

go nuts/bananas

go off one's rocker

hang up

write something down

going on

stand still

get up the nerve

freeze

get/be tongue-tied

do something on one's own/by oneself

be just about ready to

good for you

don't be silly

have a seat

wish me luck

take a deep breath

be out of breath

have bad breath

here goes

Lesson 4 In Bad Shape

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catch/have a cold

catch/have the flu

I have news for you

be in the same boat

keep someone company

all day/night long

can't stop

I know what you mean

take someone's temperature

sound like

chances are

get over

be in good/bad shape

feel sorry for

Review Games for Lessons 1-4: Crosswords Puzzle, Tic Tac Toe, Guess the Idiom

46

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Lesson 5 Are We Couch Potatoes?

50

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get together

make oneself comfortable/at home

be in the mood

be in a good/bad mood

a tearjerker

how about

feel like

be scared out of one's wits

that makes two of us

be kidding

you're pulling my leg

move over

here you go

hit pause/play

a couch potato

why do you ask

spend time

be glued to the tube

that's funny

be a bookworm

put a book down

be involved

Lesson 6 Forgetting a Date

62

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to be honest with you

to tell you the truth

hurt someone's feelings

be on someone's mind

have something on one's mind

stand someone up

work something out

make up

treat someone

show up

stand for

can't stand

you've got a point

Lesson 7 For Here or to Go?

71

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cut in line

get in line

it's on me

let's split it

it's my tum

take tums

eat out

that's that

for here or to go

be up to

what's up

you got me

take a class

it's about time

don't be so hard on someone

cold turkey

look who's here

speak of the devil

to figure

how's it going

so far

so far, so good

have a long way to go

make/keep/break a promise

give up

end up

Lesson 8 How About Going to a Movie?

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make time

take/give a rain check

take time off

take a break

tum into

before you know it

get something over with

when you put it that way

talk someone into/out of

change one's mind

Review Games for Lessons 5-8: Crossword Puzzle, Tic Tac Toe, Guess the Idiom

92

(4)

Lesson 9 Pulling an All-Nighter

96

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pull an all-nighter

burn the midnight oil

cram

in the nick of time

turn/hand in

hand out

handout

hand back

be in hot water

a pop quiz

my mind went blank

get sleep

take/give/make up/correct/go over a test

be over

type/do something over

take a nap

be under pressure

you can say that again

hit the books

take a test cold

Lesson 10 Sold Out

106

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be sold out

be on sale

be for sale

on a first-come, first-served basis

first-come, first-served

that's not fair

let someone know

stand in line

a waste of

to waste

get someone in

get in/into

stay up

get out

figure out

kill time

have time to kill

Lesson 11 Don't Throw it Away--Recycle!

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hold it

what in the world

what on earth

I can't believe my eyes/ears

throw something away

throw out

get rid of

get/be upset

take it easy

can't get over

care about

care for

take care of

clean up

feel guilty

be guilty

can't help

do research

find out

run out of

go through

take something/someone out

pick up

once a week

roll up one's sleeves and get to work

Lesson 12 Let's Make a Toast

130

(9)

quiet down

make a toast

here's to

cheers

may you/we

I'll drink to that

bend over backwards

put up with

count on

give someone a hand

have a sense of humor

I wish you the best

no matter what

what's the matter

it doesn't matter

Review Games for Lessons 9-12: Crossword Puzzle, Tic Tac Toe, Guess the Idiom

139

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Appendix A--Dictations

143

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Appendix B--Answer Key

147

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Appendix C--Answer Key for Review Games

154

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Index--Alphabetical List of Idioms and Expressions

157

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