MAC1 MW1400 2.2014
1st bimester
idioms
Thanks a lot for your participation, Paula!! I'm sure everybody will benefit from your definitions!! Keep up the good work! ;-)
Cutting corners
To do something in the easiest, cheapest, or fastest way
Done by the book
To do something exactly as the rules tell you to
Take every precaution
An action that is done to prevent something unpleasant or dangerous from happening
Fraught with danger
Full of danger/difficulties
Safety net
Security or protection measures
Safe side
Being careful in order to avoid something unpleasant
Second nature
You are so familiar with it that you can do it easily without needing to think very much about it
irreversible phrases
bits and pieces
law and order
heart and soul
peace and quiet
in this day and age
as and when
by and large
rough and ready
odds and ends
first and foremost
time phrases
A few years ago
while
Nowadays
Prior to the 1990s
in the long term
a long time ago
in recent years
currently
phrasal verb 'get'
Get at
To suggest or show something without saying it directly, to be able to reach or get something
Get down to
Apply oneself to
Get on with
Continue with the job
Get through
Complete
Get ahead
To be successful in the work that you do
Get by
To be able to live or deal with a situation with difficulty, usually by having just enough of something you need
idioms with the word 'life'
Thanks a million for your contribution, Ana!! I loved the definitions and example sentences! Keep up the good work!! ;-)
Life-saver
Something that really helps someone
"Thanks for driving me to the station - it was a real life-saver. I'd have missed my train otherwise."
To have the time of your life
To have a very good time
"My daughter worried about going to university, but actually she's having the time of her life."
All walks of life
Different types of people with different stories
"It was a very interesting conference.There were people there from all walks of life - writers, students, business people."
A fact of life
Something that can't be changed, that is ordinary
"Work stress is just a fact fo life these days - you have to learn to deal with it."
Larger then life
More interesting and more exciting than an ordinary person or thing
"He was larger than life and would always light up a room with his presence."
Story of my life
Said when negative things often happen to you
"My boss caught me making a paper clip necklace on my first day of work and I got fired. Story of my life."
multimedia
Chimamanda Adichie
Smokejumpers
William Arruda - personal branding guru
Lizzy Velasquez
Confucious
Mandela
