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English Idioms in Use Intermediate by Michael McCarthy, Felicity O’Dell This 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’. This book contains 60 units of idioms for classroom, personal or tutorial use. Each unit gives idioms, meanings, examples and plenty of exercises, and it also has an answer key in the back. I found the layout very user friendly and very well done. Keep in mind when buying this text that it presents idioms, not slang or colloquial idioms. Some of these idioms are a little dated, but the vast majority are well worth learning, especially for conversation and comprehension in everyday life. I would recommend this text be used for intermediate to advanced ESL students.

I enjoyed using this book in my class and found it well received by the students. The book is informed by the Cambridge International Corpus, to ensure idioms are presented in authentic and natural contexts and the Cambridge Learner Corpus to ensure common learner errors in advanced exams are covered. • Suitable for self-study and class work. • Over 1000 of the most common idioms students are likely to encounter are presented and practised in typical contexts. • Clear, attractive two-colour design. Why was this book written?

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It was written to help you improve your knowledge of idioms in English. Idioms arc fixed expressions whose meaning is not immediately obvious from looking at the individual words in the idiom. You will come across a great many idioms when you listen to and read English. So it is important that you learn about the meanings of idioms and about how they are used. You can use this book either with a teacher or for self-study. We wanted to encourage language learners to have a balanced approach to idioms in English. Sometimes in the past, teachers used to argue that it was a waste of time for learners to study idioms as they might start using them in an inaccurate or unsuitable way.

But idioms are in such widespread use that it is inappropriate to ignore them. This book focuses just on those idioms which the modern student needs to know and it aims to provide the information and practice which will help you understand and use them correctly. How where the idioms in the book selected? There are a great many idioms in English, but some of them sound rather old-fashioned or are not very widely used. The 1,000 or so idioms which are worked on in this book were all selected from those identified as significant based on computer searches of huge language databases: the CANCODE corpus of spokerf English, developed at the University of Nottingham in association with Cambridge University Press and the Cambridge International Corpus of written English. These databases show us how the idioms have actually been used by native speakers of English in conversations, newspapers, novels, and many other contexts. The idioms selected are all also ro be found in the Cambridge International Dictionary of Idioms where additional examples and usage notes will also be found.

You can search this dictionary online by going to the following website: g How is the book organised? The book has 60 two-page units. The left-hand page presents the idioms that are worked on in the unit. You will usually find an explanation of the meaning of each idiom, an example of it in use and, where appropriate, any spccial notes about its usage.

The right-hand page checks that you have understood the information on the left-hand page by giving you a series of exerciscs that practise the material just presented. The exercises pay particular attention to checking your understanding of the idioms and how they arc used because this is more important for most learners than being able to actively use the idioms. The units ate organised in three sections: Idioms to talk about which groups idioms according ro the topic area that they are used to talk about. Thus, to be snowed under to have an enormous amount ot work to doj is included in Unit 25, Work. Idioms from the topic area of which groups idioms according to the image they are based on. Thus, hit the roof react in a very angry way is included in Unit 41, Houses and household objects Idioms using these keywords which groups idioms according to keywords in them.

For example, Unit 48 deals with a set of idioms based on the word head. The book also has a key to all the exercises and an index which lists the 1,000 idioms we deal wirh and indicates the units where they can each be found. Free download English Idioms in Use Intermediate. Helpful reviews Eastofoz Fantastic book. Very good explanations for idioms that are not often found in dictionaries.

Very good exercises. For the intermeditate-advanced level. By Stephen Pellerine It is an interesting book and for the highly keen ELL learner wanting to break down English to the levels that this book does, it may work well. Perhaps there are evem lauhgs to be had, but for example in Unit 1 the learner is exposed to the following idioms: He's a s nutty as a friutcake, He's not right in the head, and She's a basket case.

I am not sure why I have such intuitions, but someone keen enough to master 60 units of idioms is probably looking for a bit more in their lessons. I think as a reference book it may be a great book to have, as part of a language learning institutes library, but not essential.

Good attempt here, but not sure I would want to use this text, in any way, as part of a course.

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English Phrasal Verbs in Use is a comprehensive reference and practice book suitable for students from good intermediate level onwards. Over 1000 of the most useful and frequent phrasal verbs are clearly explained and practised in typical contexts. The material is designed for self-study, as well as classroom use, and has a student-friendly answer key. The book has 70 two- English Phrasal Verbs in Use is a comprehensive reference and practice book suitable for students from good intermediate level onwards. Over 1000 of the most useful and frequent phrasal verbs are clearly explained and practised in typical contexts.

The material is designed for self-study, as well as classroom use, and has a student-friendly answer key. The book has 70 two-page units.

The verbs are presented on the left-hand page and are practised on the facing right-hand page. The verbs are divided into units by topic, function, concept, particle and verb. The language is presented in various ways, often in tables, showing the phrasal verbs in a range of natural contexts such as everyday dialogues, e-mails, cartoons and newspaper extracts. The book includes an invaluable mini dictionary, listing each verb with an easy-to-understand definition.

This book is particularly useful for students preparing for a range of examinations. As an ESL student, I had often found difficulties to use phrasal verbs. Although this book is marked as an intermediate level, phrasal verbs is an advanced subject for ESL students. Most ESL students are not familiar with the concept of phrasal verbs, let alone to use them in the right context. Having this book around really has helped me to improve my English. This book is divided into 70 units and it covers approximately 1000 phrasal verbs. There is one exercise page for each unit that helps s As an ESL student, I had often found difficulties to use phrasal verbs.

Although this book is marked as an intermediate level, phrasal verbs is an advanced subject for ESL students. Most ESL students are not familiar with the concept of phrasal verbs, let alone to use them in the right context. Having this book around really has helped me to improve my English. This book is divided into 70 units and it covers approximately 1000 phrasal verbs. There is one exercise page for each unit that helps students to remember the phrasal verbs learnt, and answer key for each exercise is also provided. However, the number of the exercises can easily overwhelm ESL students.

It will take a lot more time to finish this book if the students have to do all the exercises. In addition to that, these exercises are better used as a way to practice using phrasal verbs in the right context than a way of remembering them, as the time will always make the students forget them if they don't use the phrasal verbs often enough. The first five chapters in this book teach the basic of phrasal verbs, which are strongly recommended to be finished first before continuing to the remaining chapters.

The rest of the chapters teach a great deal of phrasal verbs in different topics. However, there are many specific British or American phrasal verbs that are not marked as such that can mislead the students. There are also more British phrasal verbs than American phrasal verbs, which for me is a drawback as I'm more interested in learning American English. A good point of this book that is worth mentioning is there are many good tips and follow-ups for learning phrasal verbs. There is also a mini dictionary in the last few pages of the book. Even so, students are still advised to use a phrasal verb dictionary when learning with this book.

(Consider what I said in previous paragraph about specific region's phrasal verbs. Students can always spot this, after looking up the words in the dictionary). Overall, this book is a good addition reference to ESL students. Every serious ESL student should consider reading one.

English Phrasal Verbs In Use

MIchael McCarthy is Emeritus Professor of Applied Linguistics at the University of Nottingham, UK. He is also Adjunct Professor of Applied Linguistics at the Pennsylvania State University and at the University of Limerick, Ireland. He is the author of many titles of interest to teachers, including Spoken Language and Applied Linguistics. Well known as an expert on the teaching and learning of vocabulary MIchael McCarthy is Emeritus Professor of Applied Linguistics at the University of Nottingham, UK. He is also Adjunct Professor of Applied Linguistics at the Pennsylvania State University and at the University of Limerick, Ireland. He is the author of many titles of interest to teachers, including Spoken Language and Applied Linguistics. Well known as an expert on the teaching and learning of vocabulary, he is a co-author of the basic and upper-intermediate levels of Vocabulary in Use, and is also Academic Consultant to the Cambridge International Dictionary of Phrasal Verbs and the Cambridge International Dictionary of Idioms.

He is co-author of the 2 latest successful corpus-informed publications by Cambridge University Press: Touchstone and Cambridge Grammar of English.