Table of Contents

Idioms to talk about...: 1 Health; 2 Happiness and sadness; 3 Anger; 4 Knowledge and understanding (1); 5 Knowledge and understanding (2); 6 Success and failure; 7 Having problems; 8 Dealing with problems; 9 Power and authority; 10 Structuring and talking about arguments; 11 Conversational responses; 12 Praise and criticism (1); 13 Praise and criticism (2); 14 Behaviour and attitudes; 15 Reacting to what others say; 16 Danger; 17 Effort; 18 Necessity and desirability; 19 Probability and chance; 20 Social status; 21 Feelings; 22 Human relationships; 23 Size and position; 24 Money; 25 Work; 26 Distance, speed and intensity; 27 Communication (1); 28 Communication (2); 29 Life and experience: proverbs; 30 Memory; Idioms from the topic area of...: 31 Time (1); 32 Time (2); 33 The elements; 34 Colour; 35 Games and sport; 36 Animals (1) people and their actions; 37 Animals (2) events and situations; 38 Weapons and war; 39 Food; 40 Roads; 41 Houses and household objects; 42 Nature; 43 Boats and sailing; 44 Science, technology and machines; Idioms using these key words...: 45 Hand, finger and thumb; 46 Foot, heel and toe; 47 Legs, arms, shoulders and bones; 48 Head; 49 Face, neck and chest; 50 Eyes; 51 Ear, tongue, lips, nose and teeth; 52 Heart; 53 Brain, mind, blood and guts; 54 Back; 55 Long; 56 Line; 57 Act, action, activity; 58 Good and bad; 59 Ground; 60 As...as.../like: similes; Key; Index

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This book presents and practises over 1000 of the most useful and frequent idioms in typical contexts.