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by MORK » Fri Jul 20, 2007 11:16 pm
Hi,are there any good books or sites that students could access to study Idioms thanks

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by Lucy » Sat Jul 21, 2007 6:04 pm
Mork,
You could try “English Idioms in Use” published by Cambridge University Press.
Or:
http://www.englishclub.com/vocabulary/idioms.htm
I’ll just add that it’s important to teach and practise idioms in context. I think care needs to be taken when teaching idioms. Foreigners can sound stilted or old-fashioned if they don’t know the connotation of idioms and can use them in unsuitable ways in formal situations.
Lucy
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