Sometime ago I shared this list of easily confused words and phrases in the forum, but I forgot to share it with you. All the credit goes to dailywritingtips.com

Here’s a quick guide to alleviate (or is it ameliorate?) your suffering:

1. a while / awhile: “A while” is a noun phrase; awhile is an adverb.
2. all together / altogether: All together now — “We will refrain from using that two-word phrase to end sentences like this one altogether.”
3. amend / emend: To amend is to change; to emend is to correct.
4. amount / number: Amount refers to a mass (“The amount saved is considerable”); number refers to a quantity (“The number of dollars saved is considerable”).
5. between / among: The distinction is not whether you refer to two people or things or to three or more; it’s whether you refer to one thing and another or to a collective or undefined number — “Walk among the trees,” but “Walk between two trees.”
6. biannual / biennial: Biannual means twice a year; biennial means once every two years.
7. bring / take: If it’s coming toward you, it’s being brought. If it’s headed away from you, it’s being taken.
8. compare to / compare with: “Comparing to” implies similarity alone; “compare with” implies contrast as well.
9. compliment / complement: To compliment is to praise; to complement is to complete.
10. comprise, consist of / compose, constitute: Comprise means “include,” so test by replacement — “is included of” is nonsense, and so is “is comprised of.” The whole comprises the parts or consists of the parts, but the parts compose or constitute the whole.
11. connote / denote: To connote is to convey (“Air quotes connote skepticism or irony”); to denote is to specify (“A stop sign denotes the requirement to halt”).
12. continual / continuous: Continual events are frequently repeated, or intermittent. Continuous events are uninterrupted, or constant.
13. credible / credulous: To be credible is to be authoritative; to be credulous is to be gullible.
14. deserts / desserts: If you eat only cake, pie, ice cream, and the like, you eat just desserts. If you have it coming to you, you get your just deserts as well. (However, the connotation is negative, so hit the gym.)
15. different from / different than: The former phrase is preferred in formal writing; but “differently than” is always correct usage.
16. discreet / discrete: Discreet means “subtle”; discrete means “separate.” (“He discreetly reminded them of their discrete meanings.”)
17. each other / one another: “One another” is preferred in formal writing when more than two of something are being discussed.
18. economic / economical: Economic refers to the science of economics; economical suggests frugality.
19. elemental/elementary: What’s elemental is essential or integral to nature; what’s elementary is basic.
20. ensure / insure / assure: To ensure is to guarantee, to insure is to indemnify, and to assure is to comfort or convince.
21. epidemic / endemic / pandemic: An epidemic is the outbreak of disease in a limited place and time; an endemic disease is a recurring one peculiar to a place or population; a pandemic is pervasive over a wide geographical area.
22. forgo / forego: To forgo is to go without; to forego is to go before (and is generally used only in the forms foregoing and foregone, which are themselves rare).
23. gibe / jibe / jive: To gibe (soft g, as in gym) is to taunt or insult (though jibe is an alternate spelling), to jibe with is to coincide or fit, to jive is to deceive.
24. historic / historical: Something historic is remarkable for its impact on history; something historical is simply an event in history.
25. home in / hone in: To home in is to close in; to hone in is to confuse one word for another. (“Hone in” has no meaning.)
26. jealousy / envy: Jealousy is resentment; envy is covetousness.
27. lay / lie: Lay is transitive, associated with a direct object — “Lay that pencil down.” “Yesterday, I laid that pencil down.” “That pencil has been laid down.” Lie is intransitive, not so associated — “Lie down.” “Last night, I lay down.” “It was my plan to have lain down already.
28. leach / leech: To leach is to dissolve by percolation; to leech is to remove blood with a leech or to exhaust; as a noun, it means a parasitic worm or the human figurative equivalent, or the edge of a sail (also spelled leach).
29. libel / slander: Libel is written defamation; slander is the spoken equivalent.
30. may / might: May refers to factual or possible; might is appropriate for the hypothetical or counterfactual.
31. nauseous / nauseated: To be nauseous is to cause sickness. To be nauseated is to feel sick.
32. notable / noticeable / noteworthy: Something notable is worthy of note. Something noticeable is capable of being noticed. Noteworthy is a synonym of notable, though the former implies the unusual and the latter the commendable.
33. partly / partially: Partly means “in part”; partially means “incomplete” or, rarely, is an antonym for unfairly.
34. peak / pique: To peak is to reach the pinnacle; to pique is to arouse interest or to bother.
35. people / persons: People has assumed primacy; persons is reserved mostly as a synonym for bodies (“those belongings carried on their persons”).
36. persuade / convince: To persuade someone is to motivate them to do something; to convince someone is to lead them to understand or believe.
37. predominantly / predominately: Both forms are correct, but predominantly predominates.
38. purposely / purposefully: What’s done purposely is done on purpose; what’s done purposefully is done with a purpose.
39. regrettably / regretfully: Regrettably is a synonym for unfortunately; regretfully means just that — full of regret.
40. repetitive / repetitious: Both terms have acquired a negative connotation, but the former retains a more neutral meaning.
41. sensual / sensuous: Sensual has an erotic connotation; sensuous refers more neutrally to what is pleasurable to the senses.
42. since / because: Informally, these terms are interchangeable, but in formal writing, since should be used only to refer to time.
43. stationary / stationery: To be stationary is to stand still; stationery refers to letter-writing materials.
44. that / which: That is used restrictively (“The pencil that is sharp” — among more than one pencil, the one with that characteristic); which is employed nonrestrictively (“The pencil, which is sharp” — one pencil alone, possessing that characteristic). The distinction is rarely observed other than in American English.
45. tortuous / torturous: A tortuous experience is a winding one; a torturous one is painful.
46. transcript / transcription: A transcript is a thing; a transcription is the process of creating it.
47. verbal / oral: Verbal refers to both written and spoken communication, but oral is useful for distinguishing the latter from the former.
48. while / although / whereas: Informally, while is a synonym for the other two terms, but in formal writing it should be reserved for temporal connotations.
49. wreak / wreck: These terms do not share etymological origin; you wreck a party, but you do so by wreaking havoc.
50. whether / if: Both words are correct in expressing a choice, but the former is more appropriate in formal writing (“I can’t decide whether to go”), whereas the latter is better reserved for reference to possibility or probability (“I’ll go if you do”).

How to learn vocabulary

1. Read. Most vocabulary words are learned from context. The more words you’re exposed to, the better vocabulary you will have. While you read, pay close attention to words you don’t know. First, try to figure out their meanings from context. Then look the words up. Read and listen to challenging material so that you’ll be exposed to many new words.

2. Pay close attention to how words are used.

3. Learning a word won’t help very much if you promptly forget it. Research shows that it takes a minimum of 10 to 20 repetitions to really make a word part of your vocabulary. It helps to write the word – both the definition and a sentence you make up using the word – perhaps on an index card that can later be reviewed. As soon as you learn a new word, start using it.

4. Make up as many associations and connections as possible. Say the word aloud to activate your auditory memory. Relate the word to words you already know. Create pictures of the word’s meaning that involve strong emotions.

5. Use mnemonics ( memory tricks). Also, find out which learning style suits you best. Everyone learns differently!

6. Get in the habit of looking up words you don’t know. If you have a dictionary program on your computer, keep it open and handy. If you don’t, just type: “define: WORD” in google, and you will come across with definitions of the WORD you need.

7. Play with words. Play Scrabble, Boggle, and do crossword puzzles. There are a lot of free online games to play with vocabulary! (there is a post about that in the vocabulary section).

8. Diversity of topics is important. Read some natural science stuff. Then read some applied science stuff. Read some contemporary literature. Then read some Shakespeare. Comb through a pop psychology book and then consume a humorous work. Varied reading will sharpen both general and subject-specific vocabularies.

9.Try out your new vocabulary in speech and writing.

-Are you a teacher needing ideas to work on vocabulary? Here you can find a lot of ideas! (I came across the site via google)

(I also shared this on Englishtalk.org)

Taboo! Game for your students

Have you ever played Taboo!? It’s a very entertaining game to practice vocabulary with your students.

(picture taken by myself)

Imagine you got a card saying “teacher” Below, you got three words that could be really useful for a definition of “teacher”. What if you couldn’t use those words to explain your word?

Well, Taboo! game is, basically, what I described above. Here you can find some templates and here there are some ready to print games (and you can also download the rules) Oh! And here you can play Taboo! online.

Want to learn word sets?

I came across this site which I found very helpful to revise vocabulary, since there are many vocabulary lists in alphabetical order, oriented to different exams preparation.

Teens and English

Now that I started talking about my private students, one of the things that surprises me most is the progress made by teen students when activities fit their interests.

I have 2 teen students, coming to private classes twice a week. Each of them has particular interests and hobbies, and their interest in learning English is different, too. One of them is finishing her high school studies, the other one, started university this year. Their 2 years’ difference make them really different students.

The first one, loves working orally, specially on topics she chooses (fashion, make up, nightlife, etc). She finds really difficult to concentrate on written activities and she gets distracted every 5 minutes. The second one is the exact opposite. She loves written activities and does them with no effort, but finds really difficult to produce oral pieces of discourse.

They both like working on their computers, so I selected a few links they – and you too -  may find useful:

Dictionaries:

HowJSay -> a very useful tool when you don’t know how to pronounce a certain word.

The Visual Dictionary -> a picture dictionary for everyone!

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English

One Look Reverse Dictionary -> provide the definition… it will give you the word!

Grammar:

English Club

English the Easy Way

OM Grammar

Punctuation

Social Issues at School

How do you deal with social aspects of life with your kids? I started thinking of working with something about “Swine Flu” with my teen students.

We had worked with illnesses in general some weeks ago, and they were pretty anxious when I presented the topic of our last class (classes have been suspended here due to Swine Flu)

I’ve provided transcripts of  a podcast on Swine Flu and students scanned the text for familiar words related to health and medicine. Then, we brainstormed words on the topic, and I taught some new vocabulary items.

Students then created a big poster to share their knowledge on the topic with the rest of the school.

Where I got material on the topic:

Challenges 3 – Module 3: Health. Longman

Lesson Planet

ESLThemes

CDC

Swine Flu

Slang

For those interested in Slang, here you have two great must-check websites:

London Slang

UK Slang Dictionary

English is a crazy language! Look at these facts!

(1) The word “news” is not the plural of the word ´new. ´ The word “NEWS” came from the first letters of the words North, East, West and South. This was because information was being gathered from all different directions.

(2) The idiom “it rains cats and dogs” originated in 17th Century England. During heavy downpours of rain, many of these poor animals unfortunately drowned and their bodies would be seen floating in the rain torrents that raced through the streets. The situation gave the appearance that it had literally rained “cats and dogs” and led to the current expression.

(3) The saying “all roads lead to Rome,” goes back to the fact that the ancient Romans built an excellent system of roads. This saying means that no matter which road one starts a journey on, he will finally reach Rome if he keeps on traveling. The popular saying also means that all ways or methods of doing something end in the same result: No method is better than another.

(4) The origin of the word “quisling” comes from the name of Major Vidkun Quisling, a Norwegian who collaborated with the Germans during their occupation of Norway. The word “quisling” now means “traitor.”

(5) The word “set” has the largest number of definitions in the English Language: (192 definitions according to the Oxford English Dictionary

(6) The study of insects is called entomology, while the study of word origins is called etymology.

(7) “Rhythms” is the longest English word without the normal vowels, a, e, i, o, or u.

(8) No word in the English language rhymes with the words “month, orange, silver, and purple.”

(9) A bibliophile is a collector of rare books. A bibliopole is a seller of rare books.

(10) A hamlet is a village without a church and a town is not a city until it has a cathedral.

(11) “Bookkeeper” and “bookkeeping” are the only words in the English language with three consecutive double letters.

(12) “Underground” is the only word in the English language that begins and ends with the letters “und.”

(13) The word “queue” is the only word in the English language that is still pronounced the same way when the last four letters are removed.

(14) The word “queueing” is the only English word with five consecutive vowels.

(15) The only three words in the English language that begin with the letters “DW” are Dwarf, Dwell, and Dwindle.

(16) There are only four words in the English language which end in “-dous”: tremendous, horrendous, stupendous, and hazardous.

(17) Strengths (nine letters long) is the longest word in the English language with only one vowel.

What’s happening to our language?

After reading this, I was stuck with the thought I’m old.

Why is it that new generations break language conventions to create their own language?

It’s normal to see language change but not in such enormous ways! Every single language is getting akwardly abbreviated to avoid doing the effort of writing extra letters.  There are abreviations adapted from other languages. Numbers replace letters. Acronyms are overused.

What is happening today is a big thread to communication. Why? Languages are being  modified by children and teens in such ways that older people can’t really interact with them, unless they are kind of taught “the new language.”

And this reminds me of an old language joke I received by mail some years ago. The saddest part is that this is coming true.

Changes to the English Language

The European Commission has just announced an agreement whereby English will be the official language of the European Union rather than German, which was the other possibility. As part of the negotiations, Her Majesty’s Government conceded that English spelling had some room for improvement and has accepted a 5-year phase-in plan that would be known as “Euro-English”.

In the first year, ‘s’ will replace the soft ‘c’. Sertainly,this will make the sivil servants jump with joy. The hard ‘c’ will be dropped in favor of the ‘k’. This should klear up konfusion and keyboards kan have one less letter.

There will be growing publik enthusiasm in the sekond year when the troublesome ‘ph’ will be replased with the ‘f’. This will make words like ‘fotograf’ 20% shorter!

In the 3rd year, publik akseptanse of the new spelling kan be expected to reach the stage where more komplikated changes are possible. Governments will enkorage the removal of double leters which have always ben a deterent to akurate speling. Also, al wil agre that the horible mes of the silent ‘e’ in the languag is disgrasful and it should go away.

By the 4th year, peopl wil be reseptiv to steps such as replasing ‘th’ with ‘z’ and ‘w’ wiz ‘v’. During ze fifz year ze unesesary ‘o’ kan be dropd from vords kontaining ‘ou’ and similar changes vud of kurs be aplid to ozer kombinations of leters.

After ze fifz yer ve vil hav a rali sensibl ritn styl. Zer vil be no mor trubl or difikultis and evriun vil find it ezi tu undrstand ech ozer.

Zen Z Drem Vil Finali Kum Tru!

Idioms and Slang in the Classroom

Very frequently, teen students ask their English teachers about swearings and slang phrases. The answer provided is almost always the same: “you are here to learn English, not to learn swearings“. However, as it has been pointed out here before, different styles, accents, formalities, regional slang, idioms, and well, swearings too, make up the English language.

I think that we should include at least some slang phrases in our teaching practices since it is a really important part of the language. I remember one of my teachers at the language school saying “If you know nothing about colloquial English you know no English“.

So, I’ve made my good deed of the week and I’m sharing it with you. To teach slang, you have to know slang. Here, I’m posting a full set of websites where you can fin slang phrases to work with. They are really awesome!

From the very beginning, It must be clearly stated to the students that the context where these phrases and words are used is really important not to be misunderstood. Then, you can present these prhases as a “slang class”, where you focus just on the vocabulary students want to learn, or, to contextualize the different phrases, you can choose to work with some 5 or 6 slang phrases related to the unit of studies you are working with. Here, for instance, if you are working with a unit about crime, you can either work with those idioms and slang phrases that contain a word related to crime, or, whose meaning is related to crime.

I always try to teach some idioms and slang to my students in each unit of studies. so, if you are in need of ideas, just ask me!

American Slang
American Slang for ESL students
Animal Idioms and Expressions (www.DogHause.com)
Some of these idioms are not commonly used. However some are.
Answers.com’s Idiom Pages
a bad sort, a bit, a bolt from the blue, a closed book, a crying shame, …
Australian English Glossary from A to Zed
Berko, Bikies, Damper, Floater, Joey, …
Australian Words & Phrases (Sally Lawrence)
Ankle-biter = infant; Arvo = afternoon, Croc = crocodile, etc.

Caroline Brown’s English Lessons – Phrasal Verbs

Study with examples, then try the Flash quizzes.

Comenius Group’s Idioms

This is only a partially functioning website located at web.archive.org.

Common American Slang (Charles I. Kelly & Lawrence E. Kelly)

Over 280 Common American Slang Expressions in a Quiz Format

Dave’s ESL Slang Page (Dave Sperling)

English slang, explanations and examples. See the

Dictionary of American Idioms (ruslib.com)

Scroll past the Russian and you’ll find all 8,000 idioms here all on one page.

DogHouse.com’s Animal Idioms and Expressions (Holly M. Burns)

work like ants, bark up the wrong tree, blind as a bat, (Some are rarely used.)

English Daily – American Slang Expressions (Hon Long)

See the expression, its definition and an example sentence.

English Idioms & Idiom Quizzes (Kenneth Lawrence)

Idioms, each with a definition and a sentence example. Minimal images.

English Idioms new link thanks to Sam!

Study the idioms, then take the quizzes.

English Language Idioms (Vancouver English Centre)

101 idioms with explanations and examples

Everyday English and Slang in Ireland (Gerry Coughlan)

afters = dessert; ages = long time; agro = fight; ,,,

exchanges.state.gov – The Lighter Side – 5 Idioms

from English Teaching Forum Online, Volue 41, Number 1 (January 2003)

feedproxy.google.com/Learn-American-Idioms

RSS FEED: Get used to American slang by getting dayily idioms via this RSS feed

Global English Salon – Idioms (David Temple)

Color Idioms, Animal Idioms and Body Part Idioms (Windows Media Player Required)

GMAT Idiom List (Raman Virk / Sukhi Singh)

Idioms and example sentences.

Go English – Today’s English Idioms (Adam Sullivan)

Get the meaning and origins of English idioms on fast-loading pages with no advertising.

GoEnglish.com – Daily Idiom & Browsable Idiom Dictionary (Adam Sullivan)

After seeing the daily idiom, you can click to the next or previous idiom.

Hakan’s ESL (English As a Second Language) Pages (Hakan Senturk)

An idiom quiz, a slang quiz, a ‘common errors’ quiz and bookstore.

Idiom Page (Dennis Oliver & Dave Sperling)

A collection of about 200 idioms

Idiom Site . Com (Over 200 English Idioms) (Eric Borgos)

1 idiom per page: absent without leave, doubting Thomas, chow down, deadline, ..

Idioms, Slang & Phrasal Verb Quizzes (The Internet TESL Journal)

See the answers right away. Produced by teachers around the world.

INGLÊS ONLINE – Idiomatic Expressions (Waldinei L. Cruz)

Expressions used in a sentence. Definitions in Portuguese.

John Finley’s Idioms (John Finley)

One idioms per page. Examples and uses. It’s raining cats and dogs and others.

John`s ESL Community – Idioms (John Erskin)

Includes meaning and usage with an example sentence.

Learn American Idioms by Example (Hon Long)

Smell a rat, go to the dogs, fishy, for the birds, horse around, …

Learn English with the Idioms Collection (Diego Riesco)

Idioms and set phrases along with black and white cartoons.

lib.ru/ENGLISH/american_idioms.txt_with-big-pictures.html#7

8,000 idioms with sentence examples.

Map of English Idioms – English Idioms in Common Use in Europe & Asia (Glen Wheeler)

‘easier said than done’ and 4 other idioms

Map of English Idioms – English Idioms in Common Use in North America (Glen Wheeler)

‘How’s it going, eh?’ and 12 other idioms

Map of English Idioms – Main Page (Glen Wheeler)

Small collection of English idioms. Requires downloading images.

Paint by Idioms (FunBrain.Com)

Multiple-choice questions for native English-speaking children, but OK for ESL.

Phrasal Verbs Page at Dave’s ESL Cafe (Dennis Oliver & Dave Sperling)

About 180 phrasal verbs, each with a definition and an example sentence.

Slang Dictionary (by Distance Learning, Inc) @ geos.dli.com

searchable or browsable by category

Slang Dictionary (by Distance Learning, Inc) @ www.bostonlanguage.dli.com

searchable or browsable by category

Slang uses of the word ‘dog’ (Ian Evans)

A page which lists all the slang, and idiomatic, uses of the word ‘dog’

Some Irish Slang (Trish Loughman)

Acting the maggot, Bags, Banjaxed, Bold, Culchies, Flitters, Holliers, …

sportsidioms.com – American English Sports & Games Idioms (Jean Henry)

Sports and Games idioms for the Student of American English

The Daily Idiom (Diana O’Connor)

Register to have an idiom emailed to you.

The Online Slang Dictionary – A Collaborative Project (Walter Rader)

For native English speaker to use as a reference. Not for memorization.

The Phrase Finder (Gary Martin)

Browse a list of phrases: bed of roses, bee in your bonnet, dead ringer, …

Toon into Idioms (Adam Rado)

Toons and Voices or Text. Idioms illustrated with cartoons.

Twists, Slugs and Roscoes: A Glossary of Hardboiled Slang (William Denton)

Alderman, Babe, Bing, Bop, Chick, Cop, Dame, Flat, Fry, …

UsingEnglish.com – A Dictionary of English Idioms and Idiomatic Expressions (Adam King & Richard Flynn)

You can find one sentence per page with the idiom. No definitions

UsingEnglish.com – Phrasal Verb Glossary (Adam King & Richard Flynn)

The phrasal verb, its definition and a sample sentence.

Wayne Magnuson’s Idioms Web Site

Mirrored web site at idioms.myjewelz.com

Winfield College – Idiom Page

‘Make ends meet’ and 7 other idioms. 1 idiom per page along with an ad.

www.englishbaby.com – Slang

Has 1 slang expression. Apparently changes each week. Includes advertising.

www.EnglishDaily626.com – Learn American Idioms (Hon Long)

Examples and definitions.

www.EnglishDaily626.com – Learn American Slang Expressions (Hon Long)

Examples and definitions. (eye-opener, have a screw loose, dry run, …)

www.EnglishForum.com – Today’s English Idiom (Aaron Aardvark)

Get a randomly-chosen idiom and its meaning each time you visit.

www.ESL-Resources.com – Idioms and Expressions and Slang to Go (Paul Forde)

12 idioms: canon arm, rock star, hit the lights, hot chick, two left feet,

www.ESLmania.com – Business Idioms (Nancy Gregory)

belt-tightening, bite the bullet, work down to the wire, and others

www.ESLmania.com – Everyday Idioms [FRAME] (Nancy Gregory)

rule of thumb, stab someone in the back, pull an all-nighter, and others.

www.ESLstudyGuide.com – Idiom Dictionary (Amanda Wu)

The interface is a bit slow. It requires Flash.

www.FactMonster.com – Idioms and Proverbs (Kenneth Simmons)

A short list with explanations. The page is for native English speakers, not ESL

www.gepc.org – Ask Mr. ESL (Idioms) (Clay Belcher)

Many of the links on this page get NOT FOUND errors. However, there is some material here.

www.idiomeanings.com/idioms

Online English idiom dictionary

www.infosquares.com’s American Slang (Robert McAlister and Harmon Abilene)

Dime a Dozen, All Ears, Ammo, Around-the-Clock, etc.

www.learn-english-today.com – Alphabetical List of Phrasal Verbs (Kathleen Beke)

Phrasal verbs listed with their meanings

www.learn-english-today.com – Idioms & Proverbs (Kathleen Beke)

Idioms, proverbs and wordgames for esl.efl students.

www.learn4good.com – List of Business English Idioms

Across the board, at a loss, bail a company out, deliver the goods, …

www.Learn4Good.com – Phrasal Verbs (Patrick Thompson)

See the meaning and example sentences.

www.LearnEnglish.org.uk – Animal Idioms (Drag and Drop Quiz) (Requires Java)

escape the ___ race, get the ___ share, flog a dead ___, get paid ___ feed, …

www.LetsLearnEnglish.co.uk – 52 Idioms (Educational Software Products)

with a pinch of salt, touch and go, toe the line, fly off the handle, …

www.myenglishzone.com’s Phrasal Verb Lesson (Cuauhtemoc Zepeda Arriola)

Requires Flash.

www.OpenEnglishWorld.com – The Weekly Idiom

Sample dialogues and audio: As a Rule, To Bug Somebody, …

www.peakenglish.com’s Slang Dictionary

searchable or browsable by category

www.perfect-english.com – Idioms for ESL Students [FRAME] (Masataka Aoki)

decked out, wrap it up, give in, sleep on it, get back to, …

www.PhrasalVerbDemon.com (Juan Antonio Prez)

Listening, Corpus, Dictionary, Particles, Quizzes, Reading, Games, Grammar, …

www.sky-net-eye.com/eng/dictionary (George Ivanov)

8,000 idioms with sentence examples.

www.slang-dictionary.org (Pee Yush)

Mostly Australian Slang; Not designed for ESL

www.SlangCity.com (A. C. Kemp)

Online guide to adult American slang.

www.speak-read-write.com – Idioms, Slang, Phrasal Verbs, and Proverbs (Sally Jennings)

About 700 Expressions, each with an example.

www.teacherjoe.us – 25 Common English Idioms (Joseph DeVeto)

as easy as pie, be sick and tired, bend over backwards, change one’s mind, …

Tigtag’s List of Idioms (A-C) (Huang Ting)

The idiom, what it means and an example of how it is used.

Tigtag’s List of Idioms (G-I) (Huang Ting)

The idiom, what it means and an example of how it is used.

Tigtag’s List of Idioms (M-O) (Huang Ting)

The idiom, what it means and an example of how it is used.

Wayne Magnuson’s English Idioms, Sayings and Slang (Wayne Magnuson)

Look for idioms by sections, … containing a specific word, …

www.aussieslang.com (Warwick Bone)

Australian Slang Dictionary and Customs.

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