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Idiomatic Expressions

ICSE · Class 7 · English Language-Grammar

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Section I: Phrasal Verbs and Their Meanings

  • To break down means to go out of order or go wrong.
  • To break into means to enter forcibly.
  • To break out means to begin suddenly or spread.
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Section II: More Phrasal Verbs and Meaning Changes

  • To go through means to examine.
  • To pass away means to die.
  • To pull down means to demolish.
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Section III: Idioms About Actions, Feelings, and Behaviour

  • To catch hold of means to seize.
  • To hold one's tongue means to keep quiet.
  • To bury the hatchet means to forget past quarrels.
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Section IV: Idiomatic Phrases and Fixed Expressions

  • For good means forever.
  • For a while means for a short time.
  • From head to foot means completely from top to bottom.

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These are word combinations whose meaningSome expressions have more than oneThis expression means to distributeThis means to search forThis means to supply what

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