Idiomatic Expressions
ICSE · Class 7 · English Language-Grammar
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What to Focus On
- An idiomatic expression has a special meaning.
- The meaning may be different from the literal meaning of the words.
- Some idiomatic expressions have more than one meaning.
- The added word changes the meaning of the verb.
- Call at and call on are different.
- Get through, give away, look up, make up, and put out each have two meanings here.
- Many idiomatic expressions describe everyday actions and feelings.
- Some expressions are close in form but different in meaning.
- Learning the whole expression is better than learning single words separately.
Common Mistakes to Avoid
An idiomatic expression means exactly what its individual words say.
Two expressions with the same base word must have the same meaning.
To get through always means only to pass an examination.
Memory Tips
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
To break up means to come to an end
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