ROBERT J DIXSONv
essential idioms in english
LESSON 1 PAGE 1 CONTENTS
to geton. . . toget off... to puton. . . to take off... tocallup...
to tu on . . . to turn off. . . right away . . . to pick up. . . at once
... to get up. . . at first
LESSON 2 PAGE 4
to wait for... at last... as usual . . . to find out . . . to look at. . >
to look for. . . allright. . . right here/there/now . . . little by little .
tired out... to callon. . . never mind
LESSON 3 PAGE 8
to pick out . . . to take (one’s) time . . . to talk over . . . to lie down.
+. to stand up ... to sit down . . . all day . . . by oneself. . . on
Purpose . . . to get along . . . to make no (any) difference . . . to take
out
LESSON 4 PAGE 12
to take part in... atall. . . tolook up. . . towaiton.. . atleast...
so far. . . to take a walk . . . to take a seat. . . to try on. . . to think
over . . . to take place. . . to put away
LESSON 5 PAGE 16
to look out. . . to shake hands . . . to think of .. . to get back. . . to
catch cold . . . to make up (one’s) mind . . . for the time being . . . to
get over. . . tocall off... for good... ina hurry
LESSON 6 PAGE 20
according to... to hang up. . . to count on. . . to make friends
out of order. . . to get to. ... at times . . : to look over . : . to have
(time) off. . . to keep on... . to put out. . . all of a sudden
LESSON 7 PAGE 23
to point out . . . tobe over... tobe up... on time. . . in time.
to get better/worse . . . to get sick/well/tired/busy/wet . . . had better
. + would rather. . . by the way . . . to figure out . . . to put off
LESSON 8 PAGE 27
to be about to. . . to turn around . . . to take turns . . . to pay atten-
tion . . . to go on... . over and over . . . to wear out . . . to throw
away . . . tofall in love. . . to go out. . . as yet. . . to have to do with
LESSON 9 PAGE 31
towake up... . to be in charge. . . as soonas.. . . to get in touch withvi
essential idioms in english
. «to have a good time . . . to take care of .. . once ina while...
quite a few... used t=. . . to be used to. . . to get used to. . . back
and forth
LESSON 10 PAGE 34
to make sure . . . now and then. . . to make out . . . who’s who.
to go with . . . to come from . . . to make good time . . . to mix up
to see about . . . to get rid of .. . by heart
REVIEW OF UNITS 1-10 PAGE 38
LESSON 11 PAGE 41
to keep outloff/away/from . . . to find fault with . . . to be up to .
off and on. . . to catch fire . . . to look into. . . to take hold of . . . to
be out of the question . . . to get through . . . all at once . . . to keep
track of . . . to be carried away
LESSON 12 PAGE, 44
up to date . . . out of date... to blow up. . . to do over. . . to burn
downJ/up/out . . . to make good . . . it stands to reason . . . to break
out... .asto. . . to feel sorry for
LESSON 13 PAGE 48
to break down . . . to turn out. . . to become of . . . to give up. . . to
take pity on . .. to cross out . . . to take into account . . . to make
clear . . . to take a look at. . . to have on . . . to come to. . . to call
for
LESSON 14 PAGE 51
to eat in/out . . . to play tricks on. . . to look after. . . to feel like
once and for all . . . to hear from/of . . . to make fun of . . . to come
true... as a matter of fact... to have (one’s) way . . . to look
forward to
LESSON 15 PAGE 56
inside out. . . upside down . . . to fill in/out . . . to take advantage of
no matter . . . to take up/(something) up with (someone) . . . to
take after. . . in the long run. . . out of
LESSON 16 PAGE 60
every so often... every now and then .. . to get along with
hard of hearing . . . to let go. . . to keep in mind. . . to run over
to keep an eye on. . . to go off. . . to grow out of . . . to make the
best of . . . to cut off/out