Learn English with the Hot English app! English for all levels (easy – advanced). A monthly magazine for learning English: readings (current topics, words explained) + listenings (lots of accents) + exercises + videos. Idioms, phrasal verbs, useful expressions, grammar, vocabulary. Learn faster because it’s fun!
English Idioms Explained: Learn How to Use and Understand 125 Idioms in English
Why is it important to understand Idioms? When developing fluency in English you will hear many expressions like 'think outside the box' or 'let the cat out of the bag;' the meaning of these idioms or expressions can not be understood form the individual words in the expression. It is necessary to understand idioms and their meanings to improve your fluency in the English language; for both speaking and comprehension.
Word of Mouth: Workplace Idioms for the Non-Native Speaker
A number of years ago when I began to work at several corporations teaching ‘accent reduction’ to non-native speakers of American English, I was often asked to define informal, everyday expressions. These employees were eager to know the meaning of idioms and slang that they had heard their colleagues use in the workplace.
Learn English with the Hot English app! English for all levels (easy – advanced). A monthly magazine for learning English: readings (current topics, words explained) + listenings (lots of accents) + exercises + videos. Idioms, phrasal verbs, useful expressions, grammar, vocabulary. Learn faster because it’s fun!
Idioms represent a fascinating linguistic phenomenon that has captured the attention of many linguists for decades. This corpus-based study of idioms in Modern Standard Arabic sheds light on their intricate nature, establishes the major patterns of their linguistic behaviour, and provides explanations for these patterns.
