Robert_J._Dixson]_Essential_Idioms_in_English__Ph

to take for granted: not to appreciate fully (S); to assume to be true without giving much thought (S) A noun or pronoun often f ...

cut and dried: predictable, known beforehand; boring o The results of the national election were rather cut and dried; the Repub ...

to have one's way: to arrange matters the way one wants (especially when someone else doesn't want to same way) (also: to get on ...

This idiom is a shortened form of it doesn't matter. It is followed by a question word such as how, where, when, who, etc. o No ...

o We'd better keep on our toes while we're walking along the dark portions of this street. to get along: to make progress; to ma ...

to cut off: to shorten by cutting the ends (S); to disconnect or stop suddenly (S) o The rope was two feet longer than we needed ...

o Democracies provide people many freedoms and privileges. On the other hand, democracies suffer many serious problems such as c ...

o According to my dictionary, you are using that word in your essay incorrectly. to be bound to: to be certain to, to be sure to ...

at heart: basically, fundamentally This idiom is used to describe the true character of a person. o James sometimes seems quite ...

to be in (the/one's) way: to block or obstruct; not to be helpful, to cause inconvenience (for both, also: to get in the/one's w ...

to be the matter: to be unsatisfactory, to be improper, to be wrong In a question, this idiom is used with what or something. In ...

o When I left for Cincinnati on a business trip, no one came to the train station to send me off. to see out: to accompany a per ...

to take apart: to disassemble, to separate the parts of something (S) A noun or pronoun usually divides this idiom. o It is much ...

The second definition is often used when someone is talking on the telephone. o The little girl held on to her mother's hand and ...

to look on: to watch as a spectator, to observe o Hundreds of people were looking on as the police and firefighters rescued the ...

close call: a situation involving a narrow escape from danger (also: close shave) o Bob, that car nearly hit us! What a close ca ...

o Willie hopes that the watch he lost last Sunday shows up soon. o We've looked everywhere for that book, but it hasn't turned u ...

o Max asked me to draw up a map to the party so that he wouldn't get lost. o Our lawyer agreed to draw the contract up as soon a ...

o Terence can't continue to put his friends down like that and expect to get away with it forever. to serve (someone) right: to ...

to check up on: to examine with the purpose of determining condition (also: to check on) This idiom has the related noun form ch ...