Including... The GRAMMATICAL PATTERN of each verb & preposition combination. A SPECIAL SECTION focusing on the meaning of prepositions. A SPECIAL SECTION featuring combinations of prepositions with the verb MADE. The USAGE of each combination showing how it is used in everyday English. EXAMPLE sentences to see how the idiom is used in context. 19 QUIZZES to help you study and remember the verbs and prepositions. What is a verb & preposition combination? English prepositions are often used together with verbs as set phrases. For example The verb listen generally takes the preposition to, as in "I like to listen to jazz." Other examples include: apologize for, belong to, care for, devote to, elaborate on, fell like, graduate from, help with, invest in, know about, look at, matter to, object to, participate in, recover from, succeed in, think of, vouch for, and write about. This book includes 225 of these combinations. Why learn verb & preposition combination? Getting the preposition right is essential for making your ideas understood in English. There is a differences between hear about and hear from. Knowing these differences, and knowing which preposition to use with which verb will help you sound more natural in English. This can help you in both everyday life and in the workplace. Of course theses preparing for the TOEFL and TOEIC exams will certainly need to know these combinations.

365 American English Idioms

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Including... The EXPLANATION of each idiom. The STRUCTURE showingHOW TO USE the idiom. An EXAMPLE sentence to see how the idiom is used in context.

What is an idiom? An idiom is a word or set of words that have a different meaning than the usual & literal meaning of those words. For example, let's look at the idiom, "a piece of cake." The literal meaning of "a piece of cake" is "one section or part of a whole cake." However, as an idiom, we use "a piece of cake" to mean, "something that is very easy to do." For example, Jack has been building and repairing computers for a long time. For him, repairing a computer is a piece of cake.

Why learn idioms? Idioms are commonly used in everyday, conversational English. It is more natural to say, "That job was a piece of cake," than "That job was rather easy for me." I encourage you to study the lessons in this book, and begin using these idioms in your conversations. You will sound more natural when you do so.