idioms.ppt to help B2 students learn vocabulary

idioms.ppt to help B2 students learn vocab and write

1. The informal The informal
languagelanguage
IdiomsIdioms
OrOr
Expression wordsExpression words

2. Put up with: tolerate
Put on weight: gain weight
I know you can’t put up with your brother….
I’ve put on weight last year too….

3. Put forward: suggest
This is a chance for you to come
and put forward your ideas
about how to save the
environment (you can write this
in school magazine)
Put on : perform in show
We’re looking for volunteers
to put on this year’s school show
(school magazine)

4. •The bus was The bus was held up held up in traffic and we in traffic and we
missed half of the play.missed half of the play.
Hold up: delay
Hold on : wait
• We had to hold on for the rest of the group to
come back.

5. Get on with : in good terms with Get on with : in good terms with
someone someone
I’ve never got on well with my sister-she’s so introvert

6. Call for: collect Call for: collect
someonesomeone
•My friend called for me at eight and we walked to My friend called for me at eight and we walked to
school togetherschool together
Call off: cancel
The school will call
off the sports day, the
weather is too bad.

7. Catch up with: reach the same level
• I know you were
absent for a month,
don’t worry, you’ll
catch up with the
rest of the class if
you put some effort.
Come up with: think of
I’ve come up with a brilliant idea for the end-of-year party!

8. •If I were you, I’d cut down on the extra weight by If I were you, I’d cut down on the extra weight by
regular exercise.regular exercise.
•Why don’t you cut down on the time you spend playing Why don’t you cut down on the time you spend playing
computer games? It’s save you time for revision.computer games? It’s save you time for revision.
Cut down on: reduce
Cut out: stop
If I were you , I’d
cut out junk food

9. Come Come
across:across:
findfind
I was looking through the drawer for
a pen, when I came across an old
photo of my grandpa.
I was walking down the street, when I came
across a leather wallet at the corner of the side
walk.

10. Do away with: Living without
• How many of you feel we should do
away with school uniform? (school
magazine)
Break down: stop working
• I’ll never forget the night our car broke
down and we had to walk home.
Break out : begins suddenly
•We were at the party, when a fire broke
out.

11. Break in : Break in :
enter by forceenter by force
•I was alone at home I was alone at home
the other day, when the other day, when
I heard someone I heard someone
trying to break in.trying to break in.
Break up: finish
•School breaks up on July 6th
for the summer holiday

12. Fix up: arrangeFix up: arrange
•I’ve fixed up for us to join the
tennis club

13. Run into: meet by chance
Guess who I ran into in town yesterday! Mr.
Brown….

14. Set off: begin a journeySet off: begin a journey
•We set off on an adventure holiday last summer.We set off on an adventure holiday last summer.
Fall off
• She wobbled and fell
off her bike.

15. 1.1.Put up with: tolerate.Put up with: tolerate.
2.2.Put on weight: gain weight.Put on weight: gain weight.
3.3.Put forward: suggest.Put forward: suggest.
4.4.Put on : perform in show.Put on : perform in show.
5.5.Hold up: delay. Hold up: delay.
6.6.Hold on : wait. Hold on : wait.
7.7.Get on with : in good terms with / coping withGet on with : in good terms with / coping with
8.8.Get on AT: coping/ getting used .Get on AT: coping/ getting used .
9.9.Call for: collect someone.Call for: collect someone.
10. Call off: cancel.10. Call off: cancel.
11. Put off: postpone.11. Put off: postpone.
12. Catch up with: reach the same level. 12. Catch up with: reach the same level.
13. Come up with : think of. 13. Come up with : think of.
14: cut down on: reduce.14: cut down on: reduce.
15: go east on: reduce / be gentle.15: go east on: reduce / be gentle.
16: fix up: arrange.16: fix up: arrange.
17: run into: meet by coincidence.17: run into: meet by coincidence.
18: bump into: meet by coincidence.18: bump into: meet by coincidence.