2016-02-18 Vocabulary: school idioms

Greg Malivuk
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Homework: p. 85
1 I
2 I
3 C
4 I (“I made it” = I arrived)
5 I
6 C
7 I
8 I
9 C
10 C
11 C
12 I
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p. 86 - With a partner, choose the correct idioms to complete the sentences.
1 bumper-to-bumper traffic
2 go for a spin
3 ran a light
4 lead foot
5 Punch it
6 fender-bender
7 Hop in.
8 totaled
9 clunker
10 blowout
11 cop
12 rush hour
13 potholes
14 hauled in

lead (verb) / lead (metal)
read (present) / read (past)
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p. 90 - Guess the meanings of the idioms using the pictures and sentences.
1 I
2 B (econ = economics, bio = biology, chem = chemistry, stats = statistics)
3 E
4 J
5 D
6 N
7 C
8 H
9 G (“blow it” = fail badly, in any attempted thing)
10 L
11 A
12 M
13 K
14 F
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p. 93 - Listen to the conversation and write the correct words above the reductions
‘n = and
‘er = are
‘ar = our
Izat = Is that
b’lieve = believe
happen’ = happened
‘im = him
b’fore = before
straid A’s = straight A’s
an’ = and
‘e = he
‘e = he
‘cuz = (be)cause
‘e = he
starded da = started to
‘n = and
‘cuz = (be)cause
‘n all-nider = an all-nighter
trying da = trying to
fer Eric = for Eric
isn’ allowing = isn’t allowing
‘im ta = him to
should ‘a = should have
‘e = he
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Remember: these are pronunciations. We don’t usually write most of them like this.

Exceptions: (in very informal writing)
gonna
wanna
gotta
shoulda / woulda / coulda (sometimes)
dunno