2016-09-20 Idioms: vacation idioms

Greg Malivuk
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How often do you go on vacation?
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He can’t act his way out of a paper bag. = He is a bad actor.
	(You couldn’t guess this meaning if you understand all of the words. That’s what makes it an idiom.)
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Handout p. 37-38 - With partners, use context and the pictures to guess the meanings of each word or idiom.
1 take in a movie = go to the movies (and see one)
2 hang out = relax and do nothing
3 B&B / B and B = Bed and Breakfast (usually in something like a house, where you pay for a bedroom and a nice breakfast is provided in the morning)
4 take a dip = go swimming
5 soaking up some sun = sunbathing
6 hit the town = go into town (and take advantage of the things to do there)
7 booked solid = completely filled
  book = reserve / make a reservation
  booked = reserved
  (booked up = reserved completely--“up” often adds the meaning “completely”)
8 to put us up = to accommodate us
  accommodation = place to stay for the night
9 grab a cab = take a taxicab
10 stayed up till all hours of the night = stayed awake until very late
11 go sightseeing = visit some interesting places in an area (these places are the “sights”)
12 sleeping in = sleeping later than usual
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For common expressions, you can search for “meaning of [expression]” on Google and find websites that explain it.
http://www.urbandictionary.com - Explanations of individual slang words and some expressions.
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Handout p. 46 - Complete the conversation with the correct idioms. Then practice saying the conversation to each other.
1 B&B
2 put us up
  (vacancy = available (empty) space for accommodation)
3 solid
4 sleep
5 town
6 take in
7 sightseeing
8 grab
9 hours of the night
10 hang out
11 soak up
12 dip
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collocations = pairs or groups of words that often go together, such as which verb goes with which object, or which preposition goes with which verb
Example: you can take a dip but not grab a dip, you can go sightseeing but not take sightseeing, you can put us up for the night but not put us up at night