2016-02-10 Vocabulary: flight idioms

Greg Malivuk
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Homework: Try to guess which of the “and” expressions can be said in both orders (“mother and father” or “father and mother”), and which ones have to be this order (“black and white”, NOT “white and black”)

https://books.google.com/ngrams/ - You can type both expressions to see which is more common (for example “knife and fork, fork and knife”).
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p. 50 - With your partner, guess the meanings of the idioms using the sentences and the pictures.
1 I
2 K
3 C
4 J
5 A
6 F (Many airlines have “frequent-flyer miles”, which are benefits for travelers who use that airline a lot.)
7 D
8 H
9 L
10 B
11 E (We also sometimes say “(out) in the sticks”.) (“boonies” comes from “boondocks”)
12 G
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p. 51 and 53 - listen and read