Idioms for this week: "apply for" and "as far as...concerned"
"apply for" - "I'd like to apply for the manager position advertised in this morning's paper." "You can apply for an ETC card on the Internet." "What is the procedure when applying for house loan?"
"as far as...concerned" - "As far as I'm concerned, I don't think he is suitable for the job." "The schedule is too busy, as far as he is concerned."
Sunday, September 19, 2010
Saturday, September 11, 2010
Weekly Idioms
I've been a little busy the past couple of months, accounting for a lack of blogging or tweets. Sorry about that. Hope to stay regular, so please comment to keep me motivated.
From this week, I started introducing some useful idioms. Try to put them into your conversation or how about writing some examples for us to read here?
"a couple of" - When I woke up this morning, there were a couple of sheep in the kitchen. They wanted some breakfast, so I told them to wait a couple of minutes. One of them remembered he had a couple of things to do, so he went back outside.
a couple - 2 or 3; a few - 3-5/6; several - 5-9
"account for" - The prolonged heat this summer accounts for the prices of vegetables going up recently. The high prices accounts for a lack of vegetable for dinner.
From this week, I started introducing some useful idioms. Try to put them into your conversation or how about writing some examples for us to read here?
"a couple of" - When I woke up this morning, there were a couple of sheep in the kitchen. They wanted some breakfast, so I told them to wait a couple of minutes. One of them remembered he had a couple of things to do, so he went back outside.
a couple - 2 or 3; a few - 3-5/6; several - 5-9
"account for" - The prolonged heat this summer accounts for the prices of vegetables going up recently. The high prices accounts for a lack of vegetable for dinner.
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