Need a more colorful way to tell someone to be quiet? Use these expressions from the Kaplan idioms illustration! Kaplan International Colleges
Slang & Idiomatic Expressions
Listen to this lesson or Download the mp3: No matter how much you like your job, there are always a few things to complain about! Read these five English sentences to learn some idiomatic expressions for talking about negative points at work. #1 – “My co-workers don’t pull their weight, and I’m always picking [...]
Binomials are expressions with two words joined by a conjunction: rock and roll more or less step by step The order of the words in the expression is fixed; for example, we can’t say “roll and rock” or “less or more.” In this lesson you’ll learn 10 common binomial expressions in English with definitions and [...]
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armchair critic “It’s easy to be an armchair critic, but no one ever takes action to help solve the problem.” An armchair critic is a person who makes comments and criticisms about a situation that they are not actually DOING anything to help fix the problem. Imagine a person sitting in a big, comfortable armchair [...]
These 10 slang words are common in spoken American English, but you probably won’t find them in English textbooks. Why not? Well, some of them are slightly offensive and others are just extremely informal. But they are part of the English language, so here are examples and definitions to help you understand! ass-kisser / brown-noser [...]
