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Idioms

What it is: Fixed expressions with meanings different from the literal words. What it’s for: Understand movies, jokes, and natural speech. Example: “It’s raining cats and dogs.” = raining very heavily.

How to learn idioms safely

  • Learn only high-frequency idioms.
  • Always learn with context + one example sentence.
  • Don’t force idioms in formal writing.

Starter idioms

  • break the ice: start a friendly conversation
  • piece of cake: very easy
  • once in a blue moon: very rarely

Hard words (Glossary)

  • *idiom* /ˈɪdiəm/: thành ngữ
  • *literal* /ˈlɪtərəl/: nghĩa đen
  • *context* /ˈkɒntekst/: ngữ cảnh
  • *frequency* /ˈfriːkwənsi/: tần suất
english/vocabulary/idioms.txt · Last modified: by phong2018