365 American English Idioms by Michael Digiacomo

365 American English Idioms by Michael Digiacomo

365 American English Idioms

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Including.

• The EXPLANATION of each idiom.
• The STRUCTURE showingHOW TO USE the idiom.
• An EXAMPLE sentence to see how the idiom is used in context.

What is an idiom? An idiom is a word or set of words that have a different meaning than the usual & literal meaning of those words. For example, let's look at the idiom, a piece of cake. The literal meaning of a piece of cake is one section or part of a whole cake. However, as an idiom, we use a piece of cake to mean, something that is very easy to do. For example, Jack has been building and repairing computers for a long time. For him, repairing a computer is a piece of cake.

Why learn idioms? Idioms are commonly used in everyday, conversational English. It is more natural to say, That job was a piece of cake, than That job was rather easy for me. I encourage you to study the lessons in this book, and begin using these idioms in your conversations. You will sound more natural when you do so.

Michael DiGiacomo: My name is Michael DiGiacomo, and I was born and raised in New York City. Since the early 1990s, I've been assisting language students in learning English. In 1994, I started my formal language teaching career in Sendai, Japan. Since then, I've worked as an instructor, teacher trainer, academic director, and language school director in the ESL profession. I received my MBA in Global Management in 2004.

Presently, I'm the proprietor of Happy English, a New York City-based English tutoring firm. I educate students from all around the world in New York and on the internet in their home countries.