Units 1
1 All about idioms 1
Introduction 6
2 Information 8
3 Understanding and knowledge 13
4 Importance and priorities 20
5 Decisions 28
6 Quality and effort 32
7 Involvement and interest 39
8 Starting and stopping 46
9 Communication and relationships 51
10 Help and encouragement 56
11 Honesty and directness 62
12 Fairness 67
13 Deception 73
14 Revealing and hiding 80
15 Anger and irritation 86
16 Frustration and fear 92
17 Memory and mind 98
18 Disagreement 103
19 Success and failure 108
20 Progress 116
21 Safety and risk 123
22 Expectations 128
23 Trouble and difficulty 133
24 Money 141
25 Authority and responsibility 146
26 Control and influence 153
27 Self-importance and Humiliation 160
28 Limitations and restrictions 165
29 British English idioms 170
30 American Engilsh idioms 177
Revision Exercises 182
Group Exercises 186
Idiom Drawings 188
Answer Key 189