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The introduction explains that idioms are informal catch phrases whose combined meaning differs from the individual words, making literal translation confusing. The book presents idioms in bold in alphabetical order with concise definitions, some origin notes, and italicized example sentences. Exercises at the end test comprehension of selected idioms.","A Boatload of Idioms  \nOver a thousand English expressions  \ncompiled by Lucia Sera  \nCopyright @ 2004 Vocalis Ltd., Waterbury, Connecticut USA  \nAll rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means, printing, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording or any other form, without prior written permission of the publisher.  \nPublished by:  \nVocalis Ltd., 100 Avalon Circle, Waterbury, CT 06710 USA [www.VocalisESL.com](www.VocalisESL.com)  \n[ISBN: 1932653-13-9](ISBN: 1932653-13-9)  \nDuplicated, packaged and printed in the U.S.A.  \nTable of Contents  \nSubject ........................................................ Page  \nI. Introduction ......................................................5  \nII. Idioms (in alphabetical order)...........................6-269  \nA........................................................................6-13  \nB........................................................................14-50  \nC........................................................................51-86  \nD........................................................................87-109  \nE ........................................................................110-121  \nF ........................................................................122-137  \nG........................................................................138-152  \nH........................................................................153-163  \nI .........................................................................164-167  \nJ .........................................................................168-171  \nK........................................................................172-177  \nL ........................................................................178-184  \nM .......................................................................185-188  \nN........................................................................189-193  \nO........................................................................194-200  \nP ........................................................................201-208  \nQ........................................................................209-210  \nR........................................................................211-218  \nS ........................................................................219-232  \nT ........................................................................233-243  \nU........................................................................244-249  \nV........................................................................250-251  \nW.......................................................................252-263  \nX........................................................................264  \nY........................................................................265-267  \nZ ........................................................................268-269  \nIII. 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