What is the difference between Idioms and Collocations?

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Here we are with one more post for today!!!!

But this is a special one, because it is about a question from one of our comments... 

Someone wrote on comments that he was having some problems on identifying idioms and collocations.

Well, to solve this problem we brought this video from Dr. Descomplica or Denilso de Lima as you wish. 

This video is part of a program Denilso developed in partnership with a Brazillian language school called InFlux, to give some tips about vocabulary.

It's in Portuguese, so we think it can be easier to understand...

 

So, Did you like it?

We hope you did! 

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Slangs

Hello everybody, what’s up? Today I want to introduce a new topic: SLANGS! But..  what is slangs? Slang consists of very informal expressions or words which normally appears in speech rather than writing and are used by people who know each other well or who have the same jobs, backgrounds or interests. They are often quite strong in emotive terms and may sometimes be found offensive to people outside the group. (http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/learningenglish/grammar/learnit/learnitv167.shtml)

I have separated three slangs to start: nest egg; turn on a dime and on a shoestring. They are all related to money! $

Here is a very interesting podcast talking about these three slangs and what do they mean. If you have discovered what are their meanings, post on our comments and then we are going to check!

http://flowenglish.libsyn.com/

See you later alligator!

The Word today is GIN! (AGAIN?!?!?!?)

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Yes, we have one more post for today…. we’re on fire!

And the second word is: GIN

Do you know what gin means? Probably you already heard someone ordering it in a bar. It’s is an alcoholic drink made of cereals and juniperus berries and it’s used on many cocktails such as martinis. But this word also means a cotton-separating machine.

 What else? In what more cases can we use this word? Let’s find out:

 

Phrasal Verb:

To gin up: to excite/to boost or to drink (particularly gin)

Idioms:

gin and tonic: a beverage made of gin and tonic water

gin rummy: a card game to be played by 2 or more people, in pairs or against each other.

Collocations:

Double gin: a double measure of gin

Large gin: a big glass of gin

To Sip gin: to drink gin in small quantities

Stiff gin: a very strong gin

  

Well, that is it for today (well, nobody knows....)

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The word today is PLATE!

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Continuing with the posts about phrasal verbs, idioms and collocations with  determined words, today we are going to see some other ways to use the word plate.

As everybody knows, plate is where we put our food to eat. It can be made of glass, porcelain or plastic and we can find it at home, in restaurants, hotels.

Let’s check in which different situations we can find "plate":

Phrasal Verb:

To plate up: to arrange the food on a plate

Idioms:

Give something to somebody on a plate: to make things easy to someone

Somebody’s head on a plate: when you are very angry to someone and want him/her to be punished

Have too much on one’s plate: means the person is too busy

Collocations:

Clear plate: empty

License plate: car tag

Soup plate: a special plate to have soup

To clear away the plate: to eat all the food

Well, that is it for today.

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