We Love English ♥

quinta-feira, 3 de maio de 2012

The word today is PLATE!

Hello buddies!
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.
We hope you enjoyed this post.
Any doubts, please send us an e-mail: nataliadenisethais@gmail.com

Goodbye!

Nenhum comentário:

Postar um comentário