Monday, 29 June 2015

Phrases and Idioms - 1



  • just a tip a iceberg
  • testing waters
  • butterflies in my stomach
  • battle of nervous
  • spellbound
  • goosebumps
  • lip service
  • hand in glove type
  • hang up his boots
  • make out
  • look after
  • look into
  • take off
  • bring in
  • bring down
  • retract - withdraw - take back
  • get on
  • drive off
  • come back
  • turn around
  • cut down on  - Jack is trying to cut down on smoking. 
  • run away from
  • keep up with
  • look forward to
  • turn off
  • account for
  • advice against
  • discriminate against someone or something

to single out a type of person or thing for special negative treatment or denial of equal treatment; to act in a prejudicial manner -against someone or something.
This law discriminates against short people.
You discriminate against people in wheelchairs.

  • discriminate between

someone and someone else or something and something else to distinguish between people or between things.
 I find it hard these days to discriminate between my friends and my enemies.
Can you discriminate between this shade of pink and that one?

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