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Proficiency Idioms
Idiomatic expressions for CPE
- I know I'm going to remember this till I breathe my last.
- This girl, who's like a soap star in Australia - announced six weeks ago that she had a bun in the oven.
- By today's standards, you married young, so there's a chance you don't feel you played the field long enough.
- I swear if looks could kill Jane would be six feet under and rolling in her grave.
- I know you're in love with Michael, so I'm not asking to be your boyfriend or even your bit on the side.
- Any information you could give would be helpful.
- I am writing with regard to our telephone conversation concerning the high amount of absenteeism.
- The reason I am sending this message is to clarify a few things.
- I am writing to you for information about your commercial building.
- I have attached the requested information.
Demonstration and explanation
Useful collocations while trying to describe or highlight issues or problems, explaining app functionality, giving tutorials etc. For example: "Common sense will tell you what...", "This one should be pretty self explanatory" or "Nice idea, if only there was..."
- Common sense will tell you what this word is
- This one should be pretty self explanatory
- For example, when sharing a link to a Buzzfeed recipe with a friend
- So, I'm going to show you a demo of a virtual reality film: a full-screen version of all the information that we capture when we shoot virtual reality
- And that’s about it — it’s basically a
- Aunque soy extranjero, me apaňo en una ciudad desconocida. Me puedo defender en un idioma extranjero
- He pasado la noche en vela, estoy cansadísimo, lo siento
- Después de tomar la segunda cerveza sentí que se me subía a la cabeza muy rápido
- De buenas a primeras, empezo a pedir muchos chupitos
- Tengo que pedir hora a mi medico de cabezera
- Knowing that your website is in beta testing mode, I am hesitant to present this tool to my boss
- size and thickness of either of these eReaders
- Neither the Jones nor the Smiths are coming to the party.
- Neither wind, nor rain, nor polar vortex can stop selfies
- Killing and destruction are gathering pace, but neither side is winning