English Idioms and How to Use Them

includes index and biblioraphy

Chapter 1 Introductory. The indo - European family of languages. Sources of the English language. On the study of English idioms generally ...1 Chapter II Contraction of words. Recognized contractions. Interogative forms. yes or no in reply to negative questions ...8 Chapter III Particular words and Peculiar idiomatic meanings: Shall and will; should and would; May; Must; Ought; Worth; DO; become; call; clear; drive; ride; fail; fear; Hope; Get; Leave; and left; let; look; mark; propose; run; sink; take; touch; turn; used; some neuter; verbs; brass; fellows; habit; opportunity; the world; dead; good; hard; high; idle; lame; poor; sorry; adjectives used as nouns; what; one; some negatives; possive adjectives; it; there; too; when; and then; where and there ...13 Chapter IV Idomatic phrases formed of an adjective and a noun. Idomatic noun phrases. pairs of adjectives and of nouns . Generalized noun phrases ...51 Chapter V Idiomatic commonplace comparrisons ...87 Chapter VI Verbs and nouns which idiomatically go togrther. verbs denoting the cries of animals. transitive verbs and nouns they govern . Explanation of some phrases into which transitive verbs enter ...91 Chapter VII Idiomatic adjective Phrases, Composed of an adjuctive or Participle and an appropriate preposition . Prepositions idiomatically following adjectives ...102 Chapter VIII Idiomatic prepositional phrases. Prepositions and nouns they govern. Explanations am of some expptrssions into they which treposition enter. Phrase prepositions some prepositions. Adverbal phrases ...116 Chapter IX Verbs followed idiomaticalttyby prepositions. Prepositional or phrase verbs. Phrase verb made up of a simple verbs and a preposition or adverb ...140 Chapter X Idiomatic verbal phrases having the verb to be explanations of such phrases ...227 Chapter XI Groups of idiomatic expressions: Phrases about money transctions : Letters the post office : Warfare; Clocks and watches;Expressions of time; since, before ,ago; about sight;the sea shore; ships;fire,lights,candles;health; death;national names ...242 Chapter XIII Groups of idioms with certain verbs: Break, carry, cast, catch, come, cut , do, fall, get. give. go. have, hold, keep, lay , make , Play, put,set, stand, take, throw, turn ...257 Chapter XIII Miscellaneous idiomatic expressions ...291 Appendix the English bible 1. The bible itself ...323 2. Bible names ...323 3. Bible phrases ...326 index ...329