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Idioms Communication
1 5.4 Listen to the two conversations and answer the questions.
What do you think the contexts are?
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2 Which conversation is more polite? How do you know?
2 5.4 Listen to the conversations again. Write the idioms you hear next to their
meanings.
0 divulge some information spill the beans
1 avoid talking about the main point or issue
2 hear something for the first time
3 get confused and failed to understand each other
to understand (despite missing information)
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3 Use the words in the box to complete the definitions below.
A b o u t E n g l i s h
boo to a goose out of the loop something off your chest
Sometimes idioms
the wrong end of the stick touch base
can be used to soften
language, for example
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When you are you are unaware about information
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to say I’m out of the
relating to a certain matter.
loop is a softer, more
2 When you with someone you make or renew
polite way of saying
contact with them.
nobody told me.
3 If you get , you have misunderstood something.
Think about your own
People who don’t say are very quiet, shy people
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language. Do idioms
who do not like speaking up.
sometimes soften your
speech in the same 5 To get means to tell someone about something
way?
that has been bothering or annoying you, making you feel relieved to talk about it.
4 S P E A K Look at the meanings and their corresponding idioms in Exercises 2 and 3. https://english0905.com/private/
Which idioms soften their original meanings?
5 Decide if the following sentences below could be softened by an idiom and rewrite
D i s c u s s i n g i d i o m s
the ones that could.
Discuss the differences 1 Why don’t we have a meeting next week to discuss your idea for the article?
in meaning between
2 Thw storm warning wasn’t very clear and many people were totally confused and
these idioms:
went out anyway!
• be out of the loop /
3 This programme really avoids talking about the true issues on the topic of politics.
be in the dark
4 I haven’t heard anything from the sales team for so long, I have no idea what’s
touch base / cover
•
going on.
all the bases
Look, I know something’s wrong – you’ve been acting completely out of character.
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• get something off
Come on, tell me!
your chest / get a
6 S P E A K Work in pairs. Discuss the following questions.
monkey off your
back
1 When was the last time you completely got the wrong end of the stick about
something? What happened?
How often do you touch base with old friends?
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3 Do you prefer people to beat around the bush or get straight to the point when
discussing important things with you?
Why is it important for people to get their problems off their chest ? Do you think
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this is always the right thing to do?

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