Posts tagged idioms
9th Innings, Closers, and Politics
Baseball Idioms In Politics Here’s an excerpt from this article on a bill to boost health compensation to “first responders” (health workers, firefighters, police officers) who responded to the World Trade Center attacks and are believed to have suffered higher rates of cancer etc. as a result. “It’s the ninth inning and we need a…
English Comprehension: Apple’s Communication Gap
For English Language Learners We will be using the story at CNN linked below for English comprehension, with a key focus on idiomatic expressions. This is also for all the good people at the Facebook page, English Idioms, which I co-administer. In this case, I will use another article from CNNMoney.com because topics like international…
Here’s Some Food For Thought
The Full Version, For Free I released this as a preview before but, it’s more important that the people who actually need this sort of thing, a primer on 50 English idiomatic expressions relating to food, obtain it for free. After all, if you don’t even know these, helping with higher level English problems could…
New Idioms eBook! “Food for Thought”
Introducing “Food for Thought,” an eBook by Jeremiah Bourque about food idioms and how to use them. 50 idiomatic expressions related to food Powerful visual images to help you learn & remember Examples of how to use each idiom in a complete sentence A closing section on how to use idioms in complete paragraphs for…
