Tuesday, July 28, 2026

Idioms and Phrases

Phrasal Verbs


1. Cut off                    -    remove/stop

2. Come upon             -    upset/ troubled/ extends

3. Draw up                 -    to drive up to a place/ to prepare something

4. Pass out                  -    faint

5. Take off                  -    start/ remove

6. Take off                  -    start/ remove

7. Turn away              -    reject/ oppose

8. Stand by                 -    support/ help

9. Bank on                  -    depend on

10. Turn on                 -    to open

11. Turn off                -    to close

12. Took over             -     take lead

13. Set off                  -    start a journey

14. Put off                  -    postpone

15. See/ send off        -    accompany to say bye

16. Stop/ lay over      -    to stay for a short period

17. Get in                   -    enter a bus/ train/ plane

18. get off                   -    leave a bus/ train/ plane

19. Get on                   -    arrive inside train/ bus etc

20. Get away               -    go away for vocation

21. Check in               -    register at airport/ hotel

22. Check out             -    pay bill when leaving a hotel.


Idioms


1. Save one's skin                               -    to protect oneself from difficulty

2. Make both ends meet                     -    manage one's expenses within one's income

3. a bolt out of a clear sky                  -    a sudden unexpected event or news

4.Go to grave                                      -    to exit the world

5. Have the whip hand                        -    to be a most powerful

6. Under a cloud                                  -    viewed with suspicion and distrust

7. Wait for the dust to settle                 -    to wait for a situation to become clear

8. Get/ have all your ducks in a row    -    to make all preparations

9. Fetch and carry                                -    to do a lot of little jobs as if you were their servant

10. Do the math                                   -    to think and calculate before doing

11. Round the corner                           -    very near

12. The icing on the cake                     -    something added extra to make it better

13. Break the ice                                  -    to say something to make people feel relaxed

14. Let down                                        -    disappointed

15. Chuckled to himself                       -    laughed softly to himself   

16. Take cheer                                      -    to be encouraged

17. Raise the devil                               -    to complain or scold

18. Black with anger                            -    become enraged

19. Take chances                                  -    try one's luck/ take a risk

20. Cup of tea                                       -    One's favourite activity

21. Thrash around                                -    to move about restlessly.

 


 

Degrees of Comparison

Degrees of Comparison

Positive Degree

        To compare people, places or things that are equal in some way.

                    (eg) He is as tall as Tom.

                            Very few flowers are as beautiful as sunflower.


Comparative Degree

        It is used to compare two people, place or things.

                    (eg) Tom is taller than his friends.

                            Apples are costlier than oranges.


Superlative Degree

        It is used to show the highest or lowest limit of a quality when comparing more than two people, place or things.

                    (eg) Tom is the tallest of all friends.

                            Teaching is the noblest of all profession.


Degrees of comparison - Transformation

1. No other planet is as large as Jupiter. (P)

    Jupiter is larger than any other planet. (C)

    Jupiter is the largest planet. (S)


2. Very few flowers are as beautiful as Sunflower. (P)

    Sunflower is more beautiful than many other flowers. (C)

    Sunflower is one of the most beautiful flowers. (S)