Words of the Day.ppt

文档介绍：Words of the Day:
Com bine:(verb)
Com bine:(noun)
Words of the Day:
Com bine: to put together
Com bine: a threshing machine used to harvest corn or wheat
Thought/Quote for the day:
Family life is not puter program that runs on its own; it needs continual input from everyone.
NEIL KURSHAN, Raising Your Child to Be a Mensch
Idioms
An expression where the meaning cannot be known by the individual words.
with no strings
attached
with no obligations or conditions attached
Meaning:
He gave me the help I need with no strings attached.
a strong stomach
Meaning:
the ability to not be upset
by unpleasant things
You have to have a strong stomach if you
work as a garbage collector.
knee-jerk reaction
an immediate reaction
without examining the causes or facts
Meaning:
My parents had a knee-jerk reaction to me asking to go on a date.
Meaning:
filthy rich
Someday, I hope to be filthy rich.
to be extremely wealthy
Meaning:
take a back seat
to e less
important
With our new data, this research should now take a back seat.
Meaning:
out of the blue
unexpectedly, with no warning
I was crossing the street and a car appeared out of the blue and almost ran me over!!