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Fixed expressions

74 Idioms and fixed expressions - general (different types; advice on their use)
75 Everyday expressions (e.g. as I was saying, that reminds me)
76 Similes - as...as... / like ... (e.g as white as a sheet)
77 Binomials (e.g. odds and ends, spick and span)
78 Idioms describing people (e.g. to have a heart of gold)
79 Idioms describing feelings or mood (e.g. to be in a black mood, to shake in
your shoes)
80 Idioms connected with problematic situations (e.g. to take the bull by the horns)
81 Idioms connected with praise and criticism (e.g. she's streets ahead of the other
girls, the world's worst)
82 Idioms connected with using language (e.g. to talk behind somebody's back, to put
in a nutshell)
83 Idioms - miscellaneous
84 Proverbs (e.g. Many hands make light work.)

Phrasal verbs and verb-based expressions
85 Expressions with do and make
86 Expressions with bring and take
87 Expressions with get
88 Expressions with set and put
89 Expressions with come and go
90 Expressions with look
91 Miscellaneous expressions (with break, run, turn, let, etc.)

Varieties of English
92 Headline English (e.g. boost, axe)
93 US English (e.g. elevator, downtown)
94 Other Englishes
95 Slang (e.g. copper, bread)
96 The language of notices (e.g. refrain, trespassers)
97 Words and gender (e.g. waiter/waitress, chairperson, headteacher)
98 Abbreviations (e.g. UN, OPEC, lab)
99 New words in English
100 Discourse markers (e.g. Right! Mind you!)

Key 202

List of phonetic symbols 270

Index 271

English Vocabulary in Use