Essential Idioms in English

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at first
in the beginning, orginally

* At first English was difficult for him, but later he made great progress

* I thought at first that i was Sheila calling, but then I realized that it was Beth.

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این درس اوله


امتحانات و خودآزمایی هم داره...اما نمیزارم براتون...خودتون برید کتاب رو بخرید....


اگه خواستین واسه هر قسمت توضیحات فارسی هم میزارم...


درس دوم رو هم بزودی اضافه میکنم

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ضمنا اگه نمیدونید داستان چیه بدونید که اینجوریه روش خوندنش.


مثال:
at first( این قسمت اصطلاح اصلیه)
in the beginning, orginally (اینم کاربرد و معنیه و توضیح اصطلاحه)

* At first English was difficult for him, but later he made great progress (این دوتا ستاره دارا هم مثالای اصطلاحن)


* I thought at first that i was Sheila calling, but then I realized that it was Beth. (این دوتا ستاره دارا هم مثالای اصطلاحن)

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to dress up
wear formal clothes, to dress very nicely

* We should definitely dress up to go to the theater.
* You don't have to dress up for Mike's party. 

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at last
finally, after a long time



* We waited for hours and then the train arrived at last.
* Now that I am sixteen, at last i can drive my parent's car.

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as usual
as is the general case, as is typical



* George is late for class as usual. This seems to happen every day.
* As usual, Dora received first prize in swimming contest. It'sthe third consecutive year that she has won.

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  find out
(get information about, to determine (This idiom is separable only when a pronoun is used, as in the second example

* Will you please try to find out what time the airplane arrives?
* I'll call right now to find it out.
 

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to look at
give one's attention to; to watch



*The teacher told us to look at the board and not at our books.
* I like to walk along a country road at night and look a the stars.

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to look for
(to try to find, to search for(An adverb phrase such as all over can be put between the verb and preposition, as in the second example. However, the idiom cannot be separated by noun or pronoun.



* He's spent over an hour looking for the pen that he lost.
* There you are! We've looked all over for you.

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all right
(acceptable, fine;yes, okay( This idiom can also be spelled alright in informal usage


* He said that it would be all right to wait in her office until she returned.
* Do you want me to turn off the TV? Alright, if you insist.

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all along
(all the time, from the beginning( Without change



* She knew all along that we'd never agree with his plan.
* Did you know all along that I'd give you a birthday present, or were you surprised?

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little by little
(gradually,slowly (also: step by step



* Karen's health seems to be improving little by little.
* If you study regularly each day, step by step your vocabulary will increase.