Friday, January 25, 2013

Week Review!

Week Review! This is the newst label on the blog and every friday there will be a post, like this one, reviewing all the posts along the week. That will help you to remember things you see along the week, and to read more about that and understand it completely!

Let's get started!

Idiom: Take One's Breath Away!
Meaning: Overwhelm someone by surprising.
For example: The last song released took my breath away.

Idiom: Fight One's Corner!
Meaning: Defend something that you believe in by arguing.
For example: Sometimes in life you have to fight your corner even if you don't want to fight nor argue.

Prepositions!
at night            on monday           in January
at midnight      on mother's day   in the morning/afternoon/evening
at noon            on saturday          in the forthies
at 3pm             on sunday            in 1975

Run Out: become used up, force to leave.
For example: She ran out of milk while baking. That means her milk came to an end while she was baking.
His parents ran him out of the restaurant. That means he had to leave because his parents forced him to.

Adjectives: characterize the nouns.
For example: Roses are beautiful. Beautiful is the adjective that characterizes the noun "roses".
Adverbs: characterize the verbs.
For example: She read the newspaper carefully. Carefully is the adverb that characterizes the way she read the newspaper.

Any questions?

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