Mastering English: Idioms, Metaphors, Conditionals, and Vocabulary
Common English Idioms and Metaphors
- Follow your bent: Follow your direction.
- Time flies
- Slaving away: Work hard.
- To be a bit snowed under: A lot of work to do.
- Tighten our belts: Make economy.
- Bitten off more than we can chew: Do more than you can do.
Metaphors About the Body
- Point the finger at
- Have a few hiccups: Some problems.
- Break someone’s heart
- Scarred: Fear of something.
Metaphors with Light
- Something came to me in a flash
- Glowing with pride
- Spark my interest in
- Be overshadowed by someone
- Dawned on me: Realize.
Mastering English Conditionals and Future Tenses
English Conditionals and Future Tenses
First Conditional
Structure: if + present simple, will (can, shall, ought to, may, might, must)
Use: Talk about a possible future action or situation.
Example: If they ask for an explanation, they will understand the reason.
- You must pay attention if you want to understand the lesson.
- If they go to the interview, they might get the job.
Second Conditional
Structure: if + past simple, would (could, might…)
Type A: Hypothetical but Possible in the Present/Future
Example:
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Essential Phrasal Verbs
Phrasal Verbs with ‘Break’
- Break away: To leave a political party or other group, especially in order to start another one. (separarse, escapar)
- Breakdown: An analysis by an accountant. (crisis nerviosa). The situation where a car or other machine has stopped working (avería).
- Breakthrough: To make a discovery. (descubrimiento)
Phrasal Verbs with ‘Come’
- Come over: To communicate the intended meaning or impression (hacerse entender)
Phrasal Verbs with ‘Cut’
- Cut down to: To reduce
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Act 1
When he returned, the police and Marga Antonia were frightened because the police wanted him to feel warm and had allegedly refused to acknowledge her pregnancy. A Civil Guard officer appears, and they pretend to go along with the officer’s request to get an examination because they refused to register anything. They insist on going to the hospital. However, the Civil Guard was determined to take them to a clinic. Marga and Antonia go with him.
Joan Lluís appears at home looking for his wife,
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Relative Pronouns in English
Relative Pronoun |
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who |
| As a subject or object pronoun for people | The boy who is wearing glasses… |
which |
| As a subject or object pronoun for animals or things in non-defining relative clauses | … in the club, which is very popular… |
whose |
| Possession/belonging, for people, animals, and things | The girl whose mother is a ballerina… |
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that |
| As a subject or object pronoun for people, animals, and things in defining relative clauses (can also use who and |