Idiomatic Expressions

English as well as Russian has got a great variety of idiomatic expressions. Idiomatic phrases and expressions sometimes create difficultness as a dictionary becomes inefficient to understand the meaning. A large number of idiomatic expressions came into English, as well as Russian, from history and traditions. For example, the idiomatic expression ‘to have school ties’ means ‘to know some influential people who can give support’. Therefore, a good student should realize the importance of idiomatic expressions and study them respectively.

Memorize the following idiomatic expressions and use them in your sentences.

1. milk for babies – simple and easy to understand;

2. milk and roses – healthy

3. milk and honey – luxury, abundance;

4. to milk a company – to make profitable business by selling shares and stocks

5. to milk the bull – to do business in vain

6. milk and water – silly

Exercise № 30. Translate sentences into English.

1. Большинство русских поселенцев на Аляске жили в роскоши. 2. Несомненно, было глупо сражаться за право свободы вероисповедания без пропаганды религии. 3. Витус Беринг и Алексей Чириков не имели времени, чтобы жить в богатстве. Всю свою жизнь они посвятили укреплению мощи и славы России. 4. Емельян Пугачев был простым донским казаком, который объявил себя императором России. 5. Покупка Аляски была очень простой и логичной.

Exercise № 31. Word game.

Make as many words as you can from the word “unfortunately”. You can use each letter only once in a new word. New words should contain four letters or more. Then do it again with the word “simultaneously”.

Role game: Writing practice in present tenses.

1. Imagine that you are a captain of a ship that is forwarding to the Russian colonies in America. Make a list of goods and products to supply colonists.

Unit Three. American Revolution.

As the American colonies developed, it ignited a series of conflicts with Britain. The “mother” country most definitely was not interested in tolerating such an independent policy of the young thirteen colonies. Britain wanted to use the American colonies as the source of natural resources, cheap labor and the consumer market for their goods. The conflict of interests waged the war. That was the time of American patriotism which eventually led to independence.

Vocabulary Prefixes study:

Match the prefixes with their meanings:

1. Pan a) for/in favor of

2. Neo b) against

3. Pro c) all

4. Anti d) earth

5. Geo E) new

Match the words with their meanings:

1. Nationalism a) a situation in which people, group or countries join together

2. Colonialism b) a system in which people vote to choose their government

3. Fundamentalism c) a situation in which one country rules another country

4. Unity d) a wish for political independence for a group of people with the same language, history and culture

5. Democracy E) a belief that religious laws should be followed in a very strong and strict way

Exercise № 32. Study adjectives which are commonly used in describing characters of people. Practice in pronunciation of these words first, and then use them for describing of the following persons.