Blossary – Essential English Idioms

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Every person in the world once in a life time finds himself or herself in the position to need a tool to communicate with others in a foreign language. The purpose of this Blossary is to make it easier for the non – native English speakers to communicate with other people in the proper manner. Essential English Idioms – Elementary level is the list of the basic English idioms with the examples of their use in everyday communication.

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to find out

To get information about, to determine. This idiom is separable only when a pronoun is used, as in the second example. Examples: Will you please try to find out what time the train arrives? I'll ...

as usual

As is the general case, as is typical. Example: He is late for class as usual.

at last

Finally, after a long time. Example: He waited for hours and the bus arrived at last.

to dress up

To wear formal clothes, to dress very nicely. Example: We should definitely dress up to go to the theater.

at first

In the beginning, originally. Example: At first English was difficult for me, but later I made great progress.

to get up

To arise, or to rise from a bed. If the idiom is used for "to rise from a bed, a noun must separate the verb and the particle. Examples: Sam gets up at six o'clock every morning. At what ...

sooner or later

Evventually, after a period of time. Examples: If you study English seriously, sooner or later you'll become fluent.