Idioms of TIME

Phrasal werbs with "PICK"

Pick up.

a) To take something up off of a surface. Pick your coat up off the floor.
Pick up the phone. 

b) To meet and collect a person from a specific location. Who's going to pick Henry up at

the airport?

c) To buy something Jordan picked up some milk on the way home.

*Note that to pick up a person can also mean to meet someone, usually at a public place such as a bar or

night club, and to become sexually involved with him or her after spending only a short time together.

Pick out.

a) To select, to choose. Melissa picked out a shirt and brought it to the dressing room.

b) To separate from. If you break a wine glass, make sure you pick all of the glass out of the

carpet.

How do you play / do these sports?

BADMINTON 
A racquet sport played by either two players (singles) or two pairs (doubles). Played on a court divided by a net with racquets and a shuttlecock. You play a game of badminton. 

CRICKET

A teamgame, usually played outdoors, on a cricket pitch, with a bat, a cricket ball, and stumps, There are11 players on each team. You play a cricket match.

DARTS

Darts is played by two players. Darts are thrown at a dart board. You play a game of darts or a darts match.

FOOTBALL (FOOTY)

A team sport, usually played outdoors, on a football pitch, with a round football, a goal, with two teams of 11 players, and a goal keeper (goalie). You play a game of football or a football match. Americans insist on calling it soccer.

GOLF

Usually played by individuals, golf is played on a golf course, using several types of golf clubs and a golf ball. You play a game of golf or a round of golf.

Szólások mondások angolul - képekkel

1.EGGHEAD
 Josh got 100% on all three chemistry exams, what an egg head!

2. BIG CHEESE
Steve Jobs was the big cheese of the technological world.

3. COUCH POTATO
It's a beautiful day outside! Don't be such a couch potato; go and play with your friends.

Üzleti angol idiómák

1. a foot in the door

to manage to enter an organization, a field of business, etc. that could bring you success

• I always wanted to work for that company but it took me two years to get a foot in the door.

2. cash cow

the part of a business that always makes a profit and that provides money for the rest of the business

The new product became the company's cash cow.

3. too many chiefs, not enough Indians

used to describe a situation in which there are too many people telling other people what to do, and not enough people to do the work

There are too many chiefs and not enough Indians in that company.

4. eager beaver

an enthusiastic person who works very hard

George is an eager beaver and is certain to succeed in business.