(deceive someone)
Mr. Jones had been telling Louise how efficient she was and how much he admired her work at the office. He had promised her a promotion in the near future, but she soon discovered that he was feeding her a line when he passed her by and gave the promotion to someone less capable. Louise was acutely disappointed to find out that Mr. Jones was not telling her the truth, and that he was deceiving her.
Denise was planning on telling her grandparents that the doctor said she was going to have twins, but when her dad found out he jumped the gun and told them before Denise could say a word.
Say, Greg. Did you finally get that computer that you wanted so much? Not yet. I needed to raise a couple of hundred dollars more.
Listen, Kim. We're going to be really busy with moving tomorrow, and we've got to get an early start.
When Joan first started teaching she was afraid that she would have a lot of trouble getting used to the kids and to the faculty.
Andy did exceptionally well in all of the track events, but he bit the dust in the high jump competition.
What are you going to be doing this afternoon? Oh, I don't have anything in particular in mind. Why don't you come over to my place? We can listen to some records and shoot the breeze.
We've been working on this sales report for some time now. Don't you think we should take a break for some dinner? Now that you mention it, I am kind of hungry.
Did you know that Harry was going to take Kathy on a Caribbean cruise? Yes, I did. He was planning on surprising her with the tickets for their anniversary, but someone spilled the beans.
The salesman tried to convince a group of investors that the properties he was selling would soon be worth much more money than he was asking. However, no one bought anything from him because they felt he was giving them a snow Job.
Just because he does not say very much is no reason to sell him abort. Actually, he's a profound thinker and a most talented writer.
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If you’ve already read our blog post on Common English Idioms from The Big Bang Theory (Part 1), you might have learned some useful idioms. Here is part 2 of the post, and I hope you’ll learn some more after reading the post.
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The words below are some of the most important used to talk about how food tastes, the condition it is in, and how we cook. Practice the sentences and learn how to talk about your food.
Learning about food is an important part of any ESL or EFL class. This food lesson provides some fresh approaches to help students practice speaking, writing and dealing with everything related to food.
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