Sentences with word «idiomatic»

Students also learn the meaning of idiomatic expressions or figurative language such as «like a sheet of gray fog.»

Over the ages, the interaction between humans and animals has spawned a plethora of idiomatic expressions that are widely used in everyday circumstances.

Statutes tend not to use idiomatic expressions, so some of the challenges raised by Mr David here don't arise.

You might dismiss your kids» terms as non-standard English, but slang plus widespread use over time equals idiomatic language.

Instead, choose to use idiomatic phrases and use genre - specific vocabulary.

Max says his command of idiomatic English today is «totally awesome.»

«Ti gar,» he says; and the only idiomatic translation that does justice to that magnificent gesture is «So what!»

Introduce students to a treasure trove of common idiomatic expressions!

Human imagination as a whole provides the particular idiomatic construction of a local church story.

these include: matching up exercise reading a definition of the idiom and deciding which idiom is being referred to improving upon texts in which students replace accurate but humdrum phrases with idiomatic ones learned.

His journeys to the major Italian art centres with their overwhelming cultural past spurred him to an intense exploration of mythological and historical subjects that he treated in his subtle idiomatic approach, combining several techniques.

As such, I occasionally get requests from overseas translators tasked with trying to make sense of some of my more idiomatic constructions.

Human imagination as a whole provides the particular idiomatic and narrative construction of a congregation; its members communicate by a code derived from the totality of forms and stories by which societies cohere.

By that participation, they come to align their own outlook even more with that of fellow members.7 In the household of a local church dwell mostly members whose idiomatic discourse projects a mutually recognizable world.

Only idiomatic phrasal verbs that are likely to cause difficulties to language learners have been included.

He begins our history lesson in perfect idiomatic English: «You must realize that the Savoie has been a part of France for no time at all — only since 1860 — not even as long as our Caribbean possessions, which we got in the 17th century.

He is funny at times and it may even be funnier to those readers from the British Isles due to the many idiomatic expressions seldom heard across the pond.

Our incredible essayists have an uncommon writing style which gives the feeling of a cool style supported by the closest thoughts on idiomatic expressions.

It presents one of the wall texts displayed during the exhibition that are based on her ongoing research into the French idiomatic expressions found in the work of Marcel Duchamp.

A couple of thoughts: if the audience for a particular text includes people who are not native speakers of the language, I would want to avoid idiomatic expressions since they are often culturally specific.

Or, it could be that anyone with half a brain would realize you're going to be more successful if you speak idiomatic English, so they must just be clueless if they haven't gotten rid of their strong accent.

A flexible data model coupled with dynamic schema, and idiomatic drivers, with powerful GUI and command line tools make it fast for developers to build and evolve applications.

The storied world substantiates, apportions, and links the full multitude of idiomatic parochial stories.»

In clear, idiomatic prose, deployed for both scholars and lay readers in fourteen dense but short and readable chapters, Jaki uses Aristotle's fundamental doctrine of noncontradiction to give a classic but also contemporary defense of the inescapably metaphysical character of will, mind, cognition, reason, and especially of language itself.

When trouble strikes, however, the residual, structured, idiomatic household image of the parish becomes starkly visible.

Most available substances do not have idiomatic implications.

Because of such stories, having to navigate between the two hazards eventually entered idiomatic use.

Just wan na let u all know that there's a new idiomatic expression that's been added to my dictionary: The KickAss Definer (TKD), 2nd edition.

this man nar «idiomatic woman wrapper» instead to advice women to do the will of God he telling them to join his evil agenda like politics.That's y i like Buhari, he put his wife in her place order wise should would have been the one ruling Nigeria by now that he's sick instead of the vice, just like yaradua's time when turai was running things and jonahthan was just like helpless mumu.

The phrase «the progress in fulfilling the People's Will» is not idiomatic.

Tell Them Willie Boy Is Here is another one of the best American movies, and in its own way, equally idiomatic, evocative, and resourceful [as Force of Evil].

But no, instead we get a stock training montage, lazy idiomatic riffs on our protagonist's last name and an entourage of underdeveloped supporting players.

Acted by locals with authentic conviction, the dialogue ringing idiomatic and magical, and full of respect for the power and majesty of nature, Sayles» film elaborated the artistry of cultural identity amid the vicissitudes of an industrial age.

While preserving the caustic, idiomatic flavor of Woodrell's dialogue, Schamus's script adds nuance to the characters and scope to the historical setting.

Although applicable, there was clearly a particular style of discourse and range of idiomatic underpinnings full of acronyms and jargon that made this super-efficient culture click.

The worksheets cover in particular the following aspects: fun with French words idiomatic aspects of the language the essential role of synonyms common vocabulary in context linguistic links between French and English the oddities of the French language modern uses of the language anecdotes to stimulate interest and discussions the pitfalls to avoid with false friends variety of French language usage

- Publishers Weekly «Ryan's main characters are strong and believable, the dialog is crisply idiomatic, and Odessa's cityscape is grimly foreboding.

«Davidâ $ ™ s love for his son, bewilderment about his wife and anger at his newspaperâ $ ™ s new business practices (like outsourcing local reporting to workers on other continents, who have no idea how to paraphrase idiomatic phrases like â $ ˜not enough room to swing a catâ $ ™) all serve to make him likable and to make readers share his worries.

Some critics feel that Basic's 18 operators are too economical and that a few more verbs might be added to avoid unfortunate idiomatic constructions.

What I have to say is very idiomatic to the potential of paint to speak in its own language... We seem to agree that music is capable of speaking for itself and a helpful invitation to my work might be to allow yourself to listen to the painting in that way,» says the artist.

«But, almost twenty years later, the older artist additionally explained, ``... it was partly a title perversely ironic... Only later did I learn that in «English» «homely» means «homebody,» which also happens to be true of me... But at the time I named it I was referring to the American idiomatic use of being «not beautiful,» not attractive... which I felt more about the picture than myself.»

The cliché used as the exhibition title hints at idiomatic nonsense and the artists» desire to invent both ideas and objects resulting from their explorations.

It was here that Zangewa became acquainted with printmaking and developed her, now idiomatic, material literacy through handling an array of materials and techniques.