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IDIOMATIC EXPRESSIONS WITH

TOBy Robert Berry

YOU CAN USE THE PHRASE TO BE….. WITH DIFFERENT

ADJECTIVES OF EMOTION, FEELINGS, OR PHYSICAL STATE

SUCH AS ANGRY, HOT, COLD, RIGHT, WRONG, TIRED, AFRAID

ETC.

TO BE …….. YEARS OLD(TELLING A PERSON’S AGE)

TO TASTE LIKE …..(FLAVORS LIKE SALTY, SWEET,

SOUR)

TO BE HOT(HOW YOU FEEL THE

TEMPERATURE)

TO SMELL LIKE …..(HAVE AN ODOR OF …..)

TO BE COLD(HOW YOU FEEL THE

TEMPERATURE)

TO SEEM LIKE …..(SOMETHING LOOKS LIKE …..)

TO BE LONELY(EMOTION)

TO RUN INTO …..(CRASH OR FIND A FRIEND BY

CHANCE)

TO BE SCARED/AFRAID(EMOTION)

TO RUN OUT OF …..(NO MORE OF SOMETHING)

TO BE ANGRY(EMOTION)

TO RUN OVER …..(OVERFILL OR RUN OVER WITH

VEHICLE)

TO GET ON…….

TO COUNT ON …..(RELY ON SOMEBODY OR

SOMETHING)

TO GET OFF……

TO TAKE YOUR TIME …..(GO SLOWLY)

TO GET BY……(HAVE ENOUGH MONEY)

TO TAKE IT EASY …..(RELAX)

TO PUT ON …….(CLOTHES)

TO TAKE OFF ……(REMOVE CLOTHES)

TO BE ABLE TO …..(CAN DO SOMETHING)

TO TRY ON ……(SEE IF SIZE IS GOOD)

TO BE HUNGRY …..(FEEL HUNGER)

TO FIND OUT …..(GET INFORMATION ABOUT)

TO BE THIRSTY …..

TO GET IN/INTO ……(ENTER)

TO BE READY …..(PREPARED)

TO GET OUT/ OUT OF……(EXIT)

TO BE LATE …..

TO CHECK IN/INTO …..(REGISTER SOMEPLACE OR FIND

OUT INFORMATION

TO BE EARLY

TO CHECK OUT/ OUT OF …..(FIND INFORMATION OR LEAVE

THE HOTEL)

TO BE IN A HURRY …..(MOVE QUICKLY)

TO MAKE UP …..(INVENT OR LIE ABOUT

SOMETHING)

TO BE LUCKY …..(HAVE GOOD FORTUNE)

TO BREAK UP …..(END A RELATIONSHIP)

TO MAKE UP ….. MIND …..(DECIDE SOMETHING)

TO CHANGE ….. MIND …..(CHANGE YOUR OPINION)

TO LOOK FOR …..(TRY TO FIND SOMETHING)

TO WAIT FOR …..

TO TAKE PLACE …..(HAPPEN)