Основы теории английского языка. Листунова Е.И. - 41 стр.

accommodating such diversity. A scale enables us to discuss lexical types
such as collocations, which show some of the features of idioms, without
being idioms themselves. Idiomatic expressions and conventionalized mul-
tiword expressions are the terms of widest general reference in this book,
being cover terms for idioms and habitual collocations of all types.
      This phrase refers to a prescribed expression or expressions such
as a spell, marriage vows, or parts of the preamble to a will couched in
the unvarying form necessary for such speech acts to be valid. The
invariant form of formulaic discourse also makes the phrase synony-
mous with another, namely language routines, both having connota-
tions of predicability.

                       TASKS AND EXERCISES

     I. Definitions.
     Match up the definitions on the left (1—16) with the correct
idiom on the right
       (a-p)
     1) clever, intelligent              a all thumbs
     2) inquisitive, curious             b bedridden
     3) rich, wealthy                    c bigheaded
     4) cruel                            d black and blue all over
     5) stupid, unintelligent            e brainy
     6) young, inexperienced             f cheeky
     7) old (of a person)                g hair-raising
     8) very clumsy, awkward             h heartless
     9) impudent                         i keyed up
    10) stubborn                         j long in the tooth
    11) too weak to leave one’s bed      k nosy
    12) terrifying                       1 off colour
    13) conceited, vain, boastful        m pigheaded
    14) tense, excited                   n thick
    15) ill, not well                    o well off
    16) covered with bruises             p wet behind the ears
     II. Choose the idiom.
     Choose the word or phrase which best completes each sentence.
     1. I really must go and lie down for a while; I’ve got a ... headache.
     a cutting      b splitting         c ringing      d cracking

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