Idiomatic American English


CONTENTS
INTRODUCTION
I. SPENDINGAND SAVINGMONEY
1.Havinga Ball 2. Footingthe Bill 3. MakingEndsMeet 4. RakingIt In
5. CaughtShort 6. An Arm anda Leg 7. A Nest Egg 8. FallingBehind
9,Whenthe ChipsAre Down 10.KeepingOne'sHeadAboveWater
11.Onefor the Books
II. AMBITION,WORKAND SUCCESS
12.An EagerBeaver 13.BringingHomethe Bacon 14.On a Shoestring
i5. A PepTalk 16.In SeventhHeaven 17.A Brainstorm 18.The Creamof
the Crop 19.PullingStrings 20.In the Swingof Things 21.A Hustler
22.High Off the Hog 23.GettingDownto BrassTacks 24.Straightfrom the
Horse'sMouth 25.ComingThroughwith Flying Colors 26.The BlackSheep
III. WHEN THINGSGOWRONG
27.In a Jam 28.On the Go 29.RaisingCain 30.Behindthe 8-Ba11
31.Jack-of-All-Trades32.Out on a Limb 33.TwiddlingOne'sThumbs
34.Play It by Ear 35.Otrthe Top of One'sHead 36.The Rat Race 3?.
KeyedUp 38.Poundingthe Pavement 39.A Hard Nut to Crack 40.Backto
the Drawing Board 41.Passingthe Buck 42.A Songandf)ance
IV. FAMILIES,FRIENDSAND LOVERS
43.The Appieof One'sEye 44.Keepingin Touch 45.Hitting It Off 46.A
ChipOtrthe Old Block 47.SeeingEye to Eye 48.On the Rocks 49.An 01d
Flame 50.A Wet Blanket 51.A Knockout 52.A Sourpuss
V. AROUNDTHEHOUSE 53
53.A Lemon 54,HighandLorv 55.TheBoobTube 56.SprucingLp ;7.A
Pad
VI. CONFLICTSAND ANNOYANCES
58.HittingtheBottle 59.In the SameBoat 60.A Piil 61.DishingIt Out
62.Settlingthe Score 63.TheLast Straw 64.A Kick in the Pants 6ir.A Bum
Ticker 66.Turningthe Tabies 67.Mudslinging
VII. ADVICE,GOSSIPAND SECRETS
68.A RoadHog 69.A Blabbermouth70.A Booku'orm71.UseYour Noodle
?2.Putting YourselfOut 73.The Lowdown 74'A Heart-to-HeartTalk
?5.Wishv-Wash1'?6.Goingto Pieces??.HoldYour Horses 78.Throughthe
Grapevine?9.on theQ.T. 80.A Quack E1.A StuffetlShirt 82.ThelJunr's
Rush 83.BarkingUPthe Wrong Tree
VIII. ON THE TOWN
84.GettingBombed 85.A ClipJoint 86.A Hit 87'A Nightcap
88.Spine-Chilling89.Onthe House 90.A Has-Been91.KnochingOnefor a
Loop
IX. COPINGWITH CROOKSAND CHBATS
92.Rippedo1T 93.A GreaseMonkey 94.Free-for-All 95.PuttingTr,voanc,
TwoTogether 96.TheRealMccov 97.A Scam 98.A Rau,Deal 99.Getting
the Ax 100'Bl' Hookor b5'Crook
ANSWERSTOEXERCISES
GLOSSARY


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