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Daily Routine ( 5 )

These days in the morning I had many things to do. I woke up early to finish some
work. Also, I helped my father to wash his car, and made breakfast for my family. I enjoyed when I did any things with my father. After that, I read a nice story about a deaf girl I need only one hour to finish it. I like it very much. In the evening, I visited to my sister. Before I visited to her I did some shopping for niece. I love my niece very much. I am the first person who like sleept early in our house.

Different Worlds

Sam is a deaf girl. She doesn’t hear any things in her life. She only read lips of any body. Sam is like any teenager girl because she is in love with Jim.

Idioms ( 3 )

Drop someone a line: write to someone.
"I haven't written to my parents for a long time. I'd better drop them a linetoday or tomorrow."

Drag one's feet: delay; take longer than necessary to do something.
"Joe should have finished his project a week ago. Why is he dragging his feet?"


On time: at the scheduled time.
"It's getting late. You'd better hurry if you want to get to work on time."

Tough: difficult.
"Question number three is a tough one. Do you know the answer?"

Two-faced: deceitful; disloyal; someone who pretends to be a friend but isn't.
"I thought he was my friend, but he's two-faced. He says nice thingsto me when we're together, but makes jokes about me when we aren't.

Hard-headed: stubborn; inflexible; unwilling to change.
"I don't think Julie will change her mind. She's pretty hard-headed."


Have one's hands full: be extremely busy.
A: "Will you be able to help us this afternoon?"B: "I'm afraid not. I'll have my hands full trying to finish my research paper."


Have something down pat: know/understand something completely and thoroughly.
"I know I did well on the test. I had all the material down pat."
Head honcho: person in charge; top boss.
"Dave's the head honcho of the ESL Cafe on the Web."

Hit the books: study.
"I wish I could go to the movies, but I've got to hit the books."

Idioms ( 2 )

Was my face red!: I was very embarrassed.
"When I got to the meeting I noticed that I was wearing one black sockand one brown one. Was my face red!"


wet behind the ears: inexperienced and naive.
"Don't include Fred as part of the bargaining team. He's just startedworking here and is still too wet behind the ears."

What for?: Why?
A: "Come here for a minute. I need you."B: "What for?"

What's up?: What's new? What's happening?
"Hi, Dave. What's up?"

a quick study: someone who learns new things quickly and easily.
A: "Annie seems to be doing well at her new job."B: "I'm not surprised. She's a quick study."

Kind of: rather; more or less; a little.
"I'm feeling kind of hungry. I think I'll make myself a sandwich."



Know something inside out: know/understand something thoroughly.
"If you have a question about grammar, ask Dr. Martin. She knows grammar inside out."

A snap: something that's very easy to do.
A: "Is your job difficult?"B: "No, actually it's a snap. In fact, it's so easy that it's a little bit boring."

Step on it!: Hurry up!
"Step on it! The taxi will be here at any time and you're not even dressed!"


Run-down: (1) not well; weak; fatigued.
"Are you eating regularly and getting enough sleep? You look run-down."

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As easy as pie: very easy.
"I thought you said this was a difficult problem. It isn't. In fact, it's as easy as pie."

Be a piece of cake: be very easy.
A: "Bob said the test was difficult, but I thought it was a piece of cake."

Be on the road: be traveling.
"You won't be able to contact me tomorrow because I'll be on the road."

Be over: be finished; end.
"I can't see you until around 4 o'clock. My meetings won't be over until then."

Feel blue: feel sad and depressed.
"I'm feeling blue because I haven't had any mail except bills for a long, long time."

Lend someone a hand: help someone.
"I can't do this alone. Can you lend me a hand?"

Lousy: terrible; very bad.
"Why did you speak so rudely to your grandmother? That was a lousy thing to do!"

Call it a day: stop work for the day.
"It's late and you've accomplished a lot. Why don't you call it a day?"
Chow: food.
"How's the chow in the university cafeteria?"

Take it easy: relax.
"I don't have any special vacation plans. I'm just going to take it easy."

Daily Routine ( 4 )

Each morning I ate my breakfast with my family. I went to the college with my father. I need 20 minutes to want to the college, park and enter my classroom by 7:30am. These days, my teacher changed the entire table, because he did not like the group. At 9 am we take park. I get under way and study until 12 o’clock. Then I see my family, and after that, at five o’clock I did my homework. When my family sat to gather, I read the paper or perhaps went shopping. Most often it's a pleasure to work in the kitchen. Most of the time I didn't went out. My life is confined to my study, my family, my books, my drawing.