Idiom Attack 2 - Doing Business (Spanish Edition): Ataque de Modismos 2 - Haciendo negocios
Idiom Attack 2 - Doing Business (Spanish Edition)
Ataque de Modismos 2 - Haciendo negocios
How to talk
your way through
idiom-infested waters
Swim with the natives without fear of an "Idiom Attack"
¿ Add 300 key idioms to your arsenal!
¿ Be ready for 25 topics with day-to-day idioms!
¿ Learn quickly with a three-step training process!
Nada con los nativos sin temer un "Ataque de Modismos"
¿ ¡Añade 300 modismos claves a tu arsenal!
¿ ¡Prepárate en 25 temas con modismos cotidianos!
¿ ¡Aprende rápidamente con un método de tres pasos!
Upgrade your English skills with idioms essential for daily conversation through a three-step training process that lets you to become familiar with and effectively use idioms every day!
¡Mejora tu nivel de inglés con modismos esenciales para la conversación diaria gracias a un método de tres pasos que te permite familiarizarte con los modismos y utilizarlos diariamente en forma eficaz!
Idioms represent the most colorful language used in everyday conversation yet tend to be the most difficult for foreign learners to understand and for teachers to convey. Idiom Attack is a collection of 300 North American idioms in common usage today, arranged in an easy to read and understand format. 25 topical chapters provide easy access for intermediate to advanced students of English. Only the most useful idioms and phrasal expressions are included, with meanings in both English and Chinese for comparison. Example sentences provide contextual support for more in depth understanding and practical application and stories challenge learners with the application of language with follow-up comprehension questions designed to coax them to use the target language. Finally, discussion questions encourage deeper dialogue and practice with opportunities for reading, writing, listening and speaking. Check out our site at www.idiomattack.com
Idiom Attack 2 Doing Business
Table of Contents
Getting Used to Idioms
Preface
How to Use This Book
01. On the Job
earn a living / do for a living / white-collar job / blue-collar job / clock in / put in / call it quits / open up shop / graveyard shift / close up shop / get off / get red / work like a dog / workaholic / short-handed / get laid off
02. The Job Market
working stiff / put in for / on the job / headhunter / do business (with) / set up shop / stay a oat / go under / lay off / go out of business / household name / in the market /
on the market / go on strike
03. The Rat Race
on the run / run (around) in circles / on the move / rat race / dog-eat-dog / in a rut / keep up with the Joneses / treading water / the same old grind / back to the salt mines / couch potato/ creature comforts
04. Points in Time
from now on / from time to time / in a while / in time (to) / over and over (again) / for a while / for the time being / on time / one of these days / around the clock / for good / sooner or later
05. Making Progress
make headway / coming along / keep up (with) / gain ground / so far, so good / fall behind / on a roll / underway / gain steam / take shape
06. Production
made to order / crank out / go through / collect dust / off the rack / turn out / bring out / run low (on) / cut down (on) / pack rat / run out (of) / use up
07. Getting it Going
inch along / on the fly / in a rush / be pressed for time / hurry up / step on it / helter-skelter / get a move on / on the double / pick up / slow down / at a snail's pace / spur of the moment
08. Delays, I
