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IDIOMS

A. What are idioms?An expression like turn up (meaning arrive), break even (meaning make

neither a profit nor a loss) or a can be difficult to understand, because its meaning is

different from the meanings of the separate words in the expression. (if you know

break and even, this does not help you at all to understand break even.) Expressions

like these are called idioms. Idioms are ussualy special to one language an can not

be translated word for word (though related languages may share some idioms).

B. Situational languageThe expressions that are used in typical everyday situations are often idiomatic in

the same sense. With the help of a dictionary and grammar, one could invent various

possible ways of expressing a particular idea, but generally there are only one or two

ways that happen to be used by English speakers, and one has to know what they are

in order to speak or write naturally. Some examples:

Could you check the oil? (more natural than could you inspect the oil? Orcould you see how much oil there is in engine?)

Is it a direct flight or do I have to change? (More natural than does the planego straight there or another one?)

Sorry I kept you waiting. (more natural than sorry I made you wait.) Could I reserve a table for three for eight oclock? ( more natural than could

you keep me a table for three persons for eight oclock?)

C. Using IdiomIdiom are common in all kinds of English, formal and informal, spoken and

written. However, informal spoken language is often very idiomatic.

Students should not worry because they do not know all the collections and

other idiomatic expressions that are commonly used by English speakers. If they use

nonidiomatic ways of expressing ideas, they will normally be understood, andEnglish speakers do not expect foreigners to speak perfectly idiomatically or

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correctly. It is therefore not necessary for students to make a special effort to learn

and use idioms: they will learn the most common idiomatic expressions naturally

along with the rest of their speech and writing with idioms the effect will probably be

every strange.

Note that books of idioms often contain expressions which are slangy, rare or

out of date, and which students should avoid unless they understand exactly how and

when the expressions are used. This is particularly true of colourful idioms like

raining cats and dofs, hit the nail on the head, eat like a horse or as old as the hills.

D. List Of IdiomsAbove all yang terutama, yang terpenting

To be about to baru saja hendak

Accourding to menurut ( pendapat )

To account for mempertanggung jawabkan

All out mati-matian, habis-habisan

All time selamanya, sepanjang masa

As one serentak

All the day sepenuhnya

Ahead of lebih maju dari, melebihi

All at once sekaligus

All the same tidak apa-apa, sama saja

All the time sejak dulu, non stop, terus menerus

All day long seharian, sepanjang hari

All over semua telah selesai

Arm in arm bergandengan tangan

Hand in hand bergandengan tangan

As far as sampai, sepanjang

So far as sampai, sepanjang

As for mengenai, kalau

As if seolah-olah

As long as asalkan, selama

As to mengenai, tentang

As asual seperti biasa

As well as disamping juga

At all sama sekaliAt first mula-mula

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At hand sudah dekat

At last akhirnya

At least paling tidak, sedikit-dikitnya

At most paling-paling, ( perkiraan paling tinggi )

At best paling-paling

At the latest ( selambat-lambatnya )

At once dengan segera

At once time dulu

Sixes and bingung, berantakan

Sevens ( tidak rapi, kotor )

At will semuanya, kehendak hati

As you please sesuka hati

To back out mengundurkan diri

To back up mendukung

Back and forth mondar-mandir

To break down mogok, tak berfungsi

To break off memutuskan

To break out ( meletus,berkobar )

To bring alog mengajak, membawa serta

To bring up membesarkan, mengasuh mendidik

By change secara kebetulan, tanpa rencana

By mistake karena kekeliuran

By non means sama sekali tidak

To call at singgah, mampir

To call back menelpon kembali

To call down memarahi, mendamprat

To call for menjemput

To call in memanggil kerumahTo call on mengunjungi, singgah

To calm down menenangkan ( hati, kemarahan )

To care for senang, saying

To carry on meneruskan, melanjutkan

To check in tiba, mendaftarkan diri

To carry out melaksanakan

To check up/on menyelidiki/memeriksa

To cheer up menghibur

To come about terjadi

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To come along ikut

To come back kembali

To come from berasal dari

To come down turun

To come true menjadi kenyataan

To cool down menebang atau mengurangi

To cut down menebang, mengurangi

To cut off memutuskan (komunikasi , listrik)

To do over mengerjakan kembali

To dig up mengungkit-ungkit

To do for membantu, cocok

To drop in singgah, mampir

To drop out putus sekolah

To do well maju, berhasil baik

To eat in; to makan di rumah, makan di restoran

To eat up makan sampai habis, menghabiskan

To enter into ikut serta, mengadakan

To enter in memasukan

Evena as; even bahkan waktu, bahkan

Now sekarang

Even so meskipun demikian

To fall back on bersandar

To fall in love jatuh cinta, mencintai

To fell like rasanya, rasanya seperti

To find out mengetahui, menyelidiki

To fix on menetapkan (waktu)

To forgive and forget melupakan peristiwa yang lalu

Let bygones be bygones yang lalu biarlah berlaluTo be far apart berjauhan

For fear takut kalu-kalu

For good untuk selama-lamanya