Idiom Attack Vol.1 - Everyday Living (French Edition): Attaque d'idiomes 1 - La vie de tous les jours: Idiom Attack, #1
By Peter Liptak
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*** Idiom Attack 1 - Everyday Living (French Edition) ***
Attaque d'idiomes 1 - La vie de tous les jours
The Simple Three-Step System to Mastering Essential English Idioms in minutes a day
...so you can ace exams, get that promotion and understand American culture!
English Idioms for ESL Learners: With 300+ Idioms in 25 Themed Chapters
Are you confused by common sayings in the English language?
Discover the hidden meanings of English idioms to help you communicate with confidence.
Are you worried that you're missing out on the conversation? Do you want to strengthen your English language skills?
As ESL educators, Peter Liptak, Matthew Douma, and Jay Douma have decades of teaching experience across the world... After helping classrooms full of students navigate the treacherous waters of the English language, they've created a series of books to help you too!
Idiom Attack: Everyday Living (French Edition)
is a densely-packed resource that contains 300+ of the most common and relevant idioms for living, loving and doing business in North America in both English and French. Through Idiom Attack, you'll discover definitions, contextualized examples, and practice questions. Before you know it, you'll be using English language idioms in your own everyday conversations like a native English speaker and impressing people with your business English.
In Idiom Attack, you'll discover:
- The three-step training process to help you quickly learn new concepts in English with translations in French
- Easy-to-follow sections separated by topic to help you find exactly what you're looking for
- Clear meme-like illustrations to help boost your memorization of idioms and their usage
- Convenient stories at the end of each chapter to improve your English retention and conversational abilities
- A collection of idioms commonly found in the workplace, and much, much more!
Idiom Attack is a must-have tool for ESL learners at intermediate and advanced levels. If you like easy-to-use guides, multi-format approaches to learning, and expert advice, then you'll love Peter Liptak, Matthew Douma, and Jay Douma's in-depth look at American idioms.
Améliorez vos connaissances en anglais avec 300 idiomes indispensables à la conversation courante, grâce à notre méthode d'apprentissage en trois étapes vous permettant de mémoriser et d'utiliser ces expressions dans la vie quotidienne !
- Ajoutez 300 idiomes clés à vos munitions !
- Utilisez des expressions idiomatiques courantes sur 25 thèmes différents !
- Apprentissage rapide grâce à notre méthode en trois étapes !
Buy Idiom Attack to finally take part in the discussion today!
Peter Liptak
A born-and-bred mid-western boy, Peter is a poet, world traveler, cyclist and lover of language. He taught English to kids and adults in Korea for 20 years as a tutor, preschool teacher, and adjunct professor at Incheon University, and created Exile Press with its imprints Little Bear Books and Hungry Dictator Press. Exploring interests at the University of Minnesota, from Astronomy and Anthropology to Philosophy and Poetics, Peter learned new skills as a preschool teacher, waiter, dance instructor and massage therapist in school and has worked as an actor, teacher, copywriter and author since. While working and living in Seoul, he completed an MA in Korean History and using Korea as a source of linguistic inspiration, penned several books including the controversial book of Korean Slang: As much as a Rat's Tail, translated the scathing graphic novel The Great Successor - Kim Jong Un: a Political Cartoon, created the Idiom Attack series of ESL textbooks and passion projects including an Art/Poetry book Letters: Building an Alphabet with Art and Attitude and a series of children's early readers, including Teddy's Day and Teddy's Camp. Now living in Minneapolis with his wife and three little ones, Peter continues publishing, while copywriting at The Writer’s Ink. Awards 2018 SILVER Winner Multicultural - Baek Seok: Poems of the North 2016 International Book Awards Gold Medal - Letters 2016 Illustration Award and Bronze Medal - The Great Successor 2016 Benjamin Franklin Awards: Silver Medal - Korean Slang: As much as a Rat’s Tail 2014 Korea Literature Translation Institute Grant: - translation of North Korea poet Baek Seok 2013 Benjamin Franklin Digital Awards: Silver - Teddy's Day HD 2012 Mom's Choice Awards: Gold Medals in Young Adult Poetry and Interactive eBooks for Letters and Teddy’s Day HD 2012 Mom's Choice Awards: Silver Medals - Teddy’s Day and Teddy’s Camp 2011 Midwest Book Awards: First Place in Children's Illustrated - Teddy's Day
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Idiom Attack Vol.1 - Everyday Living (French Edition) - Peter Liptak
01 From Beginning to End Du début jusqu’à la fin
La chaîne de magasins kicked off les soldes dans une atmosphère de fête.
The chain of stores kicked off its new sale with a party atmosphere.
kick off
to start something; to officially commence something.
Lancer, commencer quelque chose, commencer officiellement.
* Informal, as with the first kick to start a football game.
Informel, comme lancer un match de football en tapant (kick) dans la balle.
À la suite des licenciements, le responsable a dû recommencer from scratch.
Following the layoffs, the manager had to start over from scratch.
from scratch
from the very beginning; with no help.
Depuis le début, de zéro, tout(e) seule.
La chute du bloc communiste ushered in une ère nouvelle inattendue.
The fall of the communist bloc ushered in an unexpected new era.
usher in
to cause something new to start.
Faire commencer quelque chose de nouveau, marquer le point de départ de.
* Often with a new period, era or age.
S’applique souvent à une nouvelle période, une nouvelle ère ou un nouvel âge.
Dès qu’il finished un livre off, il en commençait un autre
As soon as he finished one book off, he’d start another.
finish off
to complete something in order to bring it to an end.
Finir, terminer quelque chose pour en venir à bout.
Beaucoup de gens ne croyaient pas que le problème de l'an 2000 would come to pass.
Many people didn’t believe the Millennium Bug
would come to pass.
come to pass
to eventually take place or occur; to happen.
Finir par avoir lieu, se produire.
* Synonym come about.
* Usually something unplanned.
S’utilise généralement pour quelque chose d’imprévu.
J’ai décidé de turn over a new leaf et d’arrêter de fumer.
I’ve decided to turn over a new leaf and quit