Vocabulary Building

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This time it´s Ways of Breaking. Have you ever considered the amount of words in English you can find which describe different ways of breaking or damaging things? Here I´ve selected only some. Have a look!
Activity:

  • Burst into flames.
  • Crack a joke...

There are lots of phrases, idioms, expressions with many of the words presented today.
Find at least five, write a sentence using each of them and post it as a comment underneath.


Comments

  1. VeroMay 25, 2013 at 3:56 AM

    Snap your fingers. She snaps her fingers to rhythm the songs.
    Credit squeeze. He should speak about his credit squeeze.
    Main squeeze. Who's his main squeeze?
    Squeeze box. He is playing his squeeze box.
    Crush on sb. He had a huge crush on her.
    Split with. The singer split with his wife last June.
    Split sth. She split her hand open on the cupboard door.
    Crumble away. All his hopes began to crumble away.
    Be torn. I was torn between my parents and my friend.
    Tear sth. The critics tore his last movie to shreds.
    The river burst its banks and flooded nearby towns.
    The aircraft crashed and burst into flames.
    She burst into tears.
    He burst out laughing.
    She is bursting! She needs to use the toilet right now.

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  2. MirtaMay 31, 2013 at 11:47 AM

    I forgot some cookies in my handbag and after a whole day inside it, they were terribly CRUMBLED.

    The woman in the hairdresser´s was so nervous that she SMASHED the mirror.

    During the strong windy storm I could hear the branches of some trees SNAPPING OFF.

    A wall in the house we are building is full of CHINKS, and we could notice that some parts are getting wet.

    I will SQUEEZE my daughters before travelling to England.

    Mirta

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    1. GladysMay 31, 2013 at 2:47 PM

      Great sentences Mirta! You even added a word we didn´t have!

      Remember we were looking for phrases, idioms and expressions! :-)

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  3. YORK SCHOOLMay 31, 2013 at 1:36 PM

    IDIOM "THAT`S THE WAY COOKIES CRUMBLE"
    MEANING: you cannot control everything that happens to you, you should accept the bad things that happen
    EXAMPLE: My plans for the weekend failed because my car has broken down. Well, that`s the way the cookies crumble!

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  4. YORK SCHOOLMay 31, 2013 at 1:38 PM

    IDIOM: Split hairs
    MEANING: concentrate on tiny and unimportant details to find a fault with something
    EXAMPLE: They don`t have any serious differences, they are just splitting hairs

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  5. YORK SCHOOLMay 31, 2013 at 1:39 PM

    IDIOM: TEAR AT YOUR HEARTSTRINGS
    MEANING: make you feel strong love or sympathy
    EXAMPLE: Do not be angry at her. When you hear her story, it will tear at your heartstrings

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  6. YORK SCHOOLMay 31, 2013 at 1:40 PM

    IDIOM: EARTH-SHATTERING
    MEANING: very surprising or shocking
    EXAMPLE: His letter brought earth-shattering news

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  7. YORK SCHOOLMay 31, 2013 at 1:42 PM

    IDIOM: FALL APART THE THE SEAMS
    MEANING: be very full and burst
    EXAMPLE: I`ve eaten so muchnthat I`m about to fall at the seams!

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  8. YORK SCHOOLMay 31, 2013 at 1:42 PM

    READY!!!! KARINA :-)

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  9. GladysMay 31, 2013 at 1:48 PM

    Great work everybody!! You brought in lots of phrases and expressions, some new words too!
    Fantastic!!!!

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