Congratulations for reaching Year 4 of your English Studies. For Year 4 American English vocabulary, we will work on American English idioms as well as short videos explaining a term heard in a movie.
- Directions: Click on the link below to learn 3 American English Idioms
BITTER/HARD PILL TO SWALLOW, BLACK AND BLUE, and BLACK MARKET: American English Idioms #18
- Directions: Watch the video below to learn a new English vocabulary term
4.18.1: Year 4 American English vocabulary.
English @ the Movies,” What’s up, Doc.”
”What’s up, Doc” this phrase became popular by the cartoon character,” Bug Bunny” and is used an informal greeting to say, ” How is it going or what’s going on? And” nothing much” is a pretty standard response to this question.
4.18.1: Year 4 American English vocabulary and idiom#18
1: – A bitter pillow to swallow: An unpleasant or painful necessity to accept, An unpleasant fact,
disappointment.
For example, Failing the exam was a bitter pill to swallow for me, but he plans to try again next year.
losing the job is a bitter pill of swallow for him.
This is a bitter pill of swallow, but boxing is very tough.
2: – Black and blue: Badly bruised, injured, abused, troubled. with dark marks on the skin caused by
being hit or having an accidently. If we say that someone is black and blue, means
they he or she badly bruised
For example, His arms were black and blue.
3: – Black market: Illegal trading of goods that are not allowed to be bought and sold or there are not
enough for everyone, who wants them.
For example, During the war, they bought food on the black market.
He planned to sell the meat on the black market.
They unloaded the stolen goods on the black market.
There is a flourishing black market in foreign currency.