American English Idiomatic Expressions in 52 Weeks :
An Easy Way to Understand English Expressions and Improve Speaking


Free American English Online Idiom Lessons





Using a systematic, week-by-week methodology to learn English Idioms, a practical and simple way is presented for ESL learners wanting to improve their English speaking skills. This book is a practical and simple approach to helping English language students learn the meaning and use of American English idioms and thereby develop confidence in the real-world use of English.

Language experts suggest the use of idioms in English conversations contributes to a speaker's confidence in their overall communicative proficiency in spoken English. The book, American English Idiomatic Expressions in 52 Weeks: An Easy Way to Understand English Expressions and Improve Speaking is a helpful tool to learn idioms through the unique method of placing idioms into functional and direct categories.



All Idiom Categories

Service category idioms: Referring to assistance or being helpful
at someone’s beck and call attend to someone bail someone or something out
be my guest best interests at heart do someone good
fall back on something or someone get behind (a person or idea) give me a lift
give one’s right arm give out give someone a hand
give someone one’s word give someone the benefit of the doubt give someone the green light
give someone their due give the devil his due go (someone) one better
go about go after go ahead
go for a spin go halves go to bat for
greasy spoon hand in hand out
hand-me-down hand-out hand-out
have (got) to have my ears lowered have one on me
heaven help us how about keep the home fires burning
knuckle under look out look to
piggyback pitch in play ball with someone
see to it serve one’s purpose set loose
shoot the works take in tide (someone) over
tied down treat someone turn to
under one’s wing wait on (someone) hand and foot wait table
wait up for wind up