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mailis
Greece

site for expressions
 
Dear teachers...

do you know any site where i can find  meanings of expressions?

I intend to show to my students the movie "how the grinch stole xmas" and I am writing down the new words so that they will enrich their vocabulary.

However, there are some expressions that i am not familiar with their meaning like: heck of a rush & top of the day...

thank you in advance for your help...

3 Dec 2009      





celine1
France

I think that in "the Grinch" you will find tons of expressions that are not commonly used, because it �s a film from a Dr Seuss book, so the dialogues are rather poetic and fantasy - like. I think most expression webpages will only list common expressions such as "it �s raining cats and dogs..."
Your best chance might be to create a list and post it on the website?

3 Dec 2009     



alien boy
Japan

Here�s a couple...

Learn English Today - English Proverbs & Sayings

The Phrase Finder

but I usually just use the specific phrase in a search engine (e.g. Google) with an additional term like �meaning � or �definition � & you will probably get a few hits too.

Cheers,
AB

p.s. Here are a couple of other useful links about the movie for you!

EFL Movie Study Guide for �The Grinch�


FilmEducation.org Study Guide (pdf link)

3 Dec 2009