WHAT DOES THIS IDIOM MEANS????? I PLEASE need your help

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WHAT DOES THIS IDIOM MEANS????? I PLEASE need your help

tenbest

WHAT DOES THIS IDIOM MEANS????? I PLEASE need your help

1- chill run down his spine

2- car engine died

what do you thinK the appropriate picture for these idiom

thanks in advance

8 Feb 2011

monkey77

- car engine died means it stopped working
chill run down his spine- he was cold of fear, he was afraid of smth

8 Feb 2011

monkey77

Is it from Enterprise book? by Express Publishing?

8 Feb 2011

tenbest

YES:) DO YOU TEACH IT??? I HOPE SO BECAUSE I NEED SOME HELP

8 Feb 2011

Greek Professor

Hi tenbest...

chill run down his spine: 1. an unpleasant feeling of coldness.

2. a feverish cold.

3. a metal mould designed to aid cooling of metal during casting

car engine died : 1. a powered road vehicle designed to carry a small number of people

2. a railway carriage or (N. Amer.) wagon. ■ the passenger

compartment of a lift, cableway, or balloon

3. a chariot

4. sth has stopped working

as far as I know....now if s/o has sth else...go for it.

8 Feb 2011

tenbest

THANKS A LOT ( GREEK PROFESSOR) FOR YOUR HELP

THANKS( MONKEY77) ALSO FOR YOUR HELP ( I WAIT YOUR ANSWER ABOUT MY Q. IF YOU TEACH ENTERPRISE BOOK OR NOT????

8 Feb 2011

Abizer

Hi Tenbest,

This is Nasreen frm Yemen.

According to me the first idiom means�

1.chill run down his spine ----- to get scared.

2- car engine died------ stopped working.

it is a ssimple as this.

Bye�

8 Feb 2011

ldthemagicman

Hello Tenbest,

1- chill run down his spine

2- car engine died

You don �t give a complete sentence containing these idioms, so it is possible that some readers may misunderstand the grammatical constructions.

1a. As he enters the mortuary, a chill RUNS down his spine. (Present Simple Tense)

1b. As he enters the mortuary, he feels a chill RUN down his spine. (Present Simple Tense, using the verb �To feel �)
1c. As he entered the mortuary, a chill RAN down his spine. (Past Simple Tense)

1d. As he had entered the mortuary, a chill had RUN down his spine. (Present Perfect Tense)

2. The car engine spluttered and then died. (Past Simple Tense)

Oxford Dictionary of English: �chill � a sudden and powerful feeling of fear: a chill ran down my spine.

�die � (of a machine) stop functioning: three toasters have died on me.

I hope that this helps you.

Les

8 Feb 2011

Zora

chill run down your spine - is basically a feeling of unease or fear.
car engine died - it stopped working, probably needs repairing.

9 Feb 2011

monkey77

Yes tenbest I and my collegues in own town use Enterprise (all 4 levels on our lessons) if u need any help please ask!

9 Feb 2011