English Vocabulary in Use: Advanced Book with Answers and Enhanced eBook Vocabulary Reference and Practice 3rd Edition



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English Vocabulary in Use Advanced by Michael McCarthy Felicity

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you
During the next week, try to find one new collocation that you were not aware of before for 
each of these categories:
ADJECTIVE + NOUN VERB + OBJECT ADVERB + ADJECTIVE
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English Vocabulary in Use Advanced
Metaphor: seeing the light
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What are metaphors?
Metaphor is concerned with using words in abstract rather than literal ways. It is a way of expressing 
something by comparing it indirectly with something else that has similar characteristics.
If we call a city a 
jungle, for example, we are using a metaphor. We are suggesting that a city is like a 
jungle, in that it is wild and full of dangers.
If we say that someone 
lights up our life, we are using a metaphor. We are suggesting that person is 
like a light in our life, in that they make our life brighter and happier.
Idioms and metaphors
Many idioms are metaphorical expressions which are in common use.
be on the ball 
[be very aware of things and ready 
to act – like a good footballer]
to 
keep someone/something on a tight rein 
[have a lot of control over someone/something – 
like a rider having control over a horse]
Some of the most common idiom-metaphors 
are based on parts of the body. So we might 
say that a building is in the 
heart of the city. 
[centre]
We can call the place where a river 
joins the sea its 
mouth, and the person in 
charge of an organisation its 
head. If you say 
that someone 
has an eye for a bargain, you 
mean they are good at finding a bargain. If you 

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