FOREIGN IDIOMS If the class is addicted to the use of foreign idioms, the teacher should strive to cure this defect. When a pupil uses a foreign idiom, an effort should be made to get him to restate it in correct form. Thus, for “It stood in the paper,” “I find this in the paper,” or some equivalent expression. When the following exercise is found necessary, the pupils should be asked to use the English equivalents, or paraphrases, of the foreign idioms. FOREIGN IDIOMS ENGLISH EQUIVALENTS I didn't was there. I wasn't there. I didn't help it. I couldn't help it. I couldn't mean it. I didn't mean it. I didn't do him nothing. I didn't hurt him. I kill him every night. I punish him every night. Who'll pay the eats? Who will pay for food? Who'll pay the house? Who will pay the rent? He gave me such a clap! He struck me! My foot hurts me. Knock on the door. I am ten years old. I bought it by Harper's. I bought it at Harper's. He made me a punch. . He punched me. Yesterday night. Last night. To-day night. To-night. Over yesterday. Day before yesterday. Over to-morrow. Day after to-morrow. A ring from sure gold. A real gold ring. He behinds my pencils. He hides my pencil. A pencil fails. A pencil short. It fails a pencil. «6 « My mother says like this, I must My mother says that I must stay stay at home. home. Knock it in the basket. Throw it into the basket. He peddles apples. He did that also. He went up the stairs. VOCABULARY 10 FIFTH YEAR, FIRST HALF a void cit a del az ure cit i zen ab rupt bal dric clut tered dis port ing ac cept a ble co in ci dence di ver sion a cet y lene com bat ants dog ged ly ac rid com bi na tions donned ad age blob com mon doubt less ad ja cent bot a nist com pet i tor dra ma ad join ing bowl der dunes a ghast break wa ter ed i ble al ders bronze e lu sive ness a lert bul warks com pre hen sion e merge bum per con scious buoys con spir a tors ca lam i ty al ter cor o ner cal i ber en dowed am a teur cor po ral en er get ic al ly am pler cour te sies e ter nal an i mos i ty cov et ed et i quette an nals Cape Cod crag ex al ta tion an tag o nist ca reer ing crisp ly ex ert ing an ti ci pa tion Cas co Bay cruise ex haus tion a pol o gy ce ler i ty ex ploit ap par a tus cen ten ni al ex plored ap par ent ly cen ti ped ex qui site ly cum ber 11 dazed ar bor chauf feur de fi ance ex ter mi nate ar dent de mon ex ult ant as signed de pressed feint au di bly des per a tion fiend au di to ri um chest nut de vice film y au to mat ic al ly Chris to pher Co- dis par ag ing for age av a lanche lum bus dis perse for eign ers Port land 12 22 ga ble pred a to ry pred e ces sor pre lim i na ry pre lude pre scribed pre sump tion pri va teer ing priv i leged pro pel pro pose grist 13 23 for ti fi ca tions 15 me rid i an free board mi nute freight in quir y mod i fy in spi ra tion Mont gom er y in tent ly Mont re al moored Nar ra gan sett Irv ing, Wash ingges tures ton gin ger ly It a ly . 19 glim mer James town glob u lar Jer e mi ah nau tic al grad u a ted not a ble gre nades nox ious gren a diers 16 nudg ing oc cu pant jest om i nous keen op po nents kilts op tion knots or ni thol o gist gur gle La chiné os ten ta tion Hal i fax land lub bers hap haz ard lat i tude hav oc lease haws ers Lev is hem lock Lis bon Ot ta wa his tor ic o va tion hoa y pal a ta ble Holmes, Ol i ver par al lel Wen dell lobed Par lia ment hos pi tal i ty lon gi tude pars ley phan tom phy sique lurk ing place pic tur esque lyr ic pi rate hud dle Ma chi as im ag i na ry mag nif i cent im pact mag ni fied im pet u ous ma nip u la ting im press ive im pulse Ply mouth in ces sant 18 poise In dies poi son in ev i ta ble mel an chol y pol len in hale mem o ra ble pop lar 20 pros trate 17 14 24 plea re belled re cline reel ing re lent less re luc tant ly re strict ed re tort ed rev e nue ri dic u lous ro dent sou ve nir Span ish route ruse sa ble scan ning spec tral schemes spin drift schoon er spume seine squall sen si tive sta ple sheer sta tion a ry shoal stealth y St. John 26 St. Law rence Stowe, Har ri et si mul ta ne ous ly Beech er sin is ter site sleuths Soc ra tes stud ded so lil o quy su mac som ber su pe ri or i ty South Ca ro li na sym bol thwart void bey 28 30 A LIST OF THE ADJECTIVES USED THUS FAR IN THE SERIES angry anxious abrupt ashamed acceptable astonished accidental Augean acrid azure adjacent backward adjoining bad aghast beautiful amateur American amiable Biblical big black ampler (comp. de- blind gree) close-fisted calm capable careful careless centennial charming Chinese chubby clear blue clever crestfallen crooked cruel gusty handsome happy heavy high historic hoary horrible huge hungry ominous painful palatable pathetic patriotic peremptory perfect persistent 9 large late lazy lifeless light little lonely long loud loyal 20 13 idle ill phantom picturesque polite poor powerful precious predatory preliminary empty imaginary 17 lucky magnificent |