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Thursday, April 8, 2010

Game Idioms

from http://idioms.thefreedictionary.com/game
a game plan
a mug's game
a numbers game
a shell game
a whole new ball game
a zero-sum game
ahead of the game
at own game
at the top of game
at this stage of the game
back in the game
be ahead of the game
be all fun and games
be fair game
be game
be new to the game
be on the game
fair game
fun and games
game is up
game that two can play
give the game away
has got game
have fun and games
name of the game
new ball game
off game
play a waiting game
play at own game
play games
play the game
raise game
That was a [game etc.] and a half!
the end of the ball game
The game's up!
the name of the game
the only game in town
throw a game
two can play at that game
Two can play this game
What's game?
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Contents

  • -- 01 -- Introduction
  • -- 02 -- Time; Ideas
  • -- 03 -- Position; Direction
  • -- 04 -- Size; Number; Argument
  • -- 05 -- Additional Prefixes; Emotions
  • -- 06 -- Review; Exercises; Money
  • -- 07 -- Common Roots; Money 2
  • -- 08 -- More Roots; Control; People / Food
  • -- 09 -- Suffixes; People
  • -- 10 -- Exercises; Review rcises
  • -- 11 -- Word Families
  • -- 12 -- More Word Families
  • -- 13 -- Dictionary Study
  • -- 14 -- Review
  • -- 15 -- Post Testing
  • A
  • Additional Prefixes
  • Affixes
  • and Syllables
  • Animal Idioms
  • Argue Idioms
  • Argument
  • B
  • Bene Map Image
  • Big Picture C15 Sports/Life Idiom Quiz
  • Big Picture C3 Knowledge
  • Blogger How-to
  • C
  • Card Idioms
  • Common Greek and Latin Word Roots
  • Common Roots
  • Common Roots Table
  • Consonents
  • Contact Information
  • Continued
  • Control Idioms
  • D
  • Dawn -- Knowledge is Light - Big Picture C3
  • Diagramming Sentences
  • Dictionaries and Vocabulary
  • Dictionary -- Definitions with Sentences
  • Dictionary -- Guide Words
  • Dictionary -- OED
  • Dictionary -- Visual
  • Dictionary with sentences link
  • Digestive System -- :Audio-Visual
  • Direction
  • Do You Speak American? Link
  • E
  • Emoticons
  • Emotion - Unit 4
  • Emotion Idioms
  • Emotions
  • Exercise: Vowels
  • Exercises
  • F
  • Figurative Language
  • Food Idioms
  • Fourteen Words Key to 100 000 Words
  • Freemind Link
  • G
  • Game Idioms
  • Greek Roots Exercise
  • H
  • How to Master Your Vocabulary Video
  • I
  • Ideas Idioms
  • Improving your English vocabulary
  • Inflexional and Derivational Suffixes
  • Introduction
  • J
  • Journeys -- More About Journey
  • K
  • Know: Words and Expressions with Know
  • Knowledge Idioms
  • L
  • Latin Roots Exercise
  • LIfe Idioms
  • Life is a Game Idioms II
  • Life is a Journey
  • Links
  • M
  • Metaphor
  • Mind Map Inspiration Link
  • Money
  • Money 2
  • Money Expressions Video
  • Money Idioms
  • Money Idioms -- Matching Exercise
  • Money Idioms Quiz
  • Money Idioms Quiz Link
  • Money Idioms Video
  • N
  • Number
  • O
  • P
  • Parts of Speech
  • Parts of Speech Chart
  • Parts of Speech Map
  • Parts of speech poem
  • Parts of Speech Quiz Link
  • Parts of Speech Video
  • People
  • People Expressions
  • People Idioms
  • People Idioms Links
  • Position
  • Prefixes for Size and Number
  • Prefixes of numbers:
  • Prefixes of Position and Direction
  • Pronunciation -- Phonetics Articulation Animated
  • Q
  • R
  • Review
  • Rice -- Vocabulary
  • Root match game
  • Roots
  • Roots -- Latin -- Exercise
  • Roots Exercise
  • S
  • Schedule for Tuesdays Fall Semester 2012
  • Sentence Diagramming
  • Silent e
  • Silent Letters
  • Size
  • Sports and Games -- Visual Dictionary Link
  • Sports Idioms -- General
  • STAR System of Vocabulary Study
  • Suffix links
  • Suffix List
  • Suffixes
  • Suffixes -- List
  • Suffixes Map
  • T
  • Technical Numeric Prefixes
  • Time
  • Time - Words Related to the Concept of Time
  • Time Idioms
  • Time phrases
  • Time Words Defined -- from http://www.easydefine.com
  • Time: Chinese Calendar
  • Time: Chinese New Year
  • Time: Telling Time
  • U
  • University Word List
  • V
  • Visual Dictionary -- Sports and Games
  • Vocabulary Builder - Root Words Video
  • Vocabulary Learning Tips
  • Vocabulary Practice - 1
  • Vocabulary Roots Video
  • Vowels
  • W
  • Welcome
  • WHERE DO YOU STAND
  • Word Families
  • Word Families -- Connect Game
  • Word Family Bene
  • Word Maps
  • Word order: words before nouns
  • Word Part Frequecies
  • Word Parts Intro Video
  • Word Parts Quick Reference
  • Word Study Graphic
  • Words easily confused in English
  • WP C1 Position and Direction Map
  • X
  • Y
  • Z

Contents

  • -- 01 -- Introduction
  • -- 02 -- Time; Ideas
  • -- 03 -- Position; Direction
  • -- 04 -- Size; Number; Argument
  • -- 05 -- Additional Prefixes; Emotions
  • -- 06 -- Review; Exercises; Money
  • -- 07 -- Common Roots; Money 2
  • -- 08 -- More Roots; Control; People / Food
  • -- 09 -- Suffixes; People
  • -- 10 -- Exercises; Review rcises
  • -- 11 -- Word Families
  • -- 12 -- More Word Families
  • -- 13 -- Dictionary Study
  • -- 14 -- Review
  • -- 15 -- Post Testing
  • A
  • Additional Prefixes
  • Affixes
  • and Syllables
  • Animal Idioms
  • Argue Idioms
  • Argument
  • B
  • Bene Map Image
  • Big Picture C15 Sports/Life Idiom Quiz
  • Big Picture C3 Knowledge
  • Blogger How-to
  • C
  • Card Idioms
  • Common Greek and Latin Word Roots
  • Common Roots
  • Common Roots Table
  • Consonents
  • Contact Information
  • Continued
  • Control Idioms
  • D
  • Dawn -- Knowledge is Light - Big Picture C3
  • Diagramming Sentences
  • Dictionaries and Vocabulary
  • Dictionary -- Definitions with Sentences
  • Dictionary -- Guide Words
  • Dictionary -- OED
  • Dictionary -- Visual
  • Dictionary with sentences link
  • Digestive System -- :Audio-Visual
  • Direction
  • Do You Speak American? Link
  • E
  • Emoticons
  • Emotion - Unit 4
  • Emotion Idioms
  • Emotions
  • Exercise: Vowels
  • Exercises
  • F
  • Figurative Language
  • Food Idioms
  • Fourteen Words Key to 100 000 Words
  • Freemind Link
  • G
  • Game Idioms
  • Greek Roots Exercise
  • H
  • How to Master Your Vocabulary Video
  • I
  • Ideas Idioms
  • Improving your English vocabulary
  • Inflexional and Derivational Suffixes
  • Introduction
  • J
  • Journeys -- More About Journey
  • K
  • Know: Words and Expressions with Know
  • Knowledge Idioms
  • L
  • Latin Roots Exercise
  • LIfe Idioms
  • Life is a Game Idioms II
  • Life is a Journey
  • Links
  • M
  • Metaphor
  • Mind Map Inspiration Link
  • Money
  • Money 2
  • Money Expressions Video
  • Money Idioms
  • Money Idioms -- Matching Exercise
  • Money Idioms Quiz
  • Money Idioms Quiz Link
  • Money Idioms Video
  • N
  • Number
  • O
  • P
  • Parts of Speech
  • Parts of Speech Chart
  • Parts of Speech Map
  • Parts of speech poem
  • Parts of Speech Quiz Link
  • Parts of Speech Video
  • People
  • People Expressions
  • People Idioms
  • People Idioms Links
  • Position
  • Prefixes for Size and Number
  • Prefixes of numbers:
  • Prefixes of Position and Direction
  • Pronunciation -- Phonetics Articulation Animated
  • Q
  • R
  • Review
  • Rice -- Vocabulary
  • Root match game
  • Roots
  • Roots -- Latin -- Exercise
  • Roots Exercise
  • S
  • Schedule for Tuesdays Fall Semester 2012
  • Sentence Diagramming
  • Silent e
  • Silent Letters
  • Size
  • Sports and Games -- Visual Dictionary Link
  • Sports Idioms -- General
  • STAR System of Vocabulary Study
  • Suffix links
  • Suffix List
  • Suffixes
  • Suffixes -- List
  • Suffixes Map
  • T
  • Technical Numeric Prefixes
  • Time
  • Time - Words Related to the Concept of Time
  • Time Idioms
  • Time phrases
  • Time Words Defined -- from http://www.easydefine.com
  • Time: Chinese Calendar
  • Time: Chinese New Year
  • Time: Telling Time
  • U
  • University Word List
  • V
  • Visual Dictionary -- Sports and Games
  • Vocabulary Builder - Root Words Video
  • Vocabulary Learning Tips
  • Vocabulary Practice - 1
  • Vocabulary Roots Video
  • Vowels
  • W
  • Welcome
  • WHERE DO YOU STAND
  • Word Families
  • Word Families -- Connect Game
  • Word Family Bene
  • Word Maps
  • Word order: words before nouns
  • Word Part Frequecies
  • Word Parts Intro Video
  • Word Parts Quick Reference
  • Word Study Graphic
  • Words easily confused in English
  • WP C1 Position and Direction Map
  • X
  • Y
  • Z

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