Errands: a short journey either to take a message or to deliver or
collect something • Idiomatic meaning : To act as an errand-boy, go to a store to buy things for
someone else Dixon p 87
• Types : Opaque meaning
2.Take a look
• Sentence : The vet takes a look and says, “It seems calm enough to
me”. p 23
• Literal meaning : Take : get hold of or reach someonesomething
Look: act of looking at someonesomething • Idiomatic meaning : Look at Robby Lou p 129
• Types : Semi opaque meaning
3. Take a walk
• Sentence : There are dozens of activities that help your heart :Take a
walk .
p 94 • Literal meaning
: Take : get hold of or reach someonesomething Walk : to move along by putting one foot in front of the
other,
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allowing each foot to touch the ground before lifting the next
• Idiomatic meaning : To go for a walk, promenade Dixon p 14 • Types
: Semi opaque meaning
4.1.3 Verb – Noun – Preposition Combination 1. Take care of
• Sentence : Taking care of someone who has had a heart attack or heart
disease can be stressful in it’s own way p 100 • Literal meaning
: Take : get hold of or reach someonesomething Care :the process of protecting and looking after
someonesomething Of : belonging to somebody, relating to somebody
• Idiomatic meaning : Protecting Robby Lou p 127 • Types
: Semi opaque meaning
4.1.4 Preposition – Noun Combination 1. For instance
• Sentence : For instance, if you like the Gap Facebook page because
you love to shop there. p 65
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• Literal meaning : For :used to how the person who is intended to have or use
something or where something is intended to be put Instance :particular example or case of something.
• Idiomatic meaning : For example Cambridge Advanced Learner’s Dictionary • Types
: Semi opaque meaning
2.In addition
• Sentence : in addition to Helping you drop a few pounds – testers lost
an average of six pounds in four days, and our top loser
dropped
ten pounds. p 100 • Literal meaning
: in : before or at the end of particular period Addition : calculating the total of different numbers put
together • Idiomatic meaning : as well as something Robby Lou p 68
• Types : opaque meaning
3. In contrast
• Sentence : In contrast, the neurons of those who had had Alzheiner’s
barely reacted at all. p 120
• Literal meaning : In : before or at the end of particular period
Contrast : an obvious difference between two or more things
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• Idiomatic meaning : To compare two people or things in order to show the differences
between them • Types
: Semi opaque meaning
4.1.5 Preposition – Noun and Preposition – Adjective – Noun Combination 1. In case of
• Sentence : What will you do in case of an emergency? P 67
• Literal meaning : In: at a point within an area or a space
Case : a particular situation or a situation of a particular type Of: belonging to somebody, relating to somebody
• Idiomatic meaning : If something happens; in the situation of Robby Lou p 69 • Types
: Semi – opaque meaning
2. In spite of
