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mutually exclusive, then well edited text and timing are more important than line- breaks.
7. If the text will fit on one line, do not rearrange it on to two lines. One line takes less
time to read than two short lines and it causes less disruption to the picture. Similarly, do not rearrange two lines of text on to three lines, unless there is a very
bad line-break between lines 1 and 2.
2.6. Idiom
An idiom is a phrase whose meaning is difficult or sometimes impossible to guess by looking at the meaning of the individual words it contains Oxford
Advanced Learner´s Dictionary, 2000: B12. Another Linguist such Seidl and McMordie define, idiom as a number of words which, when taken together have
different meaning from the original meaning of each word 1988: 13. According to Wren and Martin 1990:312, “Idioms may be defined as expression peculiar to a
language”. They also states, “Many verbs, when followed by various prepositions, or adverbs, acquire and idiomatic sense”. Some examples:
a. He backed up
“back up” here means supported. his friend´s claim.
b. He broke down
“broke down” here means failed. in the middle of his speech.
c. Call in a doctor a doctor immediately.
“call in” means summon or send for. Since idiom has different meaning from the original meaning of each word
that contain in the idiom, we can say that idiom has figurative meaning or metaphoric
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feelings. Wren and Martin in their book, High School English Grammar Composition, states “The student who studies the following selection of English
idioms will notice that metaphor enters largely into idiomatic phraseology”. Then we can say some idioms are imaginative expressions such as proverbs and sayings. For
example: a. I found the job difficult at first. But we were all in the same boat; we were all
learning.
Here, be in the same boat means ´to be in the same difficult or unfortunate
situation´.
b. Hang in there
´Hang in there´ here, does not mean to command someone to hang on something, it is
used to encourage somebody in a difficult situation.
c. Too many cooks spoil the broth.
This is a proverb that means ´if too many people are involved in something, it will not be well done´.
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CHAPTER III
METHOD OF ANALYSIS
3.1. Research Design
In this study, qualitative method is used because the data which is analyzed is explained descriptively. The data that will be analyzed are in the form of phrase and
clause. Djajasudarma 2006: 11 states, “Metodologi kualitatif merupakan prosedur yang menghasilkan data deskriptif berupa data tertulis atau lisan di masyarakat
bahasa”. Qualitative methodology is a procedure that produces descriptive data in the form of written or oral language in society. He also says, “Data yang
dikumpulkan bukanlah angka – angka, dapat berupa kata – kata atau gambaran sesuatu. Hal tersebut sebagai akibat dari metode kualitatif. Ciri ini merupakan ciri
yang sejalan dengan penamaan kualitatif. Deskripsi merupakan gambaran ciri – ciri data secara akurat sesuai dengan sifat alamiah itu sendiri”Djajasudarma, 2006:
16.The collected data is not numbers, it can be words or description of something. This is as a result of qualitative methods. This feature is consistent with the
qualitative naming. Description is the accurate overview of the data´s features itself
3.2. Data and Source Data
