• Types : Semi idiomatic meaning
2. Interested in
• Sentence : It seemed too strange to think I’d have the very disease
I was so interested in p 159 • Literal meaning
: Interested :wanting to give your attention to something and discover more about it.
In : before or at the end of particular period • Idiomatic meaning : Giving a lot of attention to someone or something because
you want to know more about himher. Robby Lou p 148
• Types : Semi Opaque meaning
3. Close to
• Sentence : The group found that the three most popular
combinations— 1234, 1111, and 0000—account for close to 20 percent of
all four
Digit passwords. p 68 • Literal meaning
: Close : not distant in position or time To : in the direction of something
• Idiomatic meaning : Very near • Types
: Opaque meaning
4. Slow down
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• Sentence : After a few days, that data can begin to slow down how fast
pages load p 66 • Literal meaning
: Slow : doing, moving or happening without much speed Down : in or towards a low or lower position, from a higher
one • Idiomatic meaning : Go more slowly Robby Lou p 93
• Types : Opaque meaning
4.1.11 Other Categories of Idioms Found in Reader’s Digest Magazine 4.1.11.1 Verb – Preposition – Noun Combination
1. Keep in mind
• Sentence : More than 240 total is considered high cholesterol – more
than twice the risk as the desirable level, keep in mind. p 98
• Literal meaning : keep : to have or continue to have in your possession
: In : at a point within an area or a space : Mind : to be annoyed or worried by something
• Idiomatic meaning : Remember Robby Lou p 129 • Types
: Opaque meaning
2. Listen to
• Sentence : Then he rolled out my grandmother’s piecrust and filled it
with
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p 48 • Literal meaning
: listen : to give attention to someone or something in order to hear them
: To : in the direction of something; towards something • Idiomatic meaning : To listen Robby Lou 153
• Types : Semi opaque meaning
3. Try out
• Sentence : Just to earn the right to try out for the legendary program, a
candidate must be exceptionally tough, in body and mind. p 143
• Literal meaning : Try : to test something to see if it is suitable or useful or if it
works Out : used to show movement away from the inside of a
place or container
• Idiomatic meaning : To test, use during a trial period Dixon p 77 • Types
: Semi idiomatic meaning
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4.1.11.2 Conjunction – Preposition Combination
1. Because of