August 4, 2015 - IELTS BAND7

Be All Ears # Idioms For IELTS

If you ever want to be successful in life, you need to be all ears to your heart.

NEXT TO NOTHING: SENTENCE-: the house cost me next to nothing.
MEANING-: to cost nothing or very little
MISS THE BOAT: SENTENCE-: Don’t hide from work hard, you never know when you will miss the boat.
MEANING-: miss an opportunity
LOOK DOWN ON: SENTENCE-: don’t look down on people, you never know what you missed in them.
MEANING-: to assume something to be not worthy enough
HEAD OUT FOR: SENTENCE-: I will be heading out for Australia next year.
MEANING-: to start a long trip
HAVE A HEART CHANGE: SENTENCE-: It is not wrong to have a heart change if your intentions are good.
MEANING-: to change a previous decision
MAKE ENDS MEET: SENTENCE-: For some just to be able to make ends meet is a great success.
MEANING-: to have enough money to be able to buy all what you need
HARD HEADED: SENTENCE-: Gandhi was a hard headed man.
MEANING-: stubborn or unwilling to change their own ideas
DRIVE SOMEONE UP A WALL: SENTENCE-: Don’t try to drive me up a wall, you are not ready for the consequences.
MEANING-: to make someone very angry
BE ALL EARS: SENTENCE-: Tell me your story, I am all ears.
MEANING-: to be eager and ready to listen.
COST AN ARM AND LEG: SENTENCE-: Buying that bungalow will cost me an arm and leg.
MEANING-: to be very expensive

Subordinating conjunctions are of the following type-:

TIME: These are conjunctions which are used when you want to join two sentences to emphasize on time. Examples are -: before, till, since, while, after…
Two months have passed since she left the college.
I usually return home after 10 pm.
EXTENT OR MANNER: These conjunctions are used when the emphasis is on the way of doing things. Examples are-: according, as.
The players are chosen according to a certain criteria.
You will reap as you sow .
CONCESSION OR CONTRAST: These conjunctions are used two join two statements which contrast (oppose) each other. Example-: although, though, however.
The story is good however the writer is not able to portray it well.
He is an honest person although very poor.
He is very happy though he is poor.
COMPARISON: The conjunction is used when you are required to compare two sentences. Examples are-: as, as much as, than.
She is more intelligent than him.
I love it as much as you do.
RESULT OR CONSEQUENCES: The conjunction is used to explain the consequence of the other sentence.
She cried so much that she fell ill.

CORRELATIVE CONJUNCTIONS-: Conjunctions that are used in pairs are called correlative conjunctions.

EITHER… OR: He is either manipulative or extremely dumb.
Either her sister is murderer or her brother.
NEITHER .. NOR: It is neither correct nor neat.
You are neither intelligent nor smart.
THOUGH .. YET: Though I gave her all the equipments yet she failed to do it correctly.
Though she loved her yet never showed it.
BOTH …. AND: She is both a writer and a businesswomen.
She is both beautiful and intelligent.
NO SOONER……. THAN: No sooner did the bell ring the children left the class.
SUCH… AS: There is no such place as you tell.
SUCH… THAT: Such was his admiration for her that he left everything for her.
AS…. AS: It is as bright as the sun.
AS… SO: As the parents are so is the child.
SCARCELY… WHEN: She had scarcely recovered from the disease that she met with accident.