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OM News # 89 - Delivered to 39237 subscribers

ISSN 1668-4877   October 1, 2004

Hi, everybody!! Today we are bringing you a listening activity with questions from The Matrix movie; a new grammar about two-word idiomatic expressions; and our choice of useful links (don't lose the mp3 file of famous song Memory). THANKS again for rating us by CLICKING HERE. See you on October 15.
Hola a tod@s!! Hoy traemos una actividad de comprensión oral con preguntas de la película The Matrix; una nueva gramática con expresiones idiomáticas de dos palabras; y nuestra selección de enlaces útiles (no te pierdas el archivo de sonido mp3 de Memory). GRACIAS por calificarnos haciendo CLIC AQUI. Nos vemos el 15 de octubre.

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Click on the image below and listen carefully to Morpheus on this sound excerpt from THE MATRIX movie. Then, try to answer the questions below writing ONLY ONE alternative to those mentioned. Correct answers will be available in our next newsletter.
Pulsa en la imagen y escucha atentamente a Morpheus en este fragmento sonoro de la película THE MATRIX. Luego, intenta responder la preguntas más abajo escribiendo SOLO UNA de las alternativas que se mencionan. Las respuestas correctas aparecerán en nuestro próximo boletín.

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BINOMIALS are idiomatic expressions in which two words are joined by a conjunction (generally AND, OR, BUT). The order of the words is usually fixed. Let's study below some bilingual binomials together with examples...
BINOMIOS son expresiones idiomáticas en las cuales dos palabras se hallan unidas por una conjunción (por lo general Y, O, PERO). El orden de las palabras suele ser fijo. Estudiemos abajo algunos binomios bilingües ejemplificados...

ODDS AND ENDS (chucherías, cosas sin valor)
Let's get the main things packed; we can do the odds and ends later.
GIVE AND TAKE (toma y daca, concesiones mutuas)
Every relationship needs some give and take to be successful.

Sometimes you can identify a binomial because of the sound pattern.
A veces puedes identificar un binomio por su construcción sonora.

PART AND PARCEL (parte integrante, carne y uña)
Tears are part and parcel of growing up.
WINE AND DINE (llevar a comer y beber)
The new manager has to wine and dine some importants clients from Japan.
SAFE AND SOUND (sanos y salvos)
Fortunately they arrived safe and sound after such a terrible plane crash.

Other times the clue is that the words are nearly synonyms.
Otras veces la pista indica que las palabras son prácticamente sinónimos.

PICK AND CHOOSE (escoger con esmero y dedicación)
At this restaurant you can pick and choose, so what you eat it's up to you.
LEAPS AND BOUNDS (a pasos agigantados)
My English is progressing in (by) leaps and bounds at OM Personal megaportal.
PEACE AND QUIET (paz y tranquilidad)
It's really nice to have some peace and quiet during the weekend.
REST AND RECREATION (reposo y entretenimiento)
The doctor recommended some rest and recreation.
FIRST AND FOREMOST (primero y principal)
Please, listen to me. First and foremost, you have to work hard in your new job.

Many prepositions and adverbs usually combine to form binomials.
Muchas preposiciones y adverbios suelen combinarse para formar binomios.

HERE AND THERE (acá y allá, por todas partes)
In Buenos Aires you will find cafés and cafeterias here and there.
ON AND OFF (cada tanto, de vez en cuando, a intervalos)
We have had meetings on and off to create new multimedia courses.
BACK AND FORTH (de arriba para abajo)
Mr. Heger has been running back and forth to sell his apartment.
TO AND FRO (de acá para allá)
Mothers are really great. They usually run to and fro all day long.
OUT AND ABOUT (pasear por todas partes, andar de un lado al otro)
She has recovered from the accident and is out and about again.

There are binomials linked by words others than conjunction AND.
Existen binomios unidos por otras palabras aparte de la conjunción Y.

SINK OR SWIM (irse a pique o nadar, hundirse o salvarse)
Her father-in-law will not help her, so she will have to sink or swim.
SLOWLY BUT SURELY (lento pero seguro)
It was terrible!! Slowly but surely I realized my boat was sinking in the river.
SOONER OR LATER (tarde o temprano)
My boss told me that sooner or later I would learn the lesson.
TAKE IT OR LEAVE IT (tómelo o déjelo, acéptelo o rechácelo)
Well, I'm sorry, that's all I can offer you; take it or leave it.
MORE OR LESS (más o menos, aproximadamente)
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