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    This document provides 20 examples of rewriting English sentences using idioms or phrases that have the same meaning as the original sentences. Some of the rewrites include "little likelihood" instead of "likely to blow up", "picked this car up for" instead of "cost me", and "put a stop to" instead of "ended the fighting between". The rewrites demonstrate how to express the same meaning in a sentence using common English idioms or phrases.

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    This document provides 20 examples of rewriting English sentences using idioms or phrases that have the same meaning as the original sentences. Some of the rewrites include "little likelihood" instead of "likely to blow up", "picked this car up for" instead of "cost me", and "put a stop to" instead of "ended the fighting between". The rewrites demonstrate how to express the same meaning in a sentence using common English idioms or phrases.

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    This document provides 20 examples of rewriting English sentences using idioms or phrases that have the same meaning as the original sentences. Some of the rewrites include "little likelihood" instead of "likely to blow up", "picked this car up for" instead of "cost me", and "put a stop to" instead of "ended the fighting between". The rewrites demonstrate how to express the same meaning in a sentence using common English idioms or phrases.

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    Rewrite Using Idioms

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    This document provides 20 examples of rewriting English sentences using idioms or phrases that have the same meaning as the original sentences. Some of the rewrites include "little likelihood" instead of "likely to blow up", "picked this car up for" instead of "cost me", and "put a stop to" instead of "ended the fighting between". The rewrites demonstrate how to express the same meaning in a sentence using common English idioms or phrases.

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    Rewrite the sentences

    1.I don’t think the television’s likely to blow up at any minute. likelihood
    There is little likelihood that the television will blow up at any time.

    2.This car only cost me five hundred pounds. picked


    I picked this car up for only five hundred pounds

    3.Someone paid five thousand pounds for the painting. went


    The painting went for five thousands pounds.

    4.We have made neither a profit nor a loss this year. even
    We have broken even this year.

    5.In 1967 programs began to be transmitted in colour. advent


    1967 saw the advent of the transmission of programs in color
    6. I find Harold’s behavior quite incomprehensible. loss
    I find myself at a loss to understand/ comprehend Harold’s behavior.
    7. The severity of the punishment bore no relation to the seriousness of the crime.

    proportion
    The punishment was out of proportion to the crime.

    8. I’m afraid our problems are just beginning. iceberg


    These problems of ours are just the tip of the iceberg.
    9. In the area, Thailand is much better than all other countries in football.

    shoulders
    In the area, Thailand is head and shoulders above all other countries in football

    10. Thomas was not given details of the company’s new project. Dark
    Thomas was kept in the dark about the company’s new projects.
    11. I was too scare to tell him what I really thought. lacked
    I lacked (the) courage to tell him what I really thought.
    12. The police ended the fighting between the two gangs by arresting the leaders.
    The police put a stop to the fighting between the two gangs by
    stop arresting the leaders.

    13. travelling alone is not just a matter of taking a good guidebook with you. more
    There is more to travelling alone than taking a good guide book with you
    14. The way he took everything she did for granted really annoyed her . ( BACK)
    The way he took everything she did for granted really put her back up
    15. She was so anxious while the results were read out. ( BREATH )
    She held her breath while the results were read out .
    16.The house shouldn’t be left unlocked for any reason . ( ACCOUNT )
    On no account / Not on any account should the house be left unlocked

    17.A huge investment has been put into the field of solar-electricity.( INVEST )
    They invest a big fund / sum of money into the field of solar- electricity.

    18.Alice was not a confident person, and that was why she was so shy. ( DUE )
    Alice’s shyness was due to ( a/her ) lack of confidence.
    19.When I started work, I was so inexperienced that I couldn’t send a fax. CLUE
    I didn’t have a clue about how to send a fax when I started work.
    20.What you have been saying is quite irrelevant. BESIDE

    What you have been saying is beside the point.

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