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<rss version="2.0" xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:slash="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/slash/" xmlns:wfw="http://wellformedweb.org/CommentAPI/"><channel><title>ESL Vocabulary and Idioms</title><link>http://www.englishforums.com/English/EslVocabularyAndIdioms/Forum29.htm</link><description>Help with defining words and idioms, and new words and idioms that you've learnt</description><dc:language>en</dc:language><generator>CSMOD (Build: 3191.21962)</generator><item><title>Re: Idioms and vocabulary</title><link>http://www.englishforums.com/English/IdiomsAndVocabulary/grgrr/post.htm#502860</link><pubDate>Sun, 20 Apr 2008 02:22:15 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="true">946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:502860</guid><dc:creator>Mister Micawber</dc:creator><slash:comments>0</slash:comments><comments>http://www.englishforums.com/English/IdiomsAndVocabulary/grgrr/post.htm#502860</comments><wfw:commentRss>http://www.englishforums.com/English/comments29-502860.xml</wfw:commentRss><description>.&lt;br /&gt;1) Air pollution&lt;strong&gt; irritates&lt;/strong&gt; our respiratory system&lt;strong&gt;s &lt;/strong&gt;or Air pollution&lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt; irritates&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt; our respiratory system ? -- &lt;strong&gt;Both are OK.&amp;nbsp; I&amp;#39;d use the former.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt; &lt;br /&gt; &lt;p&gt;2) Could you tell me the idiom of which the meaning is: You are angry about something and you blame it on something else?-- &lt;strong&gt;I can think of no single idiom for both ideas.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;br /&gt; &lt;p&gt;3) The average number of the population of a nation (number) divided by the area (km), how do we call the result? -- &lt;strong&gt;Population density.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;br /&gt; &lt;p&gt;4) What is the Aussie&amp;nbsp;way of saying &lt;em&gt;good-bye&lt;/em&gt; ? --&amp;nbsp; &lt;strong&gt;Dunno, mate&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;br /&gt; 5) Do we ever add s to vocabulary, ie vocabularies? -- &lt;strong&gt;Only rarely&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;div style="clear:both;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description></item><item><title>Idioms and vocabulary</title><link>http://www.englishforums.com/English/IdiomsAndVocabulary/grzqw/post.htm</link><pubDate>Sun, 20 Apr 2008 02:02:44 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="true">946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:502851</guid><dc:creator>Belly</dc:creator><slash:comments>1</slash:comments><comments>http://www.englishforums.com/English/IdiomsAndVocabulary/grzqw/post.htm</comments><wfw:commentRss>http://www.englishforums.com/English/comments29-502851.xml</wfw:commentRss><description>1) Air pollution irrates our respiratory system&lt;strong&gt;s &lt;/strong&gt;or Air pollution irrates our respiratory system ?&lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;p&gt;2) Could you tell me the idiom of which the meaning is: You are angry about something and you blame it on something else ?&lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;p&gt;3) The average number of the population of a nation (number) divided by the area (km), how do we call the result?&lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;p&gt;4) What is the Aussie&amp;nbsp;way of saying &lt;em&gt;good-bye&lt;/em&gt; ?&lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;p&gt;5) Do we ever add s to vocabulary, ie vocabularies?&lt;div style="clear:both;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description></item></channel></rss>