Libraries and Books

Pain Relief by Anna L. Gesick

PODCAST | An Idiom a Day

Episode 90-Transcript and Idiom Notes

Tuesday, 17 April 2018

take a leaf out of someone’s book

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HERE’S SOMETHING INTERESTING

The first Bookmobile or mobile library began operating in the UK in 1857.  Melvil Dewey, an American who created the Dewey Decimal System used the British Bookmobile as a model and in 1892 started the American traveling library movement.

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DID YOU KNOW…

The Pack Horse Library Project was a program that delivered books to remote areas in America between 1935 and 1943.  The project employed almost 200 people, primarily women,  and reached about 100,000 residents in rural Kentucky. Pack horse librarians were known as book women, book ladies, and packsaddle librarians. Regardless of the weather, the book ladies rode 100 to 120 miles a week.

BOOK RECOMMENDATION – Pain Relief by Anna L. Gesick

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Hello and welcome to episode 90…of… An Idiom a Day

I’m Gina Johnson and the idiom of the day …is… take a leaf out of someone’s book

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Today a reader, tomorrow a leader. ~W. Fusselman

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take a leaf out of someone’s book …to copy something  that someone else has done because it will bring you the same success or advantages…to follow someone’s example

I want to copy Oprah’s success and empower other people.

Here is the same sentence using the idiom… take a leaf out of someone’s book

I want to take a leaf out of Oprah’s book and empower other people.

Here are a few more sentences using the idiom … take a leaf out of someone’s book.

Maybe I should take a leaf out of your book and invest in the stock market.

Let’s take a leaf out of our boss’s book. We need to start our own company.

He decided to take a leaf out of his colleague’s book by volunteering on the weekends.

leaf is used as a noun in the idiom… take a leaf out of someone’s book

a leaf is a sheet of paper in a book

He tore a leaf out of the book.

CAN I ASK YOU A QUESTION?

Who was the most important role model in your life?

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Thank you for listening and the next idiom is… a breath of fresh air

In celebration of Earth Day on 22 April the 4 Elements -earth, air, fire, and water-…. is the theme for our next set of idioms.

Remember…Learn Something New Every Day

IDIOM NOTES

VOCABULARY

leaf

NOUN

a sheet of paper in a book

May I borrow a sheet of loose-leaf paper.

PLURAL -leaves

She placed the flower between the leaves of the heavy book.

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take a leaf from someone’s book

PHRASAL VERB

leaf through something

to turn the pages of a book, magazine, photo album, coupons, a pile of paper, etc. without looking or reading carefully

We spent hours leafing through the family photo album.

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It’s a Shocker by Alec Tricity

PODCAST | An Idiom a Day

Episode 89-Transcript and Idiom Notes

Monday, 16 April 2018

Words fail me!

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Since 1990, the American Library Association has received reports of more than 18,000 attempts to ban books from schools and libraries. In the United States, books are usually banned when a parent complains that a particular book is inappropriate for their children.

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DID YOU KNOW…

Judy Blume is an American writer known for writing children and young adult fiction.  For close to fifty years, Blume has written books about topics many parents consider taboo -puberty in the book Are You There God, It’s Me Margaret, divorce in the book It’s Not the End of the World and sexuality in the book Forever.  Despite complaints by parents, Blume’s books have sold over 82 million copies, and they’ve been translated into 32 languages.  Most books that are banned and taken off shelves are books that people seek out immediately to read and find out why.

Book Recommendation – It’s a Shocker by Alec Tricity

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Hello and welcome to episode 89…of… An Idiom a Day

I’m Gina Johnson and the idiom of the day …is… Words fail me!

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Books and ideas are the most effective weapons against intolerance and ignorance. ~Lyndon B. Johnson

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Words fail me! … something that you say when you are so surprised, shocked or angry by something …you do not know what to say about it

Look at your room, this room is…it’s …I am so angry, and I don’t know what to say about this mess.

Here is the same sentence using the idiom… Words fail me!

Look at your room, this room is…it’s … words fail me!

Here are a few more sentences using the idiom … Words fail me!

You voted for who? …unbelievable…words fail me!

Such kindness and thoughtfulness…I don’t know what to say…words fail me.

I don’t know what to think of that outfit. Words fail me at the moment.

CAN I ASK YOU A QUESTION?

Who are the authors whose every book you have read?

An Idiom a Day is sponsored by Native Tongue English. NTE is an online resource for ESL students, teachers, and tutors who study, live and work abroad. For today’s podcast transcript, idiom notes and links visit Native Tongue English. That’s www–dot–NAT–IVE–TON–GUE–dash– ENG–LISH– dot– com

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Thank you for listening and the next idiom is… take a leaf out of someone’s book

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Modern Tree Watch by Anna Log

PODCAST | An Idiom a Day

Episode 88-Transcript and Idiom Notes

Saturday, 14 April 2018

take the words out of someone’s mouth

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HERE’S SOMETHING INTERESTING…

The word ‘translate’ is Latin for to move from one place to another. There are 2,700 languages in the world. The Bible is the most widely translated book, available in 2, 454 different languages.

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DID YOU KNOW…

Le Petit Prince or the Little Prince, a French novella published in 1943… is one of the most translated books in the world…translated into 300 languages and dialects, selling nearly two million copies every year. To date, 140 million copies have been sold worldwide.

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Hello and welcome to episode 88…of… An Idiom a Day

I’m Gina Johnson and the idiom of the day …is… take the words out of someone’s mouth

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All grown-ups were once children, but only a few remember it.~ Antoine de Saint-Exupéry.

Book Recommendation – Modern Tree Watch by Anna Log

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take the words out of someone’s mouth …is to say exactly what someone else was going to say or what they were thinking… to say just what someone else was about to say

He said exactly what I was going to say.

Here is the same sentence using the idiom… take the words out of someone’s mouth

He took the words out of my mouth.

Here are a few more sentences using the idiom … take the words out of someone’s mouth

I was just thinking the same thing. You took the words out of my mouth.

Wow!! I can’t believe you said that. You took the words out of my mouth.

I was going to say that, but you took the words right out of my mouth.

take the words right out of someone’s mouth …is used the same way as… take the words out of someone’s mouth

CAN I ASK YOU A QUESTION?

What were the first words you spoke as a baby?

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Thank you for listening and the next idiom is… Words fail me!

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IDIOM NOTES

ALTERNATIVES

take the words right out of someone’s mouth

USAGE

spoken

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I Love Mathematics by Adam Up

PODCAST | An Idiom a Day

Episode 87-Transcript and Idiom Notes

Friday, 13 April 2018

hit the books

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Between 1883 and 1929, a total of 2509 library were built around the world thanks to the generosity of the patron saint of libraries -Andrew Carnegie. Carnegie was a Scottish-American philanthropist, industrialists, and business magnate

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DID YOU KNOW…

The Harvard University Library, in Cambridge Massachusetts, is considered to be the largest strict academic library in the world although the Danish Royal Library, in Copenhagen Denmark—a combined national and academic library—has a larger collection.

Book Recommendation – I Love Mathematics by Adam Up

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Hello and welcome to episode 87…of… An Idiom a Day

I’m Gina Johnson and the idiom of the day …is… hit the books

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A university is just a group of buildings gathered around a library. ~Shelby Foote

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hit the books …is to study or begin studying intensely

He began studying intensely last night.

Here is the same sentence using the idiom… hit the books

He hit the books last night.

Here are a few more sentences using the idiom … hit the books

Instead of going to the movies I am going to stay home and hit the books.

I suggest you hit the books, if you want to pass this exam.

I saw all my friends in the library on Saturday morning hitting the books.

CAN I ASK YOU A QUESTION?

What were the last three books you read?

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IDIOM NOTES

USAGE

informal | idioms used with family and friends in a relaxed situation

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Electrical Wiring made Easy by A.C. Deesey

PODCAST | An Idiom a Day

Episode 86-Transcript and Idiom Notes

Thursday, 12 April 2018

on the same page

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HERE’S SOMETHING INTERESTING

There is a battle between which library is the largest in the world. Is it the Library of Congress, in Washington DC or the British Library in London England. 10 million books separate the two.

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DID YOU KNOW…

The Dewey Decimal system was created in 1827 and it is the most widely used book organization in the world. More than 200,000 libraries in 125 countries currently use this system. The Dewey Decimal System keeps track of non-fiction library books.  Fiction books are organized by the authors last name while non-fiction books are organized by ten numbered categories- a 3-digit number is placed on the spine of the book that is easily seen on a bookshelf.

Book Recommendation- Electrical Wiring made Easy by A.C. Deesey

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Hello and welcome to episode 86…of… An Idiom a Day

I’m Gina Johnson and the idiom of the day …is… on the same page

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Google can bring you back 100,000 answers; a librarian can bring you back the right one. Neil Gaiman

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on the same page…if a group of people are on the same page, they are working together and have the same goals…to understand and agree with what is being said, done or suggested

I think we understand each other and agree.

Here is the same sentence using the idiom… on the same page

I think we are on the same page.

Here are a few more sentences using the idiom … on the same page

Everyone was on the same page during the meeting.

We aren’t on the same page. Perhaps, we should discuss this at a later date.

My husband and I are on the same page about dogs. We love them.

CAN I ASK YOU A QUESTION?

How do you keep track of your place while reading a book?

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IDIOM NOTES

USAGE

informal | idioms used with family and friends in a relaxed situation

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Robots by Anne Droid

PODCAST | An Idiom a Day

Episode 85-Transcript and Idiom Notes

Tuesday, 10 April 2018

be an open book

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In  2013 the Guantanamo Bay detention camp, a US military prison, in Cuba, had a library of about 18,000 books.

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DID YOU KNOW…

Many prisons in America provide libraries. The mission of the prison library is to provide educational and recreational resources for inmates. Prison libraries serve both prisoners and the public by helping to educate prisoners, reduce repeat offending, and improve family bonds through reading.  A correctional facility in Maryland provides books for inmates to read to their children or grandchildren on visiting days. ~What’s the best way to escape prison? In a book.

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Hello and welcome to episode 85…of… An Idiom a Day

I’m Gina Johnson and the idiom of the day …is… be an open book

QUOTE

The only thing you absolutely have to know is the location of the library. ~Albert Einstein.

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be an open book …if a person’s life is an open book, you discover everything about them … details of their life… is not kept a secret…it is easy to know what they are thinking or feeling…there are no secrets

His life is transparent and there are no secrets.

Here is the same sentence using the idiom… be an open book

His life is an open book.

Here are a few more sentences using the idiom … be an open book

Many celebrities want to keep their private lives private. They don’t want to be an open book.

If she’s doesn’t like the ring, you’ll know. Her face is an open book.

My life is an open book, but please don’t invade my children’s privacy.

CAN I ASK YOU A QUESTION?

If you were in prison, what would you do with your time?

An Idiom a Day is sponsored by Native Tongue English. NTE is an online resource for ESL students, teachers, and tutors who study, live and work abroad. For today’s podcast transcript idiom notes and links visit Native Tongue English. That’s www–dot–NAT–IVE–TON–GUE–dash– ENG–LISH– dot– com

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Thank you for listening and the next idiom is… on the same page.

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Unemployed by Anita Job

PODCAST | An Idiom a Day

Episode 84-Transcript and Idiom Notes

Sunday, 8 April 2018

have to eat your words

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HERE’S SOMETHING INTERESTING…

There are libraries around the world where you can check-out humans as a living book and listen to their stories. There are 150 such libraries around the world.

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DID YOU KNOW…

The Human Library originated in Denmark in 2000.  The project is meant to combat prejudice. Library guests choose which volunteer they’d like to check out, based on titles the human books assign themselves.  Current titles on the website are homeless, polyamorous, autism. Library guests sit down with their books for half an hour or more to listen to their personal stories. Guests have an opportunity to ask questions and interact with the stories as they listen. ~You can’t judge by a book by its cover.

BOOK RECOMMENDATION…Unemployed by Anita Job

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Hello and welcome to episode 84…of… An Idiom a Day

I’m Gina Johnson and the idiom of the day …is… have to eat your words

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“What in the world would we do without our libraries?”~Katherine Hepburn

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have to eat your words …if you say that someone has to eat their words, you mean that they have to admit that they are wrong about something they said in the past that might have made them look foolish……to be forced to admit that you are wrong about something

I told everyone that I got the job. Now I have to admit that I was wrong. I did not get the job.

Here is the same sentence using the idiom… have to eat your words

 I told everyone that I got the job. Now I have to eat my words.

Here are a few more sentences using the idiom … have to eat your words

Be careful. You may have to eat your words.

I told someone that you got married over the weekend. Now I have to eat my words.

I will eat my words if this product doesn’t work.

CAN I ASK YOU A QUESTION?

What books have made a big impact on you?

An Idiom a Day is sponsored by Native Tongue English. NTE is an online resource for ESL students, teachers, and tutors who study, live and work abroad. For today’s podcast transcript, idiom notes and links visit Native Tongue English. That’s WWW–dot–NAT–IVE–TON–GUE–dash– ENG–LISH– dot– com

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Thank you for listening and the next idiom is… be an open book.

Remember…Learn Something New Every Day

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Ouch! By A. B. Sting

PODCAST | An Idiom a Day

Episode 83-Transcript and Idiom Notes

Thursday, 5 April 2018

by the book

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TRIVIA

In ancient Egypt, all visiting ships surrendered their books to the library of Alexandria to be copied. The original would be kept in the library and the copy given back to the owner.

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DID YOU KNOW…

The Royal Library of Alexandria or The Ancient Library of Alexandria in Alexandria, Egypt was one of the largest and most significant libraries of the ancient world. It was dedicated to the Muses, the nine goddesses of the arts. Alexandria, Egypt was considered the capital of knowledge and learning, because of this great library. The library housed between 40,000 to 400,000 papyrus scrolls. Unfortunately, the library is most famous for having been burned down, which resulted in the loss of many scrolls. Its destruction has become the symbol for the loss of cultural knowledge.

Book Recommendation – Ouch! By A. B. Sting

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Hello and welcome to episode 83…of… An Idiom a Day

I’m Gina Johnson and the idiom of the day …is… by the book

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Education is when you read the fine print. Experience is what you get when you don’t ~ Pete Seeger

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by the book …by the book is to do something exactly by the rules… to follow instructions exactly

In this office, we insist that you do everything exactly by the rules.

Here is the same sentence using the idiom… by the book

In this office we do everything by the book.

Here are a few more sentences using the idiom … by the book

Our substitute teacher is tough. She does everything by the book.

The police took their time and ran the investigation by the book.

They were fired because they wouldn’t go by the book.

#CONVERSATION STARTER

QUESTION

Do you establish routines?

An Idiom a Day is sponsored by Native Tongue English. NTE is an online resource for ESL students, teachers, and tutors who study, live and work abroad. For today’s podcast transcript and idiom notes visit Native Tongue English. That’s WWW–dot–NAT–IVE–TON–GUE–dash– ENG–LISH– dot– com

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Thank you for listening and the next idiom is… to eat your words

Remember…Learn Something New Every Day

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