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 MUSIC 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. MUSIC 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 MUSIC 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 QUOTE Today a reader, tomorrow a leader. ~W. Fusselman MUSIC 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? 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 visit Native Tongue English. That’s www–dot–NAT–IVE–TON–GUE–dash– ENG–LISH– dot– com MUSIC If you like the podcast, leave a review or comment. If you love the podcast, tell a friend. 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. ALTERNATIVES 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. ©Copyright, Native Tongue English, 2015-2018. All rights reserved.
