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Idioms in Everyday English

යෙදුම්වල අර්ථය තේරුම්ගෙන වාක්‍යවල යොදන්න.

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මෙම වැඩපත්‍රය සහ වෙනම පිළිතුරු පත්‍රය නොමිලේ.

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Understand the idea

An idiom has a special meaning. Its meaning is often different from the meanings of its individual words.

යෙදුමක අර්ථය එහි වචනවල වෙන වෙනම අර්ථයට වඩා වෙනස් විය හැකිය.

Example: Keep an eye on my bag = watch my bag carefully.

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පහත පිළිතුරු ලියන්න හෝ ඔබේ පොතේ සටහන් කරන්න. අවසානයේ වෙනම පිළිතුරු පත්‍රය සමඟ සසඳන්න.

A. Choose the correct meaning

වාක්‍යයට ගැළපෙන අර්ථය තෝරන්න.

1. The test was a piece of cake. It was: (a) easy (b) expensive (c) noisy.

2. I feel under the weather today. I feel: (a) excited (b) unwell (c) hungry.

3. A friendly game helped us break the ice. It helped us: (a) leave early (b) feel less shy (c) stay silent.

B. Complete the sentences

සුදුසු යෙදුම තෝරා හිස්තැන් පුරවන්න.

Use each once: costs an arm and a leg | spill the beans | once in a blue moon

4. Please do not __________. The party must stay a secret.

5. My uncle lives abroad. We see him __________, perhaps once every few years.

6. That designer watch __________. I cannot afford it.

C. Rewrite using the idiom in brackets

වරහන් තුළ ඇති යෙදුම යොදා අර්ථය නොවෙනස්ව වාක්‍යය ලියන්න.

7. I was extremely happy after winning the prize. (on cloud nine)

8. We lost our chance because we applied too late. (missed the boat)

9. I must study hard tonight. (hit the books)

10. Losing that job seemed bad, but it led to a better one. (a blessing in disguise)

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