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These everyday-life idioms can help foreign learners acquire spoken English skills so that they can engage in fluent communication. The key expressions will be explained, supported by example, sentences and where relevant, language help notes. Leave a comment by giving an example for each idiom. for goodness’ sake [ also for Pete’s/heaven’s/pity’s sake]: I am surprised or annoyed by this: بۆ خاتری خوا، تخوا For goodness’ sake, don’t tell anyone else about this! بۆ خاتری خوا، سه‌باره‌ت به‌وه‌ به‌ كه‌سی تر مه‌ڵێ!

The following sentences contain collocations of room with their Kurdish translation. The collocations are underlined, leave an English sentence for each by using the collocations for achieving your fluency. I. Brian promised that he would  tidy his room , but he left it in a mess as usual.  بریان په‌یمانی دا كه‌ ژووره‌كه‌ی ڕیك بخات، به‌ڵام وه‌كو جاران به‌ ناڕێكی جێی هێشت. 2. I used to  share a room  with my sister when I was young.  كاتێك گه‌نج بووم له‌گه‌ڵ خوشكم به‌یه‌وه‌كه‌وه‌ له‌ ژوورێك بووین. 3. My aunt has a very large house. She  lets  out one of the rooms  to a student. پوورم خانوویه‌كی زۆر گه‌وره‌ وفراوانی هه‌یه‌. ژوورێكی به‌ كرێ داوه‌ته‌ قوتابییه‌ك. 4. If Anne decides to stay the night,  she can sleep in the  spare room .  ئه‌گه‌ر ئان بڕیاربدات شه‌و بمێنێته‌وه‌، ده‌توانێ له‌ ژووره یه‌ده‌گه‌كه‌ بخه‌وێ. 5. My sister's  room is always tidy ,  but mine is always in a mess.  ژووری خوشكم...

The following sentences contain collocations of stairs with their Kurdish translation. The collocations are underlined, leave an English sentence for each by using the collocations for achieving your fluency. I. Shall we use the stairs or take the lift?  به‌سه‌ر قاڵدرمه‌كه‌ بكه‌وین یان مه‌صعه‌ده‌كه‌ به‌كاربێنین؟ 2. I wish the children would stop running up and down the stairs.  خۆزگه‌ منداڵه‌كان ئه‌وه‌نده‌ به‌سه‌ر قاڵدرمه‌كه‌ نه‌ده‌كه‌وتن و بێنه‌ خواره‌وه‌. 3. Unfortunately, I fell down the stairs and broke my arm.  به‌داخه‌وه‌، له‌سه‌ر قاڵدرمه‌كه‌ كه‌وتمه‌ خواره‌وه‌ و ده‌ستم شكا. 4. My grandmother finds it difficult to climb the stairs these days. She's 80.  ئێستا داپیرم به‌ زه‌حمه‌ت ده‌توانێ به‌سه‌ر قاڵدرمه‌ بكه‌وێ. ته‌مه‌نی هه‌شتا ساڵه‌. 5. The lift was broken, so we had to walk up  four flights of stairs. مه‌صعه‌ده‌كه‌ ئیش ناكا، بۆیه‌ پێویسته‌ به‌سه‌ر چوار قاتی قاڵدرمه‌ بكه‌وین. 6. I was out of breath when I reached  t...