Презентация к проекту "Идиомы с обозначением цвета"

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  Idioms with adjectives of colour
  Made by:
  Zhakova Maria 9B
  Teacher: alekseeva l.v.
  

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  Aim and objectives
  Aim of my project: spotting, analyzing and studying the origin, meaning and usage of English phraseological units with adjectives of colour
  Project objectives:
  1) to study the notion and properties of phraseological units in the English language
  2) to research the meaning, origin and usage of English idioms with adjectives ‘black’, `red`, `white`, `green`, `blue`
  3) to conduct a survey aimed at checking frequency of the said English idioms in the speech of high school students
  4) to compile a thematic dictionary of English idioms with the adjectives `black`, `red`, `white`, `green`, `blue`
  
  

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  Results of the survey
  

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  ‘Green’ Idioms
  To get the green light
  Meaning: to get a permission for something
  Example: After two years of waiting,
  the Smith family was given the green
  light to build a house on their land.
  
  

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  ‘Green’ Idioms
  Green-eyed monster
  Meaning: jealousy
  Example: William Shakespeare (from “Hamlet”): “O, beware, my lord, of jealousy! It is the green – eyed monster which doth mock the meat it feeds on”
  
  
  

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  ‘Blue’ Idioms
  
  Feel blue
  Meaning: to experience sadness, sorrow, melancholy, downhearted, depressed.
  Example: Can you call Sally and try and make her laugh? She’s feeling blue after Mike left.
  
  
  

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  ‘Blue’ Idioms
  Out of the blue
  Meaning: suddenly, without warning.
  Example: Mary just showed up at the house out of the blue yesterday. We thought she was still in Europe
  

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  ‘White’ idioms
  As white as a ghost
  Meaning: this is how a person with a very pale face is described. Usually this pallor is caused by fear or shock.
  Example: My friend turned as white as a ghost when she realized there was a stranger standing at her bedroom window.
  

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  ‘Red’ idioms
  Catch someone red-handed
  Meaning: to catch someone in the act of doing something bad.
  Example: We caught Jake and Julia red-handed. They were hugging and kissing even though they deny it (say it’s not true).
  

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  ‘Red’ idioms
  Roll out the red carpet
  Meaning: organize a Grand reception, take on the highest level, literally “spread the red carpet”.
  Example: Simon is the favorite child. Every time he returns home to Australia his parents roll out the red carpet for him.
  

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  ‘Black’ idioms
  Black market
  Meaning: illegal turnover, sale of goods.
  Example: People who can’t buy a gun legally with a permit usually can buy one on the black market.
  

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  ‘Black’ idioms
  Black eye
  Meaning: a bruise near an eye.
  Example: When Mel fell down and hit her face on her brother’s toy truck she got a black eye.
  

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  Functions of idioms
  1) The communicative function
  Example: Peter was green with envy when his friend got a prestigious work.
  2) The nominative function
  Example: He knows how to make me laugh when I am disappointed – He knows how to make me laugh when I feel blue.
  3) The cognitive function
  Example: the phrase “green-eyed monster“ became an idiom after Shakespeare had used it in his text.
  “O, beware, my lord, of jealousy! It`s the green-eyed monster which doth mock the meat it feeds on“
  4) The evaluation function
  Example: She has got awful marks at school. She is the black sheep of the family.
  

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  Conclusion
   42 idioms have been analyzed
  the survey was made
  the functions of idioms were studied
  a dictionary of idioms was made
  

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  Thank you for your attention!
  

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