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Spoken English: Six Puzzling American Idioms
There are many common spoken English in American English. Although they are all composed of simple words, their meanings often confuse English learners. Give a few examples for your reference.

1. Preempt

If the letters at the beginning of these two words are capitalized, then together they are a proper noun, referring to the training institutions set up by the US government for poor or mentally retarded children, aiming to help them catch up with the teaching progress before entering primary school. For example:

ManypoorparentssendtheirchildrentoHeadStart。

Many poor families send their children to HeadStart for early education.

But if the letter of headstart is lowercase, it is a common noun, which means to start or guide before _ people, for example:

Oral expression.

Knowing more common sayings is good for learning English.

2. aristocratic descent

Refers to a rich person or a person from a wealthy family, such as:

Some people don't want to admit that they are of noble blood.

Some people don't want to admit that they come from a rich family.

Many private schools in bluebloedchildren attends.

Many children from wealthy families attend this private school.

Step 3 sleep in the bed

It means a satisfactory situation; A beautiful and ideal "comfort zone". For example:

Lifeisnotalwaysabedofroses。

Life is not always satisfactory.

4. Tangyuan

It means from beginning to end, from beginning to end; Or everything is complete and detailed. For example:

thistoresellerseverythingfromsouptonuts。

This shop sells all kinds of goods.

But if you mean rich knowledge, you don't need this word. It is usually expressed by fromAtoZ. For example:

Mr. Greenspan Knowseconomysfromatoz.

Mr. Greenspan has a wealth of economic knowledge.

no entrance

Indicates that entry is prohibited _; Restricted access or non-use, that is, closed. For example:

The library will be off-limit estothepublicitille-carpeting project has been completed.

The library has been closed until the new carpet is laid.

The teacher forbade the students to enter the classroom.

Students are not allowed to use the teacher's toilet.

6. Real bombs

In spoken language, it refers to failure or poor performance in public places or on the stage. For example:

The play was a great success and was eliminated early.

The performance was terrible, so I left early.