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Idioms add color to a language, and they also reveal some of the culture behind it. However, for non-native speakers, it is
difficult to understand idioms. Besides, the real meaning of an idiom can be very different 16_ its literal meaning. That's
why not everyone can easily figure out what an idiom means though he or she may know each individual word in it. There are
many kinds of idioms for different themes in English. One of 17_ is for body parts, for they are so close to us. For example,
your friend might tell you that he wanted to buy the latest cell phone, so he had to work to pay for it. What's more, while he was
working one day, he noticed someone suspicious 18 into the store where he worked. He watched him carefully and caught
him 19 to slip some gum into his pocket. At first, you might not understand what he said, for he used a lot of idioms that
contained body parts like “cost an arm and a leg” and “sticky fingers.” However, if you guess from the context and the way 20
he used the words, you may get what he meant. Learn more about idioms, and you'll find that using them can be fun.
16. (A) from (B) with
(C) for
(D) at
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(A) a common
(B) a commoner
(C) the commoner
(D) the most common
