IELTS TOEFL Academic Writing: What Is Idiomatic Language?

A good way to increase your Lexical Resource, or vocabulary, score on the IELTS and TOEFL essay is to include idiomatic language. Many people think that idiomatic language means idioms. Idiomatic language is more than that: it includes any phrasing that carries a meaning that is different from the individual words in the phrase. These can also be found in collocations and phrasal verbs. In this video, we look at the difference between idiomatic meanings and literal meanings of expressions, with samples and explanations. Example of a collocation: call someone a name Example of a phrasal verb: hang on Example of an idiom: make ends meet Don’t forget to visit https://www.writetotop.com for more of our original content. See our Idea Banks (full of useful vocab): https://writetotop.com/books/ Would you like to help make Write to the Top even better? Support us: https://writetotop.com/product/support-us/ https://paypal.me/writetotop