| A | B |
| bring the house down | to give such a good performance that the audience is very loud and active in showing how much they like it |
| cliff hanger | a break in a story at a point of great suspense, where we wonder what is about to happen |
| eat your words | to take back what you said or admit you were wrong |
| hit the road | to start a journey, particularly by car |
| lend a hand | to help someone out |
| look down your nose | to think that other people are not as good as you |
| on thin ice | to be in risk of danger or trouble |
| put your foot in your mouth | to say something embarrasing or hurtful to others |
| see eye to eye | to agree with each other |
| take with a grain of salt | we do not take it seriously |
| idiom | group of words that has a special meaning seperate from the meaning of the individual words |
| simile | comparison of two unlike things using like or as |
| metaphor | comparison of two unlike things without using like or as |
| colony | a land ruled by another country |
| raw material | a resource that can be used to make a product |
| indentured servant | a person who agreed to work for another person without pay for a certain time |
| pilgrim | a person who makes a journey for religious reasons |
| cash crop | a crop that people grow to sell |