Leksikoloogia konspekt (uus)
10. verb + preposition 13. adjective + preposition
choose between two things Safe from attack
11. verb + adjective 14. short phrases including the headword
Make / keep / declare sth safe the speed of light, pick and choose, safe
12. adverb + adjective and sound, social networking site
47. Idioms
A group of words having a meaning not deducible from the individual words. A set
expression where two or more words are syntactically related but with a meaning like that
of a single lexical unit.
Non-compositional meanings – can’t be predicted from the meanings of its semantical
components
They are unique to languages – jump the gun
Can’t be passivized – the gun was jumped, the bucket was kicked
o BUT: his leg was pulled continuously by the other boys