Do you like to do things by the book? Can your friends read you like a book? I hope you don’t ever cook the books! What does it all mean? In this lesson, I’ll introduce you to some English idioms which include the word ‘book’. They can be useful sayings in day to day life, so they’re well worth knowing about. Remember to test your knowledge afterwards in the quiz.
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In this lesson:
0:00 English Idioms using ’book’
0:29 a closed book
1:23 an open book
1:47 I can read you like a book.
2:35 the oldest trick in the book
4:58 doing it by the book
5:47 take a leaf out of your book
7:07 you can’t judge a book by its cover
9:19 cooking the books
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