Idioms are a very important part of the English language: you are told that if you want to go far (succeed) you should pull your socks up (make a serious effort to improve your behaviour, the quality of your work, etc.) and use your grey matter (brain).1 Learning and translating idioms have always been very difficult for foreign language learners. The present paper explores some of the reasons why English idiomatic expressions are difficult to learn and translate. It is not the aim of this paper to attempt a comprehensive survey of the vast amount of material that has appeared on idioms in Adams and Kuder (1984), Alexander (1984), Dixon (1983), Kirkpatrick (2001), Langlotz (2006), McCarthy and O'Dell (2002), and Wray (2002), among others

The Maghreb Did not know modern problem more complex and dangerous than the problem of Western Sahara, which is the first obstacle in front of building Arab Maghreb, did not enter Post-independence governments in attrition mutual since liberation wars until today, as happened with this problem between Morocco and Algeria supporting the Polisario Front separatist and did not know the end after so, this research focused on the show dimensional geopolitical to this problem and reveal the role of regional and international behind its continuation and the latest developments after the revolutions Arab Spring and its impact on the problem and the end of UN mission new to the Sahara and results.

It is a well-known fact that publishing companies spend much money, time and energy in designing their book covers to attract potential customers. As the first thing people do when they buy or intend to buy a book is looking at its front cover. However, if there is a need to know more about the book, people usually look at the information on its back cover. This paper attempts to explore the persuasive function of blurbs beyond the constraints of the academic domain and consequently their connection with advertising discourse in two main sections: The first presents the concept of blurb and its structure while the second defines persuasion and shows the most prominent strategiesused in blurbs. Finally, this paper gives the conclusion tha

The goal of this research is to identify the effect of the programmed teaching method on the academic gaining for the material of general sciences (physics) for the female pupils in the third class in the teachers preparing institutes . And The research sample included 70 pupils after excluding the pupil who failed for the academic year ٢٠٠٨ -٢٠٠٩ , represented by two classrooms and one classroom was chosen random ally which contained 35 pupils, to represent the experimental group which studied by the programmed method, and the second group (35) pupils represent the controlling group, which studied by the lecturing method, then we made equivalence between the two groups in the previous knowledge in the third class intermediate sc

The winds of change witnessed by the Ottoman Empire after the constitutional coup in 1908 carried the breezes of freedom, writers and journalists were finally able to express themselves, this change was reflected on intellectual and cultural life and on freedom of publication and expression , perhaps the first thing that was affected by this change was the press, it entered a new phase in which it got rid of those restrictions and limitations imposed by the Ottoman Sultanate concerning the right to issue newspapers and freedom of publication. Iraq was the first to witness a new phase of press relief, before the constitutional coup, it was possible to count on the fingers of the hand how many newspapers were issued, that number doubled to

Waste is the most common phenomenon in the educational systems. Such a waste should reduce its efficiency and weaken its productivity which is best represented by failing and dropouts .thus resources meant to develop the educational institutions quality and quantity–wise would be wasted .in other words the return of the investments allotted to develop the educational system would fall short of the aims . The consequences would worst in the primary learning field. The research has three chapters: The first chapter is about significance of the research and its aims in addition to a review of literature. The second chapter is about the concept of dropping out of schools in the primary learning sector plus a history of the phenomenon .Thir

Trading global discourse topic as one of the other entrances to world peace, and the most important reasons for co-existence of intellectual and lumpy, and there Important issue related to a fundamental issue of the other cases are denied and the exclusion of others, Trading global discourse topic as one of the other entrances to world peace, and the most important reasons for co-existence of intellectual and lumpy, and there Important issue related to a fundamental issue of the other cases are denied and the exclusion of others, The stories of the prophets and their people the position of calling them and thought the new Massadik it. have found through research that there are two types of methods in the exclusion are as follows: 

This research in the philosophy of ethics, we have written under the title (Sensory And Mental Dialogue In The Philosophy Of Ethics -Criticism And Analysis-). Consists of three sections; first: talked dealt within the second part; we writhe about controversial consepts of sensory and mental. Then we about the concept of common philosophical doctrines, either in the third section we talked about the concept of the mind doctrines that secured sence mainly studies in philosophy. The purpose for which our finding in this research is to show that undeniable sense or exceeded in any doctrine of mentale doctrines, just as the mind can not be bypassed or undeniable doctrines sensory ... So as to complete the theory that we have in our thesis to

The theme of unity of the topics that figured prominently Quran, cited preachers and scholars verses function on the unity and sense, to lift the nation from Hdtha, saved from the crisis, in an attempt to reunite and heal the rift, and re nation to unity and strength, and conduct on the path religion True, The Quran the unit is the Constitution of the Islamic nation and a safety valve, a strong rope of God. The following us in our research and Rod talk about it lonely in the Quran, and the statement of some form, and means its findings, including: (obey Allah and His Messenger, and referring to the Quran and Sunnah, and talk by saying better, reform between the brothers, call wisdom and good advice, etc.. ..), as Pena main obstacles and

Reciprocal Teaching is an interactive method that is used to improve reading comprehension. Using this teaching strategy, teachers and students take turns leading discussions regarding sections of text using the four strategies: predicting, questioning, clarifying and summarizing. This study is an attempt to investigate the effect of using reciprocal teaching on improving female college students' achievement in reading comprehension. To fulfill the aim of the study, the researcher has adopted two null hypotheses: first, there is no significant difference between the achievement of students' who practice the reciprocal teaching technique and that of students who do not practice it. Second, there is no statistically significant difference