Task 1 Translate and write examples a) nominal phrases or noun phraseologisms denoting an object, a person or a living being:
Bullet train;
The root of the trouble.
Let's stop avoiding the issue and get at the root of the problem.
b) verbal phrases or verb phraseologisms denoting an action, a state or a feeling:
To sing like a lark;
To put one’s best foot forward.
c) adjectival phrases or adjective phraseologisms denoting a quality:
As good as gold;
Red as a cherry.
d) adverbial phrases or adverb phraseological units, such as:
From head to foot;
Like a dog with two tails.
e) prepositional phrases or preposition phraseological units:
In the course of;
On the stroke of.