ALT A vintage-style painting of three smiling children in Halloween costumes, two in pointed black witch hats and dark outfits and a blonde girl with a hair bow holding a small carved pumpkin, with a boy on the right carrying a pumpkin bucket, against a plain beige background. Text reads 'dress up', 'phrasal verb', 'to put on special clothes to look like someone or something else' and 'We're dressing up as witches this year!'
ALT An illustration of a nervous man in a brown tweed coat clutching a paper bag and glancing sideways at a tall, grinning shopkeeper leaning over a wooden counter in an old-fashioned shop, with a black cat sitting on the counter staring at the customer, shelves of tins and jars of sweets behind them. A text box reads ‘idiom: give someone the creeps’ and ‘That shopkeeper gives me the creeps.’
ALT A pop-art comic illustration against a bright yellow background of an excited teenage girl in a pink hoodie holding a phone and whispering to her grandmother, who raises an eyebrow as she pours tea from a floral teapot beside scones and a floral cup. Text reads 'Spill the tea!' and 'meaning: tell me the gossip!'
ALT An illustration of a startled man in a brown cardigan leaping out of a green armchair, with his newspaper and a teacup flying through the air, while a smiling child in a white sheet ghost costume peeks out from behind the chair and a terrier hides under the coffee table in a cosy living room. A text box reads ‘idiom: jump out of your skin’ and ‘You made me jump out of my skin!’
ALT A smiling man in a plaid shirt and jacket looking off to the side, with text overlay reading 'slang: bloke,' the example 'Ask Dave. He's a really nice bloke,' and 'meaning: a man (informal British English).'
ALT A watercolour illustration of a black sheep wearing sunglasses and a leather jacket, standing among four white sheep in bow ties and pearl necklaces in a cosy sitting room, with text overlay reading 'idiom: the black sheep of the family,' the example 'Everyone in my family is a lawyer, so as an artist, I'm the black sheep!' and 'meaning: the person a family or group disapproves of.'
ALT A surprised man with red hair against an orange background, with text reading 'British person: "You alright?"' and 'You: "...Yes? Why? Do I look ill?"' followed by 'In the UK, it just means hello,' a correct reply of 'Yeah, good thanks, you?' and an incorrect reply of 'Your medical history.'
ALT "A large full moon glowing blue against a dark night sky above a silhouette of treetops, with text overlay reading 'idiom: once in a blue moon,' the example 'I miss you. I only get to see you once in a blue moon!' and 'meaning: very rarely, almost never.'"
