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The trouble with idioms: How they can leave even fluent English speakers behind

By Frank Boers, Professor of Applied Linguistics, Western University

Idioms are an often invisible barrier to understanding and inclusion for second-language speakers because their meanings rely on shared culture as well as language.

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