022 - Expression: By the Book / Project Gutenberg
American English Podcast
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Do Everything by the Book
To do something by the book means to follow the rules. Shakespeare did create a lot of new expressions for the English language, but this could have meant something entirely different in his book or according to him. So let's go ahead and do a listen and repeat exercise so that you can practice your pronunciation. We'll use the sentence, everything is by the book. And the conjugation, repeat after me. I go by the book; he goes by the book.; she goes by theBook: "I am very clueless"
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