MEANING SIMILAR	MEANING DIFFERENT
THE SPITTING IMAGE	BE A FAR CRY FROM EACH OTHER
BE THE CARBON COPY OF	BE THE ODD ONE OUT
BE ON A PAR WITH	BE ONE OF A KIND
IT’S AS BROAD AS IT’S LARGE	BE POLES APART
BE TWO OF A KIND	THERE’S A WORLD OF DIFFERENCE BETWEEN….

Now link up these expressions and their French counterparts together

Etre la réplique

Etre l’exception

Ils sont du même acabit

C’est du pareil au même

Il y a un monde entre….et….

Etre unique en son genre

Etre aux antipodes l’un de l’autre

Le portrait craché

Etre loin de

Etre au niveau de

Complete some of the idiomatic expressions in the sentences below :

1. My brother is an eccentric. I don’t know anybody quite like him. He’s………………………………

2. I’ve just met David’s brother. He’s………………………of his father.

3. Vanessa and Laura are twins but when it comes to TV programmes, they’re………………………..!

4. ………………………………………having a sister and having a twin sister !

List the expressions below in the appropriate column

Be the same….as / be alike / be different from / be as different as chalk from cheese /

Resemble / stand out / look like / take after / differ from / distinguish oneself from

similarity

differences

Then translate these sentences into English

1. Ils se ressemblent mais en ce qui concerne leur caractère, c’est l’eau et le vin !

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2. Ils ont la même façon de parler

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3. Il tient de son père, n’est-ce pas ?

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4. Pas étonnant qu’elle se démarque de sa mère ! ! Cette dernière est si autoritaire !

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