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<xhtml> <head>     <title>Gareth Gates</title> <style>  </style> </head> <xbody> <table width="655" border="1" cellSpacing="0" borderColor="#000000" borderColorDark="white" bgcolor="#000000" height="508"> <tr> <td borderColorLight="#312626" width="165" background="../../06.%20Pop%20Song%20%BF%B5%BE%EE/07.%20Gareth%20Gates-anyone%20of%20us/t-bl.jpg" bgColor="#008080" height="23"><div align="center"> Jimstoeic</div></td> <td width="479" background="../../06.%20Pop%20Song%20%BF%B5%BE%EE/07.%20Gareth%20Gates-anyone%20of%20us/t-blu.jpg" bgColor="#008080" height="23"> Josh's Idiom 31 - beat around the bush</td> <td width="147" background="../../06.%20Pop%20Song%20%BF%B5%BE%EE/07.%20Gareth%20Gates-anyone%20of%20us/t-blu.jpg" bgColor="#008080" height="23"> 　</td> </tr> <tr align="left" valign="top" bgcolor="#FFFFFF"> <td height="477" colspan="3"> <div align="left"> 31. “beat around the bush”   Example: M:        Stop beating around the bush and tell me. W:        Okay, well... M:        What?! W:        I'm sorry I can't lend you the money.   Definition:     Beat around the bush means to evade the issue or to avoid                        giving a direct answer. Explanation:  This idiom is usually used when a person is not getting to the point of the issue when talking or is avoiding the answer by talking in circles.  　 Please use the idiom “beat around the bush” and try to make two sentences.</div> <div align="left"> 　</div> <div align="left"> 　</div> <div align="center"> Copyright 2004 Jimstoeic Reserved</div> </td> </tr> </table> <table border="1" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="border-collapse: collapse" bordercolor="#111111" width="94%" id="AutoNumber3"> </xbody>