#Person1#: Are there many idioms in English? 
#Person2#: There are hundreds and hundreds. English is particularly rich in idiomatic expressions. 
#Person1#: Can you give us an example? 
#Person2#: I'll look up the rate. To look up doesn't mean to look high into the sky or to look at the roof. It means to search for and find some information. 
#Person1#: What about the expression goodbye? Is that an idiom? 
#Person2#: That is just a natural, grammatical English expression. It has a direct translation in other languages. 
#Person1#: This is interesting, Ms. Parker. 
Ms. Parker tells #Person1# English has many idioms but goodbye is just a grammatical expression.
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