h. (go to) the cinema, the theatre and the radio (e.g. Ann goes to the cinema a lot, but she hasn't been to the theatre), but television.
i. to talk about musical Instruments (e.g. Ann plays the piano very well.)
j. to refer to a system or services. (e.g. How long does it take on the train?)
k. Countries whose names include words like kingdom, states, republic, plural nouns in their names. (e.g. the United Kingdom; the People’s Republic of China; the Netherlands)
l. Geographical features, such as mountain ranges, groups of islands, rivers, seas, oceans and canals. (e.g. the Himalayas; the Canaries; the Atlantic Ocean; the Amazon; the Panama Canal)
m. Most newspapers (e.g. The Times; The Washington Post)
n. well known buildings or works of art (e.g. the Empire State Building; the Taj Mahal; the Mona Lisa; the Sunflowers)
o. Organisations (e.g. the United Nations)
p. hotels, pubs and restaurants, except the name of the hotel or restaurant is the name of the owner. (e.g. the Ritz; the Déjà Vu, Brown’s; Brown’s Hotel, etc.)
q. Most other buildings have name with The (e.g. The Sheraton Hotel, The Palace Theatre, The Guggenheim Museum, The White House)
r. the north and the Far East, but northern Korea
s. families: the Obamas (Obama's family)
t. The + Nationality: the English (the people of country), but an Englishman
Idiom 365
don't look a gift horse in the mouth : When someone gives you a gift, don't be ungrateful.
Example: I prefer to wear light colored shirts, but my mom gave me a bunch of dark colored ones; oh well, I shouldn't look a gift horse in the mouth and will try them on later.