With more than 200 new entries, this updated edition boasts almost 2,000 common phrases and colloquial expressions used in contemporary American English. From greetings and good-byes to everyday small talk, each entry is presented in a realistic context. Special attention to the needs of nonnative speakers includes usage restrictions and cautions ...
With more than 7,000 up-to-date phrases, this dictionary covers situations from talking to a doctor to ordering a meal, and helps learners communicate personal feelings, and make small talk.
Now available in softbound, the revised and updated third edition of this comprehensive slang dictionary has more than 800 new expressions. Realistic example sentences - provided for each sense of every entry - show how expressions are used in current, everyday American English. Pronunciations and cautionary notes are provided as needed, and a ...
The most up-to-date collection of curses, insults, ethnic slurs, sexual slang, metaphors, drug talk, street slang, college lingo, and other outlandish words are presented in this comprehensive, unabashed reference book that includes word origins, locales, and time periods.
Learn the lingo of American English. "The American Slang Dictionary" offers you the complete definitions of more than 12,000 slang and informal expressions from various sources, ranging from golden oldie to ping. Each entry is followed by examples illustrating how an expression is used in everyday conversation. Where necessary, International ...
Learn the language of Nebraska ...and 49 other states. With more entries than any other reference of its kind, "McGraw-Hill's Dictionary of American Idioms and Phrasal Verbs" shows you how American English is spoken today. You will find commonly used phrasal verbs, idiomatic expressions, proverbial expressions, and cliches. The dictionary contains ...
This simplified dictionary for learners of English, which has sold more than 100,000 copies in its previous edition, provides easy access to a basic vocabulary of 5,500 everyday English words. Entries have clear, simple, easy-to-understand definitions and include pronunciations and parts of speech. Handy reference pages show numbers, irregular ...
This work is completely revised, updated, reorganized, and enlarged with 600 new entries. Essential for writers and learners of American English, it features a unique new format, an appendix of 500 fixed-order phrases - such as fast and furious - that cannot be reversed, and a Phrase-Finder Index for easy lookups of even partially remembered ...
This quick-access book defines and explains 2,300 confusing American English phrases and idioms, making their meaning crystal clear. It is completely indexed.
This is a completely revised and updated edition that includes a new feature, the Phrase-Finder Index, for single-word access to any phrase. Each cliche, proverb, or idiomatic expression has at least two example sentences.
Fun to read and packed with information, this contemporary dictionary of American slang includes terms that are likely to be heard in movies, on television, in the streets, and on college campuses.
This fascinating reference presents more than 1,800 of the most interesting and difficult-to-grasp expressions used by Brits around the world. It is completely indexed.
Make a splash with American English verbs. This concise, easy-to-use reference explains more than 2,400 contemporary American phrasal verbs and illustrates their use in real-life situations. Each entry includes a full-sentence example.
More than 5,500 American idioms are illustrated by at least two examples of usage each and are organized by theme, topic, or meaning to make this "thesaurus of idioms" easy and fast for ESL learners to use. This book also includes an alphabetical index.
This book gives a chow down on American English. This concise, easy-to-use reference defines and explains hundreds of contemporary American slang expressions and illustrates their use in real-life situations. You will learn to understand this integral part of living English as used by Americans in all walks of life.
This unique guide to speech from various pockets of American culture offers more than 2,800 terms and expressions with at least two example sentences for each entry.
In this book, Spears gets to the heart of American idioms. A fully revised and updated edition of the most established reference to American English idioms, this book covers more than 14,000 idiomatic forms in American English, each exemplified with contextual sentences. The revision also has more than 750 new entries, a new thematic index, and ...
This title provides more than 11,000 examples of usage for 5,500 high-frequency English idioms. Entries are mainly standard British English, but also include slang and informal expressions.
These 123 tales reflect the rich oral tradition of West African folklore. This collection is unique in that the translations preserve the simplicity and directness of the original tales. No attempt was made to doctor them for Western sensitivities or to alter or expand them.
"Modismos Americanos Esenciales" includes more than 1,500 idiomatic expressions of contemporary American English with Spanish explanations. It also identifies cliches, proverbs, and informal expressions.
This book contains more idioms than you can shake a feather at. With more than 2,100 cliches, proverbs, and informal expressions, this is your super source of everyday American idioms.
This work includes more than 1,800 of the most frequently used idioms in contemporary British English, each with at least two example sentences. Compiled with non-native speakers in mind, the entire collection is compressed into a pocket-size edition.
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