Essential American Idioms

Author : Richard A. Spears
Publisher : McGraw-Hill Companies
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 244 pages
Book Rating : 4.37/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Essential American Idioms written by Richard A. Spears and published by McGraw-Hill Companies. This book was released on 1999 with total page 244 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Among the special features of this book are the following: each entry has at least two example sentences illustrating how the idiom is used in context in natural American English; and a new Phrase-Finder Index enables users to locate a particular idiom quickly by looking up any of its major words.

Author : Richard A. Spears
Publisher : McGraw Hill Professional
ISBN 13 : 0071486852
Total Pages : 1100 pages
Book Rating : 4.59/5 ( download)

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Download or read book McGraw-Hill's Dictionary of American Idoms and Phrasal Verbs written by Richard A. Spears and published by McGraw Hill Professional. This book was released on 2006-02-03 with total page 1100 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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 clichés. The dictionary contains more than 24,000 entries, each defined and followed by one or two example sentences. It also includes a Phrase-Finder Index with more than 60,000 entries.

Author : Gail Brenner
Publisher : Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
ISBN 13 : 054418890X
Total Pages : 467 pages
Book Rating : 4.07/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Webster's New World: American Idioms Handbook written by Gail Brenner and published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. This book was released on 2011-09-23 with total page 467 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The most comprehensive reference for understanding and using the contemporary idioms of American English—with more than 1,000 entries. Mastering the use of idiomatic language is an essential step toward achieving fluency in any language. Webster's New World: American Idioms Handbook is the ideal guide to the slang, sayings, expressions, jargon, and colloquialisms of American English—covering more than 1,000 entries. Emphasizing acquisition and application, this book explains their meanings as well as when, where, why, and how to use them. A wealth of examples helps readers understand each idiom’s connotation and identify its appropriate context. An extensive index allows for quick and easy reference.

Author : Richard A. Spears
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9783572005154
Total Pages : 247 pages
Book Rating : 4.59/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Essential American idioms written by Richard A. Spears and published by . This book was released on 1991 with total page 247 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Robert James Dixson
Publisher : Prentice Hall
ISBN 13 : 9780132863292
Total Pages : 196 pages
Book Rating : 4.94/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Essential Idioms in English written by Robert James Dixson and published by Prentice Hall. This book was released on 1983 with total page 196 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From "catching a cold" to "landing on your feet," idiomatic expressions add color and style to the English language. The latest edition of "Essential Idioms in English" remains the resource of choice for mastering more than 500 common English idioms, phrasal verbs, and collocations. Organized by level for beginning, intermediate, and advanced learners, "Essential Idioms in English "thoroughly defines and illustrates each idiom, then reinforces its meaning and usage with multiple-choice, true-false, fill-in-the-blank, and matching exercises.New features include: Three new sections on collocations to illustrate the frequency of certain usages.An expanded Appendix of Equivalent Idioms that adds Portuguese to the French and Spanish translations of previous editions.New eight-page section on dictionary skills helps students build their knowledge of vocabulary and usage.

Author : Harry Collis
Publisher : McGraw-Hill
ISBN 13 : 9780844254463
Total Pages : 130 pages
Book Rating : 4.60/5 ( download)

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Download or read book 101 American English Idioms written by Harry Collis and published by McGraw-Hill. This book was released on 1987-02-09 with total page 130 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An introduction to American colloquialisms through the use of explanatory dialogue or narrative.

Author : Richard A. Spears
Publisher : McGraw Hill Professional
ISBN 13 : 0071589333
Total Pages : 290 pages
Book Rating : 4.38/5 ( download)

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Download or read book McGraw-Hill's Essential American Idioms written by Richard A. Spears and published by McGraw Hill Professional. This book was released on 2008-01-28 with total page 290 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Understand American English better by mastering its idioms This authoritative reference offers thousands of American English idioms, common phrases, and colloquialisms. Entries include definitions and examples of idioms used in context. With help from McGraw-Hill's Essential American Idioms Dictionary, you will become familiar with English as it is used in the media, at work, around the house, and in everyday conversations. This knowledge will help you comprehend English as it is spoken in the United States and add variety to your word usage. Inside you will find: 2,000 entries with examples of everyday usage The latest idioms used in the American lexicon Fun illustrations that show the humor of taking expressions too literally

Author : Solomon Wiener
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781258429430
Total Pages : 114 pages
Book Rating : 4.38/5 ( download)

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Download or read book A Handy Book of Commonly Used American Idioms written by Solomon Wiener and published by . This book was released on 2012-07-01 with total page 114 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Richard A. Spears
Publisher : NTC/Contemporary Publishing Company
ISBN 13 : 9780844208268
Total Pages : 532 pages
Book Rating : 4.64/5 ( download)

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Download or read book NTC's American Idioms Dictionary written by Richard A. Spears and published by NTC/Contemporary Publishing Company. This book was released on 1994 with total page 532 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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 phrases.

Author : Richard A. Spears
Publisher : McGraw-Hill Companies
ISBN 13 : 9780844208312
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.10/5 ( download)

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Download or read book NTC's Thematic Dictionary of American Idioms written by Richard A. Spears and published by McGraw-Hill Companies. This book was released on 1999 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: NTC's Thematic Dictionary of American Idioms contains more than 5,500 of the most common and useful idioms arranged conveniently by theme, topic, or meaning. This work combines the best features of a thesaurus and a dictionary. Its features include a definition of each idiom that includes at least two examples of usage, an alphabetical index for locating each idiom, and an easy-to-read format with a minimum of abbreviations and symbols. NTC's Thematic Dictionary of American Idioms is an invaluable tool that allows writers, speakers, and students of English to locate the exact idiomatic expressions they need quickly and easily.