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Author : Bartlett Jere Whiting
Publisher : Harvard University Press
ISBN 13 : 9780674219816
Total Pages : 626 pages
Book Rating : 4.13/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Early American Proverbs and Proverbial Phrases written by Bartlett Jere Whiting and published by Harvard University Press. This book was released on 1977 with total page 626 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: p.B. J. Whiting savors proverbial expressions and has devoted much of his lifetime to studying and collecting them; no one knows more about British and American proverbs than he. The present volume, based upon writings in British North America from the earliest settlements to approximately 1820, complements his and Archer Taylor's Dictionary of American Proverbs and Proverbial Phrases, 1820-1880. It differs from that work and from other standard collections, however, in that its sources are primarily not "literary" but instead workaday writings - letters, diaries, histories, travel books, political pamphlets, and the like. The authors represent a wide cross-section of the populace, from scholars and statesmen to farmers, shopkeepers, sailors, and hunters. Mr. Whiting has combed all the obvious sources and hundreds of out-of-the-way publications of local journals and historical societies. This body of material, "because it covers territory that has not been extracted and compiled in a scholarly way before, can justly be said to be the most valuable of all those that Whiting has brought together," according to Albert B. Friedman. "What makes the work important is Whiting's authority: a proverb or proverbial phrase is what BJW thinks is a proverb or proverbial phrase. There is no objective operative definition of any value, no divining rod; his tact, 'feel, ' experience, determine what's the real thing and what is spurious."

Author : Professor Hans Schemann
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1135114358
Total Pages : 576 pages
Book Rating : 4.50/5 ( download)

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Download or read book English/German Dictionary of Idioms written by Professor Hans Schemann and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2013-04-15 with total page 576 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This dictionary is the ideal supplement to the German/English Dictionary of Idioms, which together give a rich source of material for the translator from and into each language. The dictionary contains 15,000 headwords, each entry supplying the German equivalents, variants, contexts and the degree of currency/rarity of the idiomatic expression. This dictionary will be an invaluable resource for students and professional literary translators. Not for sale in Germany, Austria or Switzerland

Author : Daniel B. Smith
Publisher : Daniel B. Smith
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 378 pages
Book Rating : 4./5 ( download)

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Download or read book English Idioms and Phrases Dictionary written by Daniel B. Smith and published by Daniel B. Smith. This book was released on 2023-07-03 with total page 378 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Idioms are expressions that cannot be understood from their individual words alone, and the English language is full of them—and so is this dictionary: 4,800+ English idioms and phrases with example sentences included for you so as to understand them all. This is the essential idioms dictionary if you want to talk like a native speaker—or just find out more about the colorful phrases you hear and say every day.

Author : Daphne M. Gulland
Publisher : Grada Publishing a.s.
ISBN 13 : 8024730944
Total Pages : 164 pages
Book Rating : 4.43/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Anglické obrazné fráze a idiomy - English as easy as ABC written by Daphne M. Gulland and published by Grada Publishing a.s.. This book was released on 2011 with total page 164 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Julius Ernest Heuscher
Publisher : Charles C Thomas Publisher
ISBN 13 : 0398074119
Total Pages : 389 pages
Book Rating : 4.11/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Psychology, Folklore, Creativity, and the Human Dilemma written by Julius Ernest Heuscher and published by Charles C Thomas Publisher. This book was released on 2003 with total page 389 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "The author explores the meaning of folklore and its usefulness in education and psychotherapy. The book aims for deepening the awareness of our ultimate human concerns, the meaning of authenticity, and the urgent need for radical, long-term commitments. Throughout the book there is both the hidden and the overt implication that simply liking, appreciating or agreeing with insightful ideas and suggestions presented by anyone are absolutely worthless, or may even be counterproductive if the readers do not translate into changes and actions the ideas that are most meaninful to them."

Author : Vance Randolph
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 260 pages
Book Rating : 4.90/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Stiff as a Poker written by Vance Randolph and published by . This book was released on 1993 with total page 260 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : EDITORIAL BOARD
Publisher : V&S Publishers
ISBN 13 : 9352150503
Total Pages : 429 pages
Book Rating : 4.02/5 ( download)

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Download or read book CONCISE DICTIONARY OF ENGLISH COMBINED (IDIOMS, PHRASES, PROBERBS, SIMILIES) written by EDITORIAL BOARD and published by V&S Publishers. This book was released on 2015-09-01 with total page 429 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This authoritative dictionary is designed to help readers expand vocabulary and language skills to reach appreciative levels and then exceed that! Hence, pick up the various ways to explain the meaning of idioms, phrases and proverbs, besides interpreting figurative language, such as metaphors and similes.The volume is composed of four separate sections:1. Idioms, 2.Phrases, 3.Proverbs and 4.Metaphors and Similes Key Featureso Sentences focussed on figurative language and sayingso Includes common idioms, popular phrases, witty proverbs, metaphors and similes.o Contains hyperbole and adages at appropriate placeso Organized into A-Z format with sentences at easy and moderate levelso Allows readers to develop and then apply new skills of expressiono Aligns to the English and Foreign words currently in popular useBenefitso Produces a complete understanding of common idiomso Provides recognizing the meaning of popular phraseso Encourages readers to understand and relate to witty proverbso Develops the ability to use metaphors and simileso Introduces adage and hyperboleo Improves vocabulary and enhances knowledge of word meaningso Polishes persuasive, descriptive and narrative writing skills

Author : V&S EDITORIAL BOARD
Publisher : V&S Publishers
ISBN 13 : 9352150538
Total Pages : 128 pages
Book Rating : 4.33/5 ( download)

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Download or read book CONCISE DICTIONARY OF METAPHORS AND SIMILIES (POCKET SIZE) written by V&S EDITORIAL BOARD and published by V&S Publishers. This book was released on 2015-01-09 with total page 128 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Most speakers and writers use the terms metaphor and simile as if they mean exactly the same thing. But they are not! A simile is a metaphor, but not all metaphors are similes. A metaphor compares two things, and does so more directly without using as or like. For example, the shop was a little gold-mine. A simile compares (usually introduced by like or as) two things that are generally not alike--such as a line of migrant workers and a wave, or onion skins and a swarm of butterflies.Writers and authors use similes to explain things, to express emotion, or to make their writing more lively and entertaining. Metaphors also offer figurative comparisons, but these are implied rather than introduced by like or as. Salient Features:o Thousands of widely used popular Metaphors & Similes in Englisho Inclusion of foreign Metaphors & Similes currently in use in English languageo Arranged alphabetically from A - Zo Worth recommending without second thoughtAn authoritative Dictionary of Metaphors & Similes for students, writers, and general readers!

Author : Ki Chiu Kwong
Publisher : BoD – Books on Demand
ISBN 13 : 336886307X
Total Pages : 945 pages
Book Rating : 4.74/5 ( download)

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Download or read book A Dictionary of English Phrases with Illustrative Sentences written by Ki Chiu Kwong and published by BoD – Books on Demand. This book was released on 2024-02-25 with total page 945 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Reprint of the original, first published in 1881.

Author : Лариса Шитова
Publisher : Litres
ISBN 13 : 5040007000
Total Pages : 161 pages
Book Rating : 4.04/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Two is a Company. Dictionary of Pair Idioms. Два сапога пара. Словарь парных идиом written by Лариса Шитова and published by Litres. This book was released on 2022-01-29 with total page 161 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: В настоящей книге собраны английские парные идиомы и приравненные к ним устойчивые выражения с закреплённым порядком слов, так называемые сиамские близнецы. Для парных идиом характерны такие особенности как дублирование, аллитерация и рифмовка. Они легки для запоминания и последующего воспроизведения.Книга предназначена для широкого круга почитателей английской фразеологии, снабжена примерами разнообразных типов парных идиом.