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21st century american english compendium : a portable guide to the idiosyncrasies, subtleties, technical jargon, and conventional wisdom of american english

By Marvin Rubinstein

Book information

Publisher
Schreiber Pub
Year
2006
ISBN
0884003167, 9780884003168
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
11 MB (11933295 bytes)
Edition
3rd rev. ed
Pages
519\519
Time added
2013-07-27 19:00:00
Языки и языкознание;Английский язык;Словари и разг

Description

Content: 1. American spoken here -- English understood -- 2. Proverbs, slogans, and aphorisms -- 3. Popular American expressions -- 4. Proverbial commentaries -- 5. Similes and metaphors indicating extremes -- 6. American slang and colloquialisms -- 7. British vs. American English (and vice versa) -- 8. Worldwide English -- 9. Foreign words and phrases frequently used in English -- 10. Common American legal terms -- 11. Common American medical terms -- 12. Business colloquialisms, slang and acronyms -- 13. Acronyms, abbreviations, and initialisms -- 14. Acronyms, abbreviations, and initialisms in the computer, Internet and communications industries -- 15. From where do you hail? -- 16. For the symbol minded

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