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McGraw-Hill's Essential American Idioms

By Richard Spears

Book information

Publisher
McGraw-Hill
Year
2008
ISBN
0071497846, 9780071497848
DOI
10.1036/0071497846
LCC
PE2839 .S63 2007
Google Books ID
vZtZewAACAAJ
Open Library ID
OL21873561M
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
2 MB (2364730 bytes)
Edition
3
Pages
219\291
Orientation
yes
Scanned
yes
Time added
2011-08-31 04:54:40

Description

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

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