NTC's American idioms dictionary: the most practical reference for the everyday expressions of contemporary American English
โ Scribed by Richard A. Spears
- Publisher
- NTC Pub. Group
- Year
- 2000
- Tongue
- English
- Leaves
- 638
- Edition
- 3rd ed
- Category
- Library
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โฆ Synopsis
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.
โฆ Table of Contents
Cover.pdf......Page 0
cover......Page 1
contents......Page 6
to the user......Page 8
Terms and symbols......Page 10
about the dictionary......Page 12
A......Page 15
B......Page 45
C......Page 73
D......Page 100
E......Page 116
F......Page 123
G......Page 144
H......Page 185
I......Page 215
J......Page 238
K......Page 241
L......Page 253
M......Page 271
N......Page 288
O......Page 299
P......Page 321
Q......Page 348
R......Page 349
S......Page 362
T......Page 402
U......Page 434
V......Page 439
W......Page 441
X......Page 456
Y......Page 457
Z......Page 459
Phrase-Finder Index......Page 461
Appendix......Page 635
๐ SIMILAR VOLUMES
Contains definitions, explanations, cross-references, and examples for 14,000 formal and informal American expressions.
<p>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.
I use this book on daily basis and I couldn't be more satisfied with it. Idioms are so common in speech and writing in today's English, that you really don't stand a chance of speaking or understanding the language properly if you don't get familiar with its idiomatic expression. I recommend that yo
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 lookup
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