NTC's Dictionary of Everyday American English Expressions
Title | NTC's Dictionary of Everyday American English Expressions PDF eBook |
Author | Richard A. Spears |
Publisher | McGraw Hill Professional |
Total Pages | 430 |
Release | 1995-02-01 |
Genre | Foreign Language Study |
ISBN | 0071783547 |
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.
NTC's Dictionary of Everyday American English Expressions
Title | NTC's Dictionary of Everyday American English Expressions PDF eBook |
Author | Steven Racek Kleinedler |
Publisher | McGraw-Hill Education |
Total Pages | 436 |
Release | 1995-02-01 |
Genre | Foreign Language Study |
ISBN | 9780844257792 |
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.
NTC's Dictionary of Everyday American English Expressions
Title | NTC's Dictionary of Everyday American English Expressions PDF eBook |
Author | Richard A. Spears |
Publisher | Contemporary Books |
Total Pages | 436 |
Release | 1994 |
Genre | Americanisms |
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The book arranges more than 7,000 expressions into eighteen sections that include dealing with medical professionals, getting a job, taking care of banking needs, communicating personal feelings, desired expressions, alternate vocabulary, formal, informal, humorous, sarcastic, vulgar expressions, idiomatic expressions.
McGraw-Hill's Dictionary of American Idoms and Phrasal Verbs
Title | McGraw-Hill's Dictionary of American Idoms and Phrasal Verbs PDF eBook |
Author | Richard A. Spears |
Publisher | McGraw Hill Professional |
Total Pages | 1100 |
Release | 2006-02-03 |
Genre | Foreign Language Study |
ISBN | 0071486852 |
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.
NTC's Dictionary of American English Phrases
Title | NTC's Dictionary of American English Phrases PDF eBook |
Author | Richard A. Spears |
Publisher | National Textbook Company |
Total Pages | 580 |
Release | 1995 |
Genre | Foreign Language Study |
ISBN | 9780844208480 |
"NTC's Dictionary of American English phrases, " by Richard A. Spears, Ph.D., provides more than 15,000 examples of usage for approxiamtely 7,000 common and useful American English expressions.
NTC's American Idioms Dictionary
Title | NTC's American Idioms Dictionary PDF eBook |
Author | Richard A. Spears |
Publisher | NTC/Contemporary Publishing Company |
Total Pages | 532 |
Release | 1994 |
Genre | Americanisms |
ISBN | 9780844208268 |
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.
McGraw-Hill's Dictionary of American Slang 4E (PB)
Title | McGraw-Hill's Dictionary of American Slang 4E (PB) PDF eBook |
Author | Richard A. Spears |
Publisher | McGraw Hill Professional |
Total Pages | 576 |
Release | 2005-10-14 |
Genre | Business & Economics |
ISBN | 0071612076 |
More bling for the buck! The #1 guide to American slang is now bigger, more up-to-date, and easier to use This new edition of McGraw-Hill’s Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions offers complete definitions of more than 12,000 slang and informal expressions from various sources, ranging from golden oldies such as . . . golden oldie, to recent coinages like shizzle (gangsta), jonx (Wall Street), and ping (the Internet). Each entry is followed by examples illustrating how an expression is used in everyday conversation and, where necessary, International Phonetic Alphabet pronunciations are given, as well as cautionary notes for crude, inflammatory, or taboo expressions. This edition also features a fascinating introduction on “What is Slang?,” a Thematic Index that cross-references expressions by standard terms--such as Angry, Drunk, Food, Good-bye, Mess-up, Money, and Stupidity--and a Hidden Word Index that lets you identify and locate even partially remembered expressions and phrases.