McGraw-Hill's Essential American Idioms - Couverture souple

Spears, Richard

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 0071497846 ISBN 13 : 9780071497848

Editeur : McGraw-Hill Education, 2008

Synopsis

Book by Spears Richard

A propos du livre

Présentation de l'éditeur :

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

Biographie de l'auteur :

Richard A. Spears, Ph.D. is a former reference editor and linguistics Professor at Northwestern University, who has written more than 150 dictionaries. He has a particular expertise in phrasal dictionaries.

À propos de cette édition

• Éditeur: McGraw-Hill Education
• Date d'édition: 2008
• ISBN 10: 0071497846
• ISBN 13: 9780071497848
• Reliure: Broché
• Numéro d'édition: 3
• Nombre de pages: 288