This new edition of the Collins COBUILD American Advanced Dictionary offers up-to-date coverage of today's English in a clear, attractive format. This dictionary is ideal for upper intermediate and advanced learners of American English. It covers all the words, phrases and idioms that students need to learn and master to be able to speak and write effective American English. With full-sentence definitions written in simple, natural English, this dictionary is easy to use and understand. The examples, taken from the 4.5-billion-word Collins Corpus, show learners how the words are used in authentic contexts. The dictionary offers a wealth of knowledge and provides extensive help with grammar, including grammar patterns and a grammar reference in the supplement. A wide range of vocabulary-building features, many of them with full-colour illustrations, encourage students to expand and improve their accuracy and fluency. The dictionary also includes an Activity Guide, which helps students learn how to get the most out of the dictionary; a Writer's Handbook, which gives guidance on spelling, punctuation, letter-writing and CVs, and a Speaker's Handbook, which gives advice on the best set phrases to use in key situations. The Collins COBUILD American Advanced Dictionary provides invaluable and detailed guidance on the English language, and is the complete reference tool for learners of American English.
It was a painting of Gilbert Williams , the greatest stage actor of his time and one of the few to have gotten rich . Some of his money had gone to build this theater . “ Gilbert Williams acted on this stage .
'Money contributed to the war loans': journalistic coll. verging on j.: 1916—~18. ... A school of novelists stressing the etiquette of the drawing-room and affecting gentility: literary SIMON PURE coil. of ca. 1834-90.
Part of an American EFL course, this is a unit-by-unit workbook. It is aimed at teenagers and should be used in conjunction with the main student book.
Contains definitions, explanations, cross-references, and examples for 14,000 formal and informal American expressions.
Modern American Dialogues
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Fifty-five thousand entries in easy-to-read print and illustrated by hundreds of photographs, diagrams, and maps furnish a reference on the pronunciation, syllabication, origins, and meanings of commonly used words as...
D. Dailey-OʼCain, Jennifer 221 Davis, Alva 133,263 DeLattre, Pierre 37 Delbridge,A. 125 Di Paolo, Marianne 14, 29, 62, ... Henry 214–215, 261–262 Gleason, H. A. 12 Goldsmith, John 12 Gordon, Matthew 3, 121 Graff, David 24,297,301 Green, ...
This volume is part of a four-stage American English course for secondary students. Based on a structural syllabus, it takes students from beginning to pre-intermediate level.
Provides definitions and usage for ten thousand slang expressions and Americanisms