McGraw-Hill's Dictionary of American Idoms and Phrasal Verbs
- ISBN-10
- 0071486852
- ISBN-13
- 9780071486859
- Category
- Reference
- Pages
- 1098
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2006-02-03
- Publisher
- McGraw Hill Professional
- Author
- Richard Spears
Description
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.
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