Common American Phrases in Everyday Contexts
- ISBN-10
- 0658001582
- ISBN-13
- 9780658001581
- Series
- Common American Phrases in Everyday Contexts
- Category
- Reference
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2000-01
- Publisher
- Ntc Publishing Group
- Author
- Richard A. Spears
Description
Here's something new and exciting from NTC, the leading publisher of books for students of English as a second language. Electronic dictionaries on CD-ROM make it easy to look up a word or phrase instantly and have access to thousands of typical American English example sentences. The student can store selected entries in his or her personal electronic notebook. Conduct faster, easier research with eDictionaries on CD-ROM -- Open and search any number of dictionaries at once -- Internet link provides updates and additional entries -- Free on-line site for purchasing additional reference materials -- Each eDictionary also includes two bonus dictionaries: NTC's Dictionary of Acronyms and Abbreviations and NTC's Dictionary of Proverbs and Cliches
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Other editions
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- 2002-11-20
- 304 pages
- Paperback
- Mcgraw-hill
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- 1992-01
- 276 pages
- Paperback
- McGraw-Hill/Contemporary
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