Cambridge dictionary of American idioms
(2003)
Nonfiction
Book
Call Numbers:
ESL/IDIOMS/CAMBRIDGE
Availability
Details
PUBLISHED
Cambridge, UK ; New York, NY : Cambridge University Press, 2003
DESCRIPTION
xiii, 498 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm
ISBN/ISSN
052153271X (pbk.), 9780521532716 (pbk.), 9780521532716
LANGUAGE
English
NOTES
Included are more than 5,500 idioms used in current newspapers, magazines, and books; on radio and TV; on Web pages, and in informal conversation. Contains simple, easy-to-understand definitions and more than 1,000 usage notes that explain what idioms mean and how they are used in American English today. Also included are more than 8,000 example sentences