Download Full eBooks in PDF
Ntc S Dictionary Of British Slang And Colloquial Expressions Book in PDF, ePub and Kindle version is available to download in english. Read online anytime anywhere directly from your device. Click on the download button below to get a free pdf file of Ntc S Dictionary Of British Slang And Colloquial Expressions book. This book definitely worth reading, it is an incredibly well-written.
Author : Ewart James
Publisher : Ntc Publishing Group
Page : 573 pages
File Size : 54,5 Mb
Release : 1997
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 0844208388
Author : Richard Spears
Publisher : McGraw Hill Professional
Page : 578 pages
File Size : 41,7 Mb
Release : 2000-02-01
Category : Foreign Language Study
ISBN : 9780071392044
The revised and updated third edition of this comprehensive slang dictionary has more than 800 new expressions. Realistic example sentences--provided for each sense of every entry--show how expressions are used in current, everyday American English. Pronunciations and cautionary notes are provided as needed, and a Phrase-Finder Index helps users locate entries quickly.
Author : Richard A. Spears
Publisher : Ntc Publishing Group
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 52,6 Mb
Release : 2000-01-01
Category : Reference
ISBN : 0658001574
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
Author : Richard A. Spears
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 528 pages
File Size : 43,9 Mb
Release : 1989
Category : Americanisms
ISBN : 0844254606
Slang words, slang terms and phrases of the American language.
Author : McGraw-Hill Education,McGraw-Hill/Contemporary,National Textbook Company
Publisher : National Textbook Company
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 42,5 Mb
Release : 2000-08-01
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 0658001248
Author : Ewart James
Publisher : NTC/Contemporary Publishing Company
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 44,5 Mb
Release : 1999
Category : English language
ISBN : 0844204684
Criss-cross (crossword puzzle), jam sandwich (police car), and pull the moody (sulk) are examples of nearly 2,000 amusing and quirky slang expressions defined and included in over 4,000 example sentences. This is an abridged edition of NTC's Dictionary of British Slang and Colloquial Expressions' extensive cross-referencing.
Author : Richard A. Spears
Publisher : Turtleback Books
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 52,9 Mb
Release : 2000-06-01
Category : Foreign Language Study
ISBN : 1417724684
Now available in softbound, the revised and updated third edition of this comprehensive slang dictionary has more than 800 new expressions. Realistic example sentences--provided for each sense of every entry--show how expressions are used in current, everyday American English. Pronunciations and cautionary notes are provided as needed, and a Phrase-Finder Index helps users locate entries quickly.
Author : Richard A. Spears
Publisher : National Textbook Company
Page : 580 pages
File Size : 55,6 Mb
Release : 1995
Category : Foreign Language Study
ISBN : 0844208485
"NTC's Dictionary of American English phrases, " by Richard A. Spears, Ph.D., provides more than 15,000 examples of usage for approxiamtely 7,000 common and useful American English expressions.
Author : Richard Spears,Ewart James
Publisher : McGraw-Hill
Page : 194 pages
File Size : 54,8 Mb
Release : 2000-01-01
Category : Foreign Language Study
ISBN : 0844201111
Learning everyday expressions is now more convenient for non-native speakers of English thanks to these pocket-size dictionaries. Each is a compact, yet complete and up-to-date, reprint of one of NTC's top-selling ESL titles.This includes rhyming slang (bees and honey for "money"), back slang (eefink for "knife"), and everyday slang expressions such as bangers and mash for "sausages and mashed potatoes", plus nearly 2,000 other uniquely British expressions, with definitions and example sentences provided for each.
Author : Richard A. Spears,Elizabeth McLaren Kirkpatrick
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 488 pages
File Size : 46,8 Mb
Release : 1993
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : UOM:39015029556415
Provides more than 11,000 examples of usage for 5,500 high-frequency English idioms. Entries are mainly standard British English but also include slang and informal expressions.
Author : Richard A. Spears
Publisher : McGraw Hill Professional
Page : 576 pages
File Size : 50,8 Mb
Release : 2005-10-14
Category : Foreign Language Study
ISBN : 9780071612074
More bling for the buck! The #1 guide to American slang is now bigger, more up-to-date, and easier to use This new edition of McGraw-Hill’s Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions offers complete definitions of more than 12,000 slang and informal expressions from various sources, ranging from golden oldies such as . . . golden oldie, to recent coinages like shizzle (gangsta), jonx (Wall Street), and ping (the Internet). Each entry is followed by examples illustrating how an expression is used in everyday conversation and, where necessary, International Phonetic Alphabet pronunciations are given, as well as cautionary notes for crude, inflammatory, or taboo expressions. This edition also features a fascinating introduction on “What is Slang?,” a Thematic Index that cross-references expressions by standard terms--such as Angry, Drunk, Food, Good-bye, Mess-up, Money, and Stupidity--and a Hidden Word Index that lets you identify and locate even partially remembered expressions and phrases.
Author : Jonathon Green
Publisher : Sterling Publishing Company, Inc.
Page : 1600 pages
File Size : 45,8 Mb
Release : 2005
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 0304366366
With its unparalleled coverage of English slang of all types (from 18th-century cant to contemporary gay slang), and its uncluttered editorial apparatus, Cassell's Dictionary of Slang was warmly received when its first edition appeared in 1998. 'Brilliant.' said Mark Lawson on BBC2's The Late Review; 'This is a terrific piece of work - learned, entertaining, funny, stimulating' said Jonathan Meades in The Evening Standard.But now the world's best single-volume dictionary of English slang is about to get even better. Jonathon Green has spent the last seven years on a vast project: to research in depth the English slang vocabulary and to hunt down and record written instances of the use of as many slang words as possible. This has entailed trawling through more than 4000 books - plus song lyrics, TV and movie scripts, and many newspapers and magazines - for relevant material. The research has thrown up some fascinating results
Author : Eric Partridge
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 1426 pages
File Size : 46,9 Mb
Release : 2006-05-02
Category : Foreign Language Study
ISBN : 9781134963652
The definitive work on the subject, this Dictionary - available again in its eighth edition - gives a full account of slang and unconventional English over four centuries and will entertain and inform all language-lovers.
Author : Richard A. Spears
Publisher : McGraw-Hill Companies
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 52,7 Mb
Release : 1996
Category : Americanism
ISBN : 0844209171
Presents 1,700 entries, including colorful words and phrases from television and movies, as well as the streets and campuses. Each entry in this dictionary has two examples.
Author : Yuri Dolgopolov
Publisher : McFarland
Page : 406 pages
File Size : 52,8 Mb
Release : 2016-02-01
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9780786459957
Covering over 10,000 idioms and collocations characterized by similarity in their wording or metaphorical idea which do not show corresponding similarity in their meanings, this dictionary presents a unique cross-section of the English language. Though it is designed specifically to assist readers in avoiding the use of inappropriate or erroneous phrases, the book can also be used as a regular phraseological dictionary providing definitions to individual idioms, cliches, and set expressions. Most phrases included in the dictionary are in active current use, making information about their meanings and usage essential to language learners at all levels of proficiency.