With thousands of intricate and colorful illustrations presented in a browser-friendly paperback format, the new compact edition of The Macmillan Visual Dictionary is an easily portable follow-up to the popular hardback version. The dictionary connects each phrasing, key word, or key words to a grouping of finely detailed and descriptive pictures, all formatted into a series of sections assembled in an easy-to-follow index at the beginning of the book.
The third edition of the Dictionary of American History (Stanley I. Kutler, ed. in chief) is the first comprehensive revisionof the classic Scribner reference source, originally published in 1940.Entries from previous editions have been updated and revised in lightof historical developments and current scholarship, and over 800entirely new entries have been commissioned to cover recent events("Bush v. Gore") and topics neglected by previous editions ("HarlemRenaissance"). This work will serve students, scholars, and the interested generalreader in search of a quick and authoritative reference covering a widerange of topics in American history-from the well-studied to the obscure.
ENGLISH IDIOMS, Sayings & Slang is a dictionary of idioms with a difference. The entries are alphabetical but the meaning and example are laid out across the page, inviting the reader to follow. Meanings are given in plain language, and examples are conversational, just the way people talk.
Over 5000 idioms are listed, including vulgar words and phrases, which are identified with [-B](meaning bad) so that ESL and EFL users can avoid embarrassment. Cross-references are in bold-face type for those who want to check out similar idioms.
This reference is useful — and interesting — for anyone trying to grasp and use common phrases and current expressions. Text uses mostly U.S. spellings.
Отличие словаря NTC's Thematic Dictionary of American Idioms от NTC`s American Idioms Dictionary (do not mix them up!) того же автора в том, что здесь идиоматические выражения сгруппированы по тематическим категорям, а не бесхитростно перечислены в алфавитном порядке. Однако сами тематические категории, список которых вы обнаружите на первых страницах этого справочного издания, перечислены в алфавитном порядке. Более 5500 идиом с примерами.
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English Idioms: Sayings and Slang
