Author: Max Alexander
Publisher: Lulu.com
ISBN: 1365144348
Category : Humor
Languages : en
Pages : 138
Book Description
Dr. Drop Dead's Dictionary will have you laughing from start to finish. It is a roller coaster of laughter while touching on real world problems and ideas. The authors interpretations on many of these topics come firsthand and are meant strictly in good fun despite their potentially serious undertone. At the end of the day, what's the sense of crying over something if you can't laugh about it later. Read it and weep, I always do!
Dr. Drop Dead's Dictionary
Author: Max Alexander
Publisher: Lulu.com
ISBN: 1365144348
Category : Humor
Languages : en
Pages : 138
Book Description
Dr. Drop Dead's Dictionary will have you laughing from start to finish. It is a roller coaster of laughter while touching on real world problems and ideas. The authors interpretations on many of these topics come firsthand and are meant strictly in good fun despite their potentially serious undertone. At the end of the day, what's the sense of crying over something if you can't laugh about it later. Read it and weep, I always do!
Publisher: Lulu.com
ISBN: 1365144348
Category : Humor
Languages : en
Pages : 138
Book Description
Dr. Drop Dead's Dictionary will have you laughing from start to finish. It is a roller coaster of laughter while touching on real world problems and ideas. The authors interpretations on many of these topics come firsthand and are meant strictly in good fun despite their potentially serious undertone. At the end of the day, what's the sense of crying over something if you can't laugh about it later. Read it and weep, I always do!
Cambridge Dictionary of American Idioms
Author: Paul Heacock
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 9780521532716
Category : Foreign Language Study
Languages : en
Pages : 516
Book Description
This book unlocks the meaning of more than 5,000 idioms used in American English today.
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 9780521532716
Category : Foreign Language Study
Languages : en
Pages : 516
Book Description
This book unlocks the meaning of more than 5,000 idioms used in American English today.
A Dictionary of Confusable Phrases
Author: Yuri Dolgopolov
Publisher: McFarland
ISBN: 0786459956
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 406
Book Description
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.
Publisher: McFarland
ISBN: 0786459956
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 406
Book Description
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.
Oxford Dictionary of English Idioms
Author: John Ayto
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
ISBN: 019954378X
Category : Foreign Language Study
Languages : en
Pages : 419
Book Description
Offers entries for over six thousand idioms, including seven hundred new to this edition, and provides background information, additional cross-references, and national variants.
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
ISBN: 019954378X
Category : Foreign Language Study
Languages : en
Pages : 419
Book Description
Offers entries for over six thousand idioms, including seven hundred new to this edition, and provides background information, additional cross-references, and national variants.
Dictionary of Americanisms, Briticisms, Canadianisms and Australianisms
Author: V.S. Matyushenkov
Publisher: Xlibris Corporation
ISBN: 145003246X
Category : Reference
Languages : en
Pages : 580
Book Description
The Dictionary Of Americanisms, Canadianisms, Briticisms and Australianisms is a complete, modern, and comprehensive dictionary featuring a large word list of more than 20000 entries. The purpose of this book is to provide a generous sampling of words and expressions of the various spheres of life in the USA, Great Britain, Australia and Canada during the last centuries. The dictionary also features a collection of slang and colloquial expressions in these four countries in the twentieth century. It has a clear, easy-to-use format and is ideal for students, schools, libraries, tourists and anyone who is interested in varieties of English spoken in major English-speaking countries.
Publisher: Xlibris Corporation
ISBN: 145003246X
Category : Reference
Languages : en
Pages : 580
Book Description
The Dictionary Of Americanisms, Canadianisms, Briticisms and Australianisms is a complete, modern, and comprehensive dictionary featuring a large word list of more than 20000 entries. The purpose of this book is to provide a generous sampling of words and expressions of the various spheres of life in the USA, Great Britain, Australia and Canada during the last centuries. The dictionary also features a collection of slang and colloquial expressions in these four countries in the twentieth century. It has a clear, easy-to-use format and is ideal for students, schools, libraries, tourists and anyone who is interested in varieties of English spoken in major English-speaking countries.
Oxford Dictionary of Idioms
Author: John Ayto
Publisher: Oxford University Press
ISBN: 0192584383
Category : Reference
Languages : en
Pages : 448
Book Description
What is it to 'cock a snook', where is the land of Nod, and who was first to go the extra mile? Find the answers to these questions (and many more!) in the new edition of the Oxford Dictionary of Idioms. This dictionary uncovers the meanings of myriad phrases and sayings that are used daily in the English language, encompassing more than 10,000 figurative expressions, similes, sayings, and proverbs. More than 400 idioms have been added to this new edition, and comprise recently coined and common sayings alike. New additions include 'back of the net', 'drag and drop', 'go it alone', 'how come?', 'if you ask me', 'make your skin crawl', and 'woe betide'. Illustrative quotations sourced from the Oxford corpora give contextual examples of the idioms and their standard usage, and many entries include background information on the origins of the idiom in question. An updated thematic index makes for easy navigation, and anyone who is interested in the origins and diversity of English vernacular will have hours of fun browsing this fascinating dictionary.
Publisher: Oxford University Press
ISBN: 0192584383
Category : Reference
Languages : en
Pages : 448
Book Description
What is it to 'cock a snook', where is the land of Nod, and who was first to go the extra mile? Find the answers to these questions (and many more!) in the new edition of the Oxford Dictionary of Idioms. This dictionary uncovers the meanings of myriad phrases and sayings that are used daily in the English language, encompassing more than 10,000 figurative expressions, similes, sayings, and proverbs. More than 400 idioms have been added to this new edition, and comprise recently coined and common sayings alike. New additions include 'back of the net', 'drag and drop', 'go it alone', 'how come?', 'if you ask me', 'make your skin crawl', and 'woe betide'. Illustrative quotations sourced from the Oxford corpora give contextual examples of the idioms and their standard usage, and many entries include background information on the origins of the idiom in question. An updated thematic index makes for easy navigation, and anyone who is interested in the origins and diversity of English vernacular will have hours of fun browsing this fascinating dictionary.
Webster's New World Dictionary
Author: Webster's New World
Publisher: Pocket Books
ISBN: 1476705046
Category : Reference
Languages : en
Pages : 768
Book Description
The phenomenally popular compact dictionary has been newly revised and updated—the perfect reference for school, office, and home. Webster’s New World dictionaries have been defining American English for more than fifty years. This perennial bestseller is sure to draw in even more readers with its updated materials—including new biographical, geographical, scientific, and vocabulary entries reflecting our rapidly evolving language. The Webster’s New World Dictionary is ideal for students and adults of all ages.
Publisher: Pocket Books
ISBN: 1476705046
Category : Reference
Languages : en
Pages : 768
Book Description
The phenomenally popular compact dictionary has been newly revised and updated—the perfect reference for school, office, and home. Webster’s New World dictionaries have been defining American English for more than fifty years. This perennial bestseller is sure to draw in even more readers with its updated materials—including new biographical, geographical, scientific, and vocabulary entries reflecting our rapidly evolving language. The Webster’s New World Dictionary is ideal for students and adults of all ages.
Sterling Dictionary of Idioms
Author: Vijaya Kumar
Publisher: Sterling Publishers Pvt. Ltd
ISBN: 9788173590672
Category : English
Languages : en
Pages : 524
Book Description
Meaning and appropriate usage of idioms, provides carefully written examples, relying on simplicity and clarity.
Publisher: Sterling Publishers Pvt. Ltd
ISBN: 9788173590672
Category : English
Languages : en
Pages : 524
Book Description
Meaning and appropriate usage of idioms, provides carefully written examples, relying on simplicity and clarity.
Oxford Dictionary of Modern Slang
Author: John Ayto
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
ISBN: 0199232059
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
Languages : en
Pages : 424
Book Description
Offering coverage of over 6,000 slang words and expressions from the Cockney 'abaht' to the American term 'zowie', this is the most authoritative dictionary of slang from the 20th and 21st centuries.
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
ISBN: 0199232059
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
Languages : en
Pages : 424
Book Description
Offering coverage of over 6,000 slang words and expressions from the Cockney 'abaht' to the American term 'zowie', this is the most authoritative dictionary of slang from the 20th and 21st centuries.
Dictionary of Computing
Author: Simon Collin
Publisher: A&C Black
ISBN: 1408102250
Category : Computers
Languages : en
Pages : 696
Book Description
With over 10,000 entries providing contemporary coverage of computing terms, this fully revised edition of Dictionary of Computing" provides coverage of the terms used in computing, including hardware, software, programme languages, networks and applications, e-commerce and the Internet. Its definitions are easy to understand for readers without a background in computing and to non-native English speakers. Supplements include tables of codes and programming languages. Each entry includes an example sentence to show how the term is used in context, with quotations from magazines and newspapers to show how terms are used in real life."
Publisher: A&C Black
ISBN: 1408102250
Category : Computers
Languages : en
Pages : 696
Book Description
With over 10,000 entries providing contemporary coverage of computing terms, this fully revised edition of Dictionary of Computing" provides coverage of the terms used in computing, including hardware, software, programme languages, networks and applications, e-commerce and the Internet. Its definitions are easy to understand for readers without a background in computing and to non-native English speakers. Supplements include tables of codes and programming languages. Each entry includes an example sentence to show how the term is used in context, with quotations from magazines and newspapers to show how terms are used in real life."