McGraw-Hill's Dictionary of American Idoms

With more entries than any other reference of its kind, McGraw-Hill's Dictionary of American Idioms and Phrasal Verbs shows ESL students how American English is spoken today. Readers will find commonly used phrasal verbs (more than 200 terms with get), idiomatic expressions (the best of both worlds), proverbial expressions (the best things in life are free), and clicheacute;s (the best-case scenario). The dictionary contains more than 24,000 entries, each defined and followed by one or two example sentences. It also includes a Phrase-Finder Index with more than 60,000 entries.

Richard A. Spears, Ph.D., is a former reference editor and linguistics professor at Northwestern University and has written more than 150 dictionaries. He has a particular expertise in phrasal dictionaries.

About This Dictionary V
How to Use This Dictionary ix
Acknowledgments xv
Terms and Symbols xvii
Dictionary 1
Phrase-Finder Index 783

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McGraw-Hill's Dictionary of American Idoms and Phrasal Verbs

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