Scholastic dictionary of idioms
Title
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Scholastic dictionary of idioms
Personal Author EPSB
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Marvin, Terban
Summary
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An alphabetical listing of common figures of speech, along with their definitions and origins. Cat got your tongue? Penny for your thoughts? Come again? Every day, idioms bring color to our speech. Since they don't really mean what they say, idioms can stump even the native English-speaker. Marvin Terban makes understanding idioms "as easy as pie" with the revised Scholastic Dictionary Of Idioms. Explanations for, and origins of, more than 700 everyday American idioms, complete with kid-friendly sample sentences. The entries are amusing as well as educational. Alphabetical listing and cross-referencing index makes finding idioms a "piece of cake."
Year Published
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2006,
1996
Physical Description
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vii, 298 pages ; 22 cm
Edition
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New and updated edition.
Note
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Includes indexes.
Subject
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English language -- Terms and phrases.
English language -- Idioms -- Dictionaries.
Figures of speech -- Dictionaries.
Summary
:
An alphabetical listing of common figures of speech, along with their definitions and origins. Cat got your tongue? Penny for your thoughts? Come again? Every day, idioms bring color to our speech. Since they don't really mean what they say, idioms can stump even the native English-speaker. Marvin Terban makes understanding idioms "as easy as pie" with the revised Scholastic Dictionary Of Idioms. Explanations for, and origins of, more than 700 everyday American idioms, complete with kid-friendly sample sentences. The entries are amusing as well as educational. Alphabetical listing and cross-referencing index makes finding idioms a "piece of cake."
ISBN
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9780439770835
Publisher
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New York : Scholastic Reference, [2006]
©1996
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