Author: Richard A. Spears
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Americanisms
Languages : en
Pages : 239
Book Description
McGraw-Hill's Super-mini American Slang Dictionary
Author: Richard A. Spears
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Americanisms
Languages : en
Pages : 239
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Americanisms
Languages : en
Pages : 239
Book Description
McGraw-Hill's Essential American Slang
Author: Richard A. Spears
Publisher: McGraw Hill Professional
ISBN: 0071589341
Category : Foreign Language Study
Languages : en
Pages : 255
Book Description
Better understand American English by mastering its slang This authoritative reference offers thousands of American English slang expressions. Entries include definitions and examples of slang used in context. With help from McGraw-Hill's Essential American Slang Dictionary, you will become familiar with English as it is used in the media, at work, around the house, and in everyday conversations. This knowledge will help you comprehend English as it is spoken in the United States and add variety to your word usage. Inside you will find: 2,500 entries and more than 5,000 examples The latest slang used in the American lexicon Fun illustrations to further increase your grasp of each entry's meaning
Publisher: McGraw Hill Professional
ISBN: 0071589341
Category : Foreign Language Study
Languages : en
Pages : 255
Book Description
Better understand American English by mastering its slang This authoritative reference offers thousands of American English slang expressions. Entries include definitions and examples of slang used in context. With help from McGraw-Hill's Essential American Slang Dictionary, you will become familiar with English as it is used in the media, at work, around the house, and in everyday conversations. This knowledge will help you comprehend English as it is spoken in the United States and add variety to your word usage. Inside you will find: 2,500 entries and more than 5,000 examples The latest slang used in the American lexicon Fun illustrations to further increase your grasp of each entry's meaning
McGraw-Hill's Super-Mini American Idioms Dictionary, 2e
Author: Richard A. Spears
Publisher: McGraw Hill Professional
ISBN: 0071594922
Category : Foreign Language Study
Languages : en
Pages : 290
Book Description
With more than 2,100 clichés, proverbs, and informal expressions, this is a super source of everyday American idioms.
Publisher: McGraw Hill Professional
ISBN: 0071594922
Category : Foreign Language Study
Languages : en
Pages : 290
Book Description
With more than 2,100 clichés, proverbs, and informal expressions, this is a super source of everyday American idioms.
McGraw-Hill's Super-Mini American Slang Dictionary
Author: Richard A. Spears
Publisher: McGraw Hill Professional
ISBN: 0071594930
Category : Foreign Language Study
Languages : en
Pages : 255
Book Description
The 411 on the latest American slang This up-to-date dictionary presents you with 2,100 entries including colorful words and phrases from television and movies, as well as the streets and campuses.
Publisher: McGraw Hill Professional
ISBN: 0071594930
Category : Foreign Language Study
Languages : en
Pages : 255
Book Description
The 411 on the latest American slang This up-to-date dictionary presents you with 2,100 entries including colorful words and phrases from television and movies, as well as the streets and campuses.
McGraw-Hill's Essential American Slang
Author: Richard Spears
Publisher: Mcgraw-hill
ISBN: 9780071497855
Category : Reference
Languages : en
Pages : 288
Book Description
Understand American English better by mastering its slang This authoritative reference offers thousands of American English slang expressions. Entries include definitions and examples of slang used in context. With help from McGraw-Hill's Essential American Slang Dictionary, you will become familiar with English as it is used in the media, at work, around the house, and in everyday conversations. This knowledge will help you comprehend English as it is spoken in the United States and add variety to your word usage. Inside you will find: 2,000 entries with examples of everyday usage The latest slang used in the American lexicon Fun illustrations that show the humor of taking expressions too literally
Publisher: Mcgraw-hill
ISBN: 9780071497855
Category : Reference
Languages : en
Pages : 288
Book Description
Understand American English better by mastering its slang This authoritative reference offers thousands of American English slang expressions. Entries include definitions and examples of slang used in context. With help from McGraw-Hill's Essential American Slang Dictionary, you will become familiar with English as it is used in the media, at work, around the house, and in everyday conversations. This knowledge will help you comprehend English as it is spoken in the United States and add variety to your word usage. Inside you will find: 2,000 entries with examples of everyday usage The latest slang used in the American lexicon Fun illustrations that show the humor of taking expressions too literally
McGraw-Hill's Dictionary of American Slang 4E (PB)
Author: Richard A. Spears
Publisher: McGraw Hill Professional
ISBN: 0071612076
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 576
Book Description
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.
Publisher: McGraw Hill Professional
ISBN: 0071612076
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 576
Book Description
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.
NTC's Super-Mini American Slang Dictionary
Author: Richard A. Spears
Publisher: McGraw-Hill Companies
ISBN: 9780844209173
Category : Americanism
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
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.
Publisher: McGraw-Hill Companies
ISBN: 9780844209173
Category : Americanism
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
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.
American Slang Dictionary, Fourth Edition
Author: Richard A. Spears
Publisher: McGraw-Hill Education
ISBN: 9780071461085
Category : Foreign Language Study
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
For the 411 on American slang, this guidebook is the top banana From "head trip" to "foot in mouth," American Slang Dictionary gives you the complete definitions of thousands of uniquely American words and phrases, ranging from golden oldies such as "catch some rays" and "take the fifth" to more up-to-the-minute coinages like Wall Street's "jonx," the Internet's "ping," and the gangsta's favorite, "shizzle." Inside you'll find more than 12,000 words and expressions from a wide variety of sources, including gangsta rap, the blogosphere, and the U.S. prison system. In a New York minute, you'll be down with the colloquialisms, vulgarities, and substandard English that make everyday interactions in contemporary American life so colorful. BSOD or blue screen of death the blue computer screen that appears after a programming or operational error crunk wild; crazy; out of control kvetch to complain left-handed monkey wrench a nonexistent tool word of mouse a message spread by e-mail
Publisher: McGraw-Hill Education
ISBN: 9780071461085
Category : Foreign Language Study
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
For the 411 on American slang, this guidebook is the top banana From "head trip" to "foot in mouth," American Slang Dictionary gives you the complete definitions of thousands of uniquely American words and phrases, ranging from golden oldies such as "catch some rays" and "take the fifth" to more up-to-the-minute coinages like Wall Street's "jonx," the Internet's "ping," and the gangsta's favorite, "shizzle." Inside you'll find more than 12,000 words and expressions from a wide variety of sources, including gangsta rap, the blogosphere, and the U.S. prison system. In a New York minute, you'll be down with the colloquialisms, vulgarities, and substandard English that make everyday interactions in contemporary American life so colorful. BSOD or blue screen of death the blue computer screen that appears after a programming or operational error crunk wild; crazy; out of control kvetch to complain left-handed monkey wrench a nonexistent tool word of mouse a message spread by e-mail
NTC's Dictionary of Everyday American English Expressions
Author: Richard A. Spears
Publisher: McGraw Hill Professional
ISBN: 0071783547
Category : Foreign Language Study
Languages : en
Pages : 430
Book Description
With more than 7,000 up-to-date phrases, this dictionary covers situations from talking to a doctor to ordering a meal, and helps learners communicate personal feelings, and make small talk.
Publisher: McGraw Hill Professional
ISBN: 0071783547
Category : Foreign Language Study
Languages : en
Pages : 430
Book Description
With more than 7,000 up-to-date phrases, this dictionary covers situations from talking to a doctor to ordering a meal, and helps learners communicate personal feelings, and make small talk.
McGraw-Hill's Dictionary of American Idoms and Phrasal Verbs
Author: Richard A. Spears
Publisher: McGraw Hill Professional
ISBN: 0071486852
Category : Foreign Language Study
Languages : en
Pages : 1100
Book Description
Learn the language of Nebraska . . .and 49 other states With more entries than any other reference of its kind,McGraw-Hill’s Dictionary of American Idioms and Phrasal Verbs shows you how American English is spoken today. You will find commonly used phrasal verbs, idiomatic expressions, proverbial expressions, and clichés. 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.
Publisher: McGraw Hill Professional
ISBN: 0071486852
Category : Foreign Language Study
Languages : en
Pages : 1100
Book Description
Learn the language of Nebraska . . .and 49 other states With more entries than any other reference of its kind,McGraw-Hill’s Dictionary of American Idioms and Phrasal Verbs shows you how American English is spoken today. You will find commonly used phrasal verbs, idiomatic expressions, proverbial expressions, and clichés. 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.