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1Scholastic dictionary of idioms

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  • Title: ➤  Scholastic dictionary of idioms
  • Author:
  • Language: English
  • Number of Pages: Median: 245
  • Publisher: ➤  Scholastic - Bt Bound - Scholastic Reference
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  • Publish Location: New York

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  • First Year Published: 1996
  • Is Full Text Available: Yes
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  • Access Status: Borrowable

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2The Penguin dictionary of English idioms

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  • Title: ➤  The Penguin dictionary of English idioms
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  • Language: English
  • Number of Pages: Median: 302
  • Publisher: ➤  Penguin - Penguin (Non-Classics)
  • Publish Date:
  • Publish Location: ➤  New York - Harmondsworth, Middlesex, England - New York, N.Y., U.S.A - London

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  • First Year Published: 1986
  • Is Full Text Available: Yes
  • Is The Book Public: No
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3A Dictionary of Everyday Idioms

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“A Dictionary of Everyday Idioms” Metadata:

  • Title: ➤  A Dictionary of Everyday Idioms
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  • Languages: English - chi
  • Number of Pages: Median: 230
  • Publisher: ➤  Ji tian wen hua shi ye you xian gong si - BCA - Prentice-Hall - Macmillan Education - Macmillan
  • Publish Date: ➤  
  • Publish Location: Taibei Shi - London

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  • First Year Published: 1983
  • Is Full Text Available: Yes
  • Is The Book Public: No
  • Access Status: Borrowable

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4An exaltation of larks

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  • Title: An exaltation of larks
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  • Language: English
  • Number of Pages: Median: 231
  • Publisher: ➤  Viking - Penguin (Non-Classics) - Angus & Robertson - Grossman Publishers - Penguin Books
  • Publish Date: ➤  
  • Publish Location: ➤  New York - [New York] - New York, N.Y., U.S.A - London - Harmondsworth, Eng

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"Most introductory chapters are written in the well-grounded expectation that they will be blithely ignored."

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  • First Year Published: 1968
  • Is Full Text Available: Yes
  • Is The Book Public: No
  • Access Status: Borrowable

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5A concise dictionary of English idioms

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  • Title: ➤  A concise dictionary of English idioms
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  • Language: English
  • Number of Pages: Median: 305
  • Publisher: ➤  Writer, Inc. - The Writer, inc. - English Universities Press - Crowell - Hodder &Stoughton - The Writer, Inc.
  • Publish Date: ➤  
  • Publish Location: ➤  London - Boston - Great Britain - New York

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  • First Year Published: 1951
  • Is Full Text Available: Yes
  • Is The Book Public: No
  • Access Status: Borrowable

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6English idioms and how to use them

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  • Title: ➤  English idioms and how to use them
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  • Language: English
  • Number of Pages: Median: 268
  • Publisher: ➤  Państwowe Wydawnictwo Naukowe - OUP - Oxford Univ Pr (Sd) - Oxford University Press
  • Publish Date:
  • Publish Location: ➤  New York - Oxford - Oxford [etc.]

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  • First Year Published: 1978
  • Is Full Text Available: Yes
  • Is The Book Public: No
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7Longman American idioms dictionary

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  • Title: ➤  Longman American idioms dictionary
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  • Language: English
  • Number of Pages: Median: 402
  • Publisher: Pearson Education
  • Publish Date:
  • Publish Location: Harlow

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  • First Year Published: 1999
  • Is Full Text Available: Yes
  • Is The Book Public: No
  • Access Status: Borrowable

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8Brewer's dictionary of phrase and fable

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  • Title: ➤  Brewer's dictionary of phrase and fable
  • Author:
  • Language: English
  • Number of Pages: Median: 981
  • Publisher: ➤  Cassell - Weidenfeld Nicolson Illustrated - Guild Publishing - Orion Publishing Group, Limited
  • Publish Date: ➤  
  • Publish Location: London

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  • First Year Published: 1956
  • Is Full Text Available: Yes
  • Is The Book Public: No
  • Access Status: Borrowable

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91001 ways to improve your conversation & speeches

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  • Title: ➤  1001 ways to improve your conversation & speeches
  • Author:
  • Language: English
  • Number of Pages: Median: 341
  • Publisher: ➤  Greenwood Press - ABC-CLIO, LLC - Harper
  • Publish Date:
  • Publish Location: New York - Westport, Conn

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  • First Year Published: 1952
  • Is Full Text Available: Yes
  • Is The Book Public: No
  • Access Status: Borrowable

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10Essential English Idioms

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  • Title: Essential English Idioms
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  • Language: English
  • Number of Pages: Median: 283
  • Publisher: NTC Pub. Group - McGraw-Hill
  • Publish Date:
  • Publish Location: Lincolnwood, Ill

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  • First Year Published: 1998
  • Is Full Text Available: Yes
  • Is The Book Public: No
  • Access Status: Borrowable

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11Oxford Dictionary Of English Idioms

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  • Title: ➤  Oxford Dictionary Of English Idioms
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  • Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
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  • First Year Published: 2010
  • Is Full Text Available: Yes
  • Is The Book Public: No
  • Access Status: Borrowable

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12Essential American idioms

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  • Title: Essential American idioms
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  • Language: English
  • Number of Pages: Median: 262
  • Publisher: ➤  National Textbook Co. - NTC Pub. Group - McGraw-Hill
  • Publish Date:
  • Publish Location: ➤  Lincolnwood, Ill - New York - Lincolnwood, Ill., USA

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  • First Year Published: 1990
  • Is Full Text Available: Yes
  • Is The Book Public: No
  • Access Status: Borrowable

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13A concise dictionary of English idioms

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  • Title: ➤  A concise dictionary of English idioms
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  • Language: English
  • Number of Pages: Median: 250
  • Publisher: ➤  Hodder Arnold H&S - Hodder and Stoughton
  • Publish Date:
  • Publish Location: London - Kent, England

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  • First Year Published: 1989
  • Is Full Text Available: Yes
  • Is The Book Public: No
  • Access Status: Borrowable

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14Dictionary of idioms and their origins

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“Dictionary of idioms and their origins” Metadata:

  • Title: ➤  Dictionary of idioms and their origins
  • Author:
  • Language: English
  • Number of Pages: Median: 216
  • Publisher: ➤  Cathie Limited, Kyle - Kyle Cathie
  • Publish Date:
  • Publish Location: London

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  • First Year Published: 1992
  • Is Full Text Available: Yes
  • Is The Book Public: No
  • Access Status: Borrowable

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15Twelve ways to build a vocabulary

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  • Title: ➤  Twelve ways to build a vocabulary
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  • Language: English
  • Number of Pages: Median: 183
  • Publisher: ➤  Barnes & Noble - Barnes and Noble - Dutton - E.P. Dutton
  • Publish Date:
  • Publish Location: New York

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  • First Year Published: 1939
  • Is Full Text Available: Yes
  • Is The Book Public: No
  • Access Status: Borrowable

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16It's raining cats and dogs

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  • Title: It's raining cats and dogs
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  • Language: English
  • Number of Pages: Median: 95
  • Publisher: ➤  Jessica Kingsley Publishers - Jessica Kingsley Pub - Kingsley Publishers, Jessica
  • Publish Date:
  • Publish Location: Philadelphia - London

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  • First Year Published: 2011
  • Is Full Text Available: Yes
  • Is The Book Public: No
  • Access Status: Borrowable

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17Don't look a gift horse in the mouth! (and other weird sayings)

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  • Title: ➤  Don't look a gift horse in the mouth! (and other weird sayings)
  • Author:
  • Language: English
  • Number of Pages: Median: 24
  • Publisher: ➤  Child's World, Incorporated, The - The Child's World, Inc - The Child's World
  • Publish Date:
  • Publish Location: Mankato, Minn

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  • First Year Published: 2009
  • Is Full Text Available: Yes
  • Is The Book Public: No
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18Hold your horses!

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“Hold your horses!” Metadata:

  • Title: Hold your horses!
  • Author:
  • Language: English
  • Number of Pages: Median: 24
  • Publisher: ➤  The Child's World - Child's World, Incorporated, The - The Child's World, Inc - Wonder Books
  • Publish Date:
  • Publish Location: Mankato, Minn

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  • First Year Published: 2011
  • Is Full Text Available: Yes
  • Is The Book Public: No
  • Access Status: Borrowable

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19McGraw-Hill's dictionary of American idioms and phrasal verbs

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  • Title: ➤  McGraw-Hill's dictionary of American idioms and phrasal verbs
  • Author:
  • Language: English
  • Number of Pages: Median: 1080
  • Publisher: McGraw-Hill
  • Publish Date:
  • Publish Location: ➤  Chicago, Ill - New York - Chicago

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  • First Year Published: 2004
  • Is Full Text Available: Yes
  • Is The Book Public: No
  • Access Status: Borrowable

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20Exploring idioms

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“Exploring idioms” Metadata:

  • Title: Exploring idioms
  • Author:
  • Language: English
  • Number of Pages: Median: 133
  • Publisher: Maupin House Pub.
  • Publish Date:
  • Publish Location: Gainesville, FL

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  • First Year Published: 2008
  • Is Full Text Available: Yes
  • Is The Book Public: No
  • Access Status: Borrowable

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21Idioms and Idiomaticity

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“Idioms and Idiomaticity” Metadata:

  • Title: Idioms and Idiomaticity
  • Author:
  • Language: English
  • Number of Pages: Median: 184
  • Publisher: Oxford Univ Pr (Sd)
  • Publish Date:

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  • First Year Published: 1996
  • Is Full Text Available: No
  • Is The Book Public: No
  • Access Status: No_ebook

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    22Essential idioms in English

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    “Essential idioms in English” Metadata:

    • Title: Essential idioms in English
    • Author:
    • Languages: English - chi
    • Number of Pages: Median: 263
    • Publisher: ➤  Taiwan zong jing xiao Chuang zhi wen hua you xian gong si - Regents/Prentice Hall - Longman - Nan tai tu shu gong si - Taiwan pei sheng jiao yu chu ban gu fen you xian gong si - Regents Pub. Co
    • Publish Date: ➤  
    • Publish Location: ➤  Taibei Xian Zhonghe Shi - White Plains, NY - Englewood Cliffs, N.J - Englewood Cliffs, NJ - Tainan Shi - Taibei Shi

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    Access and General Info:

    • First Year Published: 1983
    • Is Full Text Available: Yes
    • Is The Book Public: No
    • Access Status: Printdisabled

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      23Idioms

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      “Idioms” Metadata:

      • Title: Idioms
      • Author:
      • Language: English
      • Number of Pages: Median: 216
      • Publisher: ➤  Routledge - Taylor & Francis Group
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      • First Year Published: 2007
      • Is Full Text Available: No
      • Is The Book Public: No
      • Access Status: No_ebook

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        24English for Everyone

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        • Title: English for Everyone
        • Author:
        • Language: English
        • Number of Pages: Median: 256
        • Publisher: ➤  Dorling Kindersley Publishing, Incorporated
        • Publish Date:

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        • First Year Published: 2019
        • Is Full Text Available: No
        • Is The Book Public: No
        • Access Status: No_ebook

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        25English collocations in use

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        “English collocations in use” Metadata:

        • Title: English collocations in use
        • Author:
        • Language: English
        • Number of Pages: Median: 188
        • Publisher: Cambridge University Press
        • Publish Date:
        • Publish Location: Cambridge - New York

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        • First Year Published: 2008
        • Is Full Text Available: No
        • Is The Book Public: No
        • Access Status: No_ebook

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        26English for Everyone

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        • Title: English for Everyone
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        • Language: English
        • Number of Pages: Median: 256
        • Publisher: ➤  Dorling Kindersley Publishing, Incorporated
        • Publish Date:

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        • First Year Published: 2019
        • Is Full Text Available: No
        • Is The Book Public: No
        • Access Status: No_ebook

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        27Cambridge idioms dictionary

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        • Title: Cambridge idioms dictionary
        • Author:
        • Languages: English - und
        • Number of Pages: Median: 514
        • Publisher: ➤  CAMBRIDGE UNIV PRESS - Cambridge University Press
        • Publish Date:
        • Publish Location: ➤  CAMBRIDGE - Cambridge, UK - New York

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        Access and General Info:

        • First Year Published: 2006
        • Is Full Text Available: No
        • Is The Book Public: No
        • Access Status: No_ebook

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          28P is for Pterodactyl

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          • Title: P is for Pterodactyl
          • Author:
          • Publisher: Sourcebooks
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          • First Year Published: 2018
          • Is Full Text Available: No
          • Is The Book Public: No
          • Access Status: No_ebook

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          29The American Heritage dictionary of idioms

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          • Title: ➤  The American Heritage dictionary of idioms
          • Author:
          • Language: English
          • Number of Pages: Median: 605
          • Publisher: ➤  Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company - Houghton Mifflin - Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Trade & Reference Publishers
          • Publish Date:
          • Publish Location: Boston

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          • First Year Published: 1997
          • Is Full Text Available: Yes
          • Is The Book Public: No
          • Access Status: Printdisabled

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            30My teacher likes to say

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            • Title: My teacher likes to say
            • Author:
            • Language: English
            • Publisher: Sleeping Bear Press
            • Publish Date:
            • Publish Location: Chelsea, MI

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            • First Year Published: 2004
            • Is Full Text Available: Yes
            • Is The Book Public: No
            • Access Status: Printdisabled

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              31Oxford Collocations Dictionary for Student's of English

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              • Title: ➤  Oxford Collocations Dictionary for Student's of English
              • Author:
              • Language: English
              • Number of Pages: Median: 992
              • Publisher: ➤  Oxford University Press - Oxford University Press, USA
              • Publish Date:

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              • First Year Published: 2009
              • Is Full Text Available: No
              • Is The Book Public: No
              • Access Status: No_ebook

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              32Scholastic Dictionary Of Idioms (Revised)

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              • Title: ➤  Scholastic Dictionary Of Idioms (Revised)
              • Author:
              • Language: English
              • Number of Pages: Median: 304
              • Publisher: Scholastic Reference
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              • First Year Published: 2006
              • Is Full Text Available: Yes
              • Is The Book Public: No
              • Access Status: Printdisabled

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                33Red Herrings and White Elephants

                The Origins of the Phrases We Use Every Day

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                "To be Taken Aback suggests someone has been taken truly by surprise and stopped in their tracks."

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                  34In a Pickle

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                  "Idioms are groups of words that really don't mean what they say."

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                    35Thesaurus of Traditional English Metaphors

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                    36A dictionary of English collocations

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                    • Number of Pages: Median: 2241
                    • Publisher: ➤  Oxford University Press - Clarendon Press
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                    37Dictionary of English phrasal verbs and their idioms

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                    • Number of Pages: Median: 256
                    • Publisher: ➤  Collins - Klett - Xin hua shu dian Beijing fa xing suo fa xing - Wai yu jiao xue yu yan jiu chu ban she - Nelson
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                    38Idioms and collocations

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                    • Publisher: ➤  London - Bloomsbury Publishing Plc - Continuum
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                    39McGraw-Hill's American idioms dictionary

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                      40English Idioms

                      exercises on phrasal verbs

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                      • First Year Published: 1989
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                        41The Concise Thesaurus of Traditional English Metaphors

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                        • Number of Pages: Median: 370
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                          42English Collocations in Use Intermediate Book with Answers

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                          • First Year Published: 2017
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                            43Oxford idioms dictionary for learners of English

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                              44You Know What I Mean?

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                                45NTC's English idioms dictionary

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                                • Number of Pages: Median: 470
                                • Publisher: ➤  NTC Pub. Group - National Textbook Co.
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                                • Publish Location: Lincolnwood, Ill

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                                • First Year Published: 1993
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                                  46English/German Dictionary of Idioms

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                                  • First Year Published: 2013
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                                  47101 American English idioms

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                                  48Oxford dictionary of current idiomatic English. --

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                                  • Publisher: ➤  Oxford Univ Pr (Sd) - Oxford University Press
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                                  • Publish Location: Oxford - New York - London

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                                  • First Year Published: 1975
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                                  49Everyday language & everyday life

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                                  • Publisher: ➤  Transaction - Taylor & Francis Group - Taylor and Francis
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                                  • Publish Location: New Brunswick, NJ - London

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                                  50English idioms in use

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                                  • Number of Pages: Median: 192
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                                    English-language idioms

                                    words (although some idioms do retain their literal meanings – see the example "kick the bucket" below). By another definition, an idiom is a speech form

                                    Idiom

                                    Category:English idioms in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. The Idioms – Online English idioms dictionary. babelite.org – Online cross-language idioms dictionary

                                    Glossary of English-language idioms derived from baseball

                                    This is an alphabetical list of common English-language idioms based on baseball, excluding the extended metaphor referring to sex, and including illustrative

                                    List of English-language idioms of the 19th century

                                    the article list of idioms in the English language notes, a list of idioms can be useful, since the meaning of an idiom cannot be deduced by knowing the

                                    List of sports idioms

                                    English language idioms derived from baseball and baseball metaphors for sex. Examination of the ethnocultural relevance of these idioms in English speech

                                    List of Thai language idioms

                                    Idioms in the Thai language are usually derived from various natural or cultural references. Many include rhyming and/or alliteration, and their distinction

                                    Down the rabbit hole

                                    deep the rabbit hole goes." Language portal Analysis paralysis Comprehension of idioms Dead metaphor English-language idioms Red pill and blue pill Tunnel

                                    A grain of salt

                                    To take something with a "grain of salt" or "pinch of salt" is an English idiom that suggests to view something, specifically claims that may be misleading

                                    Idioms in American Sign Language

                                    are written in ASL glossing. These idioms further validate ASL as a language unique and independent of English. Idioms in ASL bond people in the Deaf community

                                    Old English

                                    Old English (Englisc or Ænglisc, pronounced [ˈeŋɡliʃ] or [ˈæŋɡliʃ]), or Anglo-Saxon, is the earliest recorded form of the English language, spoken in England


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