McGraw-Hill's Essential American Slang by Richard Spears

McGraw-Hill's Essential American Slang by Richard Spears

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Covering American English, this reference defines and explains hundreds of contemporary American slang expressions and illustrates their use in real-life situations. It helps you learn to understand this integral part of living English as used by Americans in all walks of life.

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McGraw-Hill's Essential American Slang by Richard Spears

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 usageThe latest slang used in the American lexiconFun illustrations that show the humor of taking expressions too literally
Richard A. Spears, Ph.D., is a reference editor and former linguistics professor who has written more than 30 dictionaries, including NTC's American Idioms Dictionary (ISBN: 0-8442-0273-8) and NTC's American English Learner's Dictionary (ISBN: 0-8442-5859-8).
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ISBN 13 9780071497855
ISBN 10 0071497854
Title McGraw-Hill's Essential American Slang
Author Richard Spears
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Binding Type Paperback
Publisher McGraw-Hill Education - Europe
Year published 2008-03-16
Number of pages 288
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