Laftin S. V. Something To Crow About: A Consise Collection of American English Idioms for Everyday Use / Shelley Vance Laftin ; Editors: Anna Maria Malkoc, Frank Smolinski. — First Published. — Washington. D.C. : United States Information Agency, 1993. — 94 p.

Анотація:
What is an Idiom? An idiom is a phrase which means something different from the meanings of the separate words that are a part of it. Usually it cannot be understood by the literal interpretation of the words that make up the expression. Used together, the words convey a meaning that is often unrelated to the individual words in the idiom. Some idioms have become so well worn that they are also cliches: overused or commonplace expressions. Some idioms are slang. They may be used to create an effect such as shock, irreverence or exaggeration.

How the Idioms Were Selected. The idioms included in this book have been selected because they occur frequently in native speech or in reading material used by English language learners. Many of them are not found in standard dictionaries. Approximately 600 idioms are defined in this book, and this is only a small selection from the thousands of idioms that exist in English. ...

Subjects--Topical Terms:
030 Довідкові видання загального типу

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