American Idioms and Some Phrases Just for Fun

American Idioms and Some Phrases Just for Fun (ESL Series)
Edward Swick | Barron's Educational Series (Feb 1999)
ISBN-10: 0764108077 | ISBN-13: 978-0764108075
PDF | English | 2.7 MB | 181 pages

ESL students taking intermediate-level courses will find this book a helpful supplement to their classroom textbook. Just as important, they'll see it as a reliable guide to the intricacies of idiomatic American English. Why, after all, should a newcomer to the English language be expected to make sense out of such phrases as get on the ball...make a beeline...have a bone to pick? These and dozens more phrases are explained, "translated" into more formal English, and repeated in various contexts.

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