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| Title : | English In Context - Idioms | |
| ISBN : | 981 4070 64 5 | |
| Specifications : | 240 x 190 mm, 168 pages | |
| Target Readers : | Secondary students, adult learners & language teachers | |
| Publication Date : | 5/15/2001 | |
| Published Price : | Upon Request | |
| About the Book | ||
| Idioms are an important part of English. The book contains passages specially written for foreign learners of English to show the use of idioms in context. It aims to help them understand the meanings of about 600 idioms and to use them with greater confidence. The book also provides a mini-dictionary and Do-It-Yourself exercises for self-testing. | ||
| Features | ||
| * 58 specially written passages to show the natural use of Idioms * Topics of interest to secondary students and adult learners * A mini-dictionary covering about 600 idioms with further examples * Do-It-Yourself exercises for self-testing |
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| Author/Compiler : | A graduate of Edinburgh University, Betty Kirkpatrick has had a long and distinguished career as editor, publisher and writer of English reference books. She was the editor of Chambers Twentieth Century Dictionary (1983), the editor of Roget’s Thesaurus (1987 and 1988) and compiler of the Oxford Paperback Thesaurus (1994). Her Dictionary of Cliches (1996) published by Bloomsbury is also available in a US edition and a Japanese edition. A language consultant to the Encarta Dictionary (1999), published by Bloomsbury, and a consultant to Collins school dictionaries (2000), she writes a weekly language column for the Herald newspaper, based in Glasgow. | |
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