Times-Chambers Dictionary of Idioms and Catch Phrases
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Page : 310 pages
File Size : 37,35 MB
Release : 1996
Category : English language
ISBN : 9789810123611
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Page : 310 pages
File Size : 37,35 MB
Release : 1996
Category : English language
ISBN : 9789810123611
Author : Elizabeth McLaren Kirkpatrick
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Page : 310 pages
File Size : 40,72 MB
Release : 1995
Category : English language
ISBN : 9780550183071
A major new edition of one of the classic dictionaries of idioms available, encompassing all idiomatic and catch phrase elements of the language - including the latest ones.
Author : Yuri Dolgopolov
Publisher : McFarland
Page : 406 pages
File Size : 18,82 MB
Release : 2016-02-01
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 0786459956
Covering over 10,000 idioms and collocations characterized by similarity in their wording or metaphorical idea which do not show corresponding similarity in their meanings, this dictionary presents a unique cross-section of the English language. Though it is designed specifically to assist readers in avoiding the use of inappropriate or erroneous phrases, the book can also be used as a regular phraseological dictionary providing definitions to individual idioms, cliches, and set expressions. Most phrases included in the dictionary are in active current use, making information about their meanings and usage essential to language learners at all levels of proficiency.
Author : Wolfgang Mieder
Publisher : Indiana University Press
Page : 398 pages
File Size : 43,67 MB
Release : 2019-04-04
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 0253040361
“A powerful and timely addition to the literature of rhetoric and folklore.” —Choice In 1860, Abraham Lincoln employed the proverb Right makes might—opposite of the more aggressive Might makes right—in his famed Cooper Union address. While Lincoln did not originate the proverb, his use of it in this critical speech indicates that the fourteenth century phrase had taken on new ethical and democratic connotations in the nineteenth century. In this collection, famed scholar of proverbs Wolfgang Mieder explores the multifaceted use and function of proverbs through the history of the United States, from their early beginnings up through their use by such modern-day politicians as Barack Obama, Hillary Rodham Clinton, and Bernie Sanders. Building on previous publications and unpublished research, Mieder explores sociopolitical aspects of the American worldview as expressed through the use of proverbs in politics, women’s rights, and the civil rights movement—and by looking at the use of proverbial phrases, Mieder demonstrates how one traditional phrase can take on numerous expressive roles over time, and how they continue to play a key role in our contemporary moment.
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Publisher : Allied Publishers
Page : 932 pages
File Size : 33,3 MB
Release : 1980
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ISBN : 9788186062142
Author : Elizabeth McLaren Kirkpatrick
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Page : 432 pages
File Size : 45,12 MB
Release : 1992
Category : English language
ISBN : 9789810137496
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Page : 1088 pages
File Size : 17,38 MB
Release : 1984
Category : Best books
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Author : British Council
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Page : 916 pages
File Size : 17,56 MB
Release : 1992
Category : Best books
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Includes no. 53a: British wartime books for young people.
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Page : 806 pages
File Size : 16,46 MB
Release : 1861-05
Category : Education
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Author : Ian Brookes
Publisher : Larousse Kingfisher Chambers
Page : 1864 pages
File Size : 43,14 MB
Release : 2003
Category : Reference
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Encompassing more than 300,000 definitions, this up-to-date reference of the English language covers both old and new words, the commonplace and the unusual, with information on idioms, etymologies, and more than 200,000 references.