American Idioms and Some Phrases Just for Fun (repost)
Edward Swick, "American Idioms and Some Phrases Just for Fun"
English | 1999 | ISBN: 0812064577 | 120 pages | EPUB / MOBI / PDF | 11.8 MB
English | 1999 | ISBN: 0812064577 | 120 pages | EPUB / MOBI / PDF | 11.8 MB
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.