A new neighbor and her suspicious foster son keep a senior sleuth on her toes in this mystery by the author of Tattered & Torn. Quilt pattern included! When sixty-eight-year-old Sarah Miller moves into the Cunningham Village retirement community, she is mourning the loss of her husband, her young grandson, and the place that has been home for forty-two years. But Sarah is a survivor. As she reaches out into the retirement community that is to become home, she finds friends, activities, new hobbies, and a possible love interest. The tenth installment of this fun, friendly series of cozy mysteries contains a new friend, trunks full of vintage fabric, credit card fraud, a budding romance, and murder—and Sarah and her friends are at the center of it all.

최고 수준의 뉴스 표현 아카이브 문법에 통달해도, 단어 실력이 좋아도 영어 뉴스를 읽어 내기가 쉽지 않다. 뉴스 고유의 정제되고 고정된 표현에 익숙하지 않아서다. 〈뉴스 영어의 결정적 심화 표현들〉은 이중 언어 구사자이자 23년 경력의 영어 뉴스 베테랑 기자가 수준 높은 뉴스를 읽고 듣기에 꼭 필요한 최고 수준의 뉴스 표현을 엄선했다. 기사 작성 시 해당 분야에서 가장 많이 쓰이는 표현과 패턴을 낱낱이 공개해 원어민 느낌 그대로 뉴스를 이해하고, 한층 수준 높은 고급 영어를 구사하고자 하는 이들에게 최고의 지침서이다.

A fun and engaging way to learn and understand English idioms Idioms are expressions that are used every day but don’t mean what the words seem to indicate. No spring chicken, for example, has nothing to do with chickens. Rather, it means not being young any more. Teacher Josh: English Idioms explains what 300 of the most widely used English idioms mean in an easy-to-learn, memorable way. The entry for each idiom features a cartoon that depicts how it is used, plus an example and explanation in English and Mandarin. Readers can also scan a QR code to access a funny video by Teacher Josh, further explaining the idiom in Chinese and English.

This compilation of American slang contains more than 5,000 common slang terms with easy-to-understand definitions and sample sentences. The book's unique classification of slang terms under key words makes it easy to search for and discover any term. By organising terms this way, slang terms that share a common key word can be classified together for easy reference. For example, under the key word 'Chip,' the following terms are alphabetically listed: bargaining chip, blue chip, cash in one's chips, chip in, chip off the old block, chip on one's shoulder, in the chips, let the chips fall where they may, and when the chips are down. Slang terms with more than one key word are also cross-referenced, and sample sentences lend meaning to the slang terms by showing their applications in writing and in conversation.

The Queen’s English has no place across the pond, where a long history of defiance, creativity, and originality has made its way into the everyday vocabulary of Americans coast-to-coast. God Bless America is an informative and entertaining guide to the meaning and history beneath our uniquely American words and phrases. Robert Hendrickson makes it clear that whether you’re ordering “fried chicken” or heading out to see a “movie,” you are celebrating contributions to the English language made by Americans, both famous and forgotten. With extensive research and a passion for language, Hendrickson furthers our understanding of the familiar and introduces us to the more obscure artifacts of American speech. God Bless America provides the definitions and background for many uniquely American phrases and terms, such as: • Bald eagle • Boston baked beans • Five-and-ten • Give ’em hell • Lazy Susan • Sho’ nuff • Yankee Doodle • And more! A dictionary packed full of historical accounts, etymological peculiarities, and imaginative spirit, God Bless America represents not only the American language but also the American people. This book provides an undeniable resource for travelers, patriots, and Anglophiles from all walks of life.