The ideal guide to choosing the right word. Entries go beyond the word lists of a thesaurus, explaining important differences between synonyms. Provides over 17,000 usage examples. Lists antonyms and related words.

Get ready to chew the fat. This engaging, humorous new book explains the not-so-common origins of such commonly used phrases as “apple-pie order,” “chew the fat,” and “hat trick.” Presented in a fun, easy-to-read style, it provides entertaining insight on metaphorical phrases, weird words, and strange expressions and takes readers on a journey through the bizarre and eccentric origins that make up our everyday speech. • Word books have gained in popularity not just with students and linguaphiles, but with a general population interested in the fascinating development of our language. • Contains back stories for 500 intriguing words and phrases. • Fun to flip through and also fun to read cover to cover.

A novel that uses and defines 1,491 possible SAT vocabulary words.

a great resource anywhere you go; it is an easy tool that has just the phrases you want and need! The entire eBook is an alphabetical list of English phrases. It will be very useful for all walks of life (home, parent, school, students, travel, interpreting and learning English). rasilimali kubwa popote unapoenda; ni chombo rahisi ambacho kina maneno tu unayotaka na unahitaji! EBook nzima ni orodha ya alfabeti ya maneno ya Kiingereza. Itakuwa na manufaa sana kwa matembezi yote ya maisha (nyumbani, mzazi, shule, wanafunzi, kusafiri, kutafsiri na kujifunza Kiingereza).

"An enlarged and improved version of "Arabisches Wèorterbuch fèur die Schriftsprache der Gegenwart" by Hans Wehr and includes the contents of the "Supplement zum Arabischen Wèorterbuch fèur die Schriftsprache der Gegenwart" and a collection of new additional material (about 13.000 entries) by the same author."