Longman Dictionary of Common Errors PDF download The Longman Dictionary of Common Errors provides learners and teachers of English with a practical guide to common errors and their correction. It contains the words and phrases which regularly cause difficulty for foreign learners, regardless of nationality and language background. Arranged alphabetically for ease of use, the…
The American Heritage Dictionary of Idioms, Second Edition This book is a comprehensive survey of the idioms currently used in American English. An idiom is a set phrase of two or more words that means something different from the literal meaning of the individual words. For instance, the phrase to change one’s tune has nothing…
How Not To Say What You Mean: A Dictionary of Euphemisms (3rd Edition) We often use euphemisms when dealing with taboo or sensitive subjects. We speak of “full-figured” women. We “fudge” on our income tax. We get “cold feet” before our wedding. In How Not to Say What You Mean, R.W. Holder offers an…
Careful investigations have shown that children understand many words more easily by seeing them used in appropriate sentences than by trying to understand their synonyms listed in a dictionary. The 10,000 words in A Sentence Dictionary are therefore used in sentences skilfully written to make them interesting to students. A special feature is the use…
Dänisch Wort für Wort Umschlagklappen mit Aussprache und wichtigen Redewendungen, Wörterlisten Dänisch-Deutsch, Deutsch-Dänisch Dänemark ist im Verhältnis zur Bundesrepublik sehr klein und hat dementsprechend nur 5 Millionen Einwohner. Zwar kann man sich mit Englisch und Deutsch in unserem nördlichen Nachbarland gut durchschlagen, wirklichen Kontakt zu den Leuten bekommt man aber eher, wenn man versucht,…