"NTC's American Idioms Dictionary" contains an exceptionally comprehensive Phrase-Finder Index that allows you to look up any key word in an expression and find the exact location of that expression in the main body of the dictionary. This unique feature allows you to identify and locate partially remembered expressions quickly and easily.

Ntc's American Idioms Dictionary

Reference

Richard A. Spears

English as a Second Language

McGraw–Hill Education

These 123 tales reflect the rich oral tradition of West African folklore. Playful and sly, they teem with talking animals and shape-shifting tricksters, with pacts and promises made and broken, and with impossible deeds done through chicanery and magic. These tales deal with themes common throughout West Africa and the world. Indeed, American readers will recognize such characters as Brer Rabbit and the "tar baby," which had their roots in the folklore of this region. Because there is no overlay of Western values, however, some of the morals may surprise the unsuspecting reader--murder and polygamy, cannibalism and cunning, witchcraft and revenge spin matter-of-factly throughout the stories.

West African folktales

Jack Berry

Northwestern University Press

"NTC's American Idioms Dictionary" contains an exceptionally comprehensive Phrase-Finder Index that allows you to look up any key word in an expression and find the exact location of that expression in the main body of the dictionary. This unique feature allows you to identify and locate partially remembered expressions quickly and easily.

Ntc's American Idiom Dictionary (National Textbook Language Dictionaries)

Politics & Social Sciences

Sociology

Natl Textbook Co

"NTC's Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions," by lexicographer Richard A. Spears, Ph.D., contains more than 10,000 definitions of terms and expressions that are likely to be heard in movies, on television, in the streets, and on college campuses. In addition, the dictionary provides nearly 20,000 example sentences to illustrate common usage of these expressions in everyday American English.

Ntc's Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions (National Textbook Language Dictionaries)

Natl Textbook Co Trade

Containing approximately 1400 words and phrases that should not be used by educated speakers of English, this dictionary of offensive and often inflammatory vocabulary is designed to inform rather than to offend or entertain.

Forbidden American English

Dictionaries & Thesauruses

Passport Books

1990 Essential American Idioms (P) by Richard A. Spears ***ISBN-13: 9780844251530 ***247 Pages

Essential American Idioms

This guide helps new speakers unravel the mystery of colloquial American speech. Each of the 1,700 entries includes a mini-dialogue that dramatizes the meaning and use of phrases in greetings, goodbyes, and in small talk.

Common American Phrases in Everyday Context

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Ntc/contemporary+publishing Co

Viva's Dictionary of American Slang & Colloq.Expr. 2/e

VIVA BOOKS PRIVATE LIMITED

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