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Cambridge Idioms Dictionary (7,000+ Idioms) (ELT)

Author:Cambridge University Press. Editor:Cambridge University Press.

From £9.27

This new edition of the Cambridge Idioms Dictionary explains over 7,000 idioms current in British, American and Australian English, helping learners to...

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The Oxford Book of Aphorisms

Author:Oxford Paperbacks. Editor:Oxford Paperbacks.

From £4.04

This anthology demonstrates to the full just how rewarding an art form the aphorism can be, and just how brilliantly the aphorist can illuminate the hidden...

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A Dictionary of Euphemisms (Oxford Paperback Reference)

Author:R. W. Holder. Editor:OUP Oxford.

From £3.48

This brand new edition celebrating 20 years of R. W. Holder's popular and successful dictionary of euphemisms is packed full of traditional favourites, such...

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Urban Dictionary: Fularious Street Slang Defined

Author:Aaron Peckham. Editor:Andrews McMeel.

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Urban Dictionary: Fularious Street Slang Defined

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A Word In Your Shell-Like

Author:Nigel Rees. Editor:Collins.

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This is a modern and entertaining guide to the wonderful world of phrases, familiar and unfamiliar. "A Word in your Shell-Like" is the ideal replacement or...

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1000 English Idioms Explained (English Language) (English Language)

Author:Editorial Board. Editor:Foulsham.

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Retail Price £8.99, you save 43%. Browns Books - selling books online since 1999 softcover -

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Foyle's Philavery: A Treasury of Unusual Words

Author:Christopher Foyle. Editor:Chambers Harrap.

From £0.09

The word philavery was invented to describe this book: a collection of words chosen simply on the grounds of their aesthetic appeal. Some of these words...

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Streetwise Italian Dictionary/Thesaurus: The User-Friendly Guide to Spanish Slang and Idioms: The User-friendly Guide to Italian Slang and Idioms (Streetwise!Series)

Author:Nicholas Albanese. Editor:McGraw-Hill Contemporary.

From £3.50

Do you want to learn Italian slang? No need to sudare sette camicie. "Streetwise Italian Dictionary/Thesaurus" makes it easy! Add spark to your everyday...

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It's Not Rocket Science: And Other Irritating Modern Cliches

Author:Clive Whichelow. Editor:Portrait.

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In the last thirty years new technology, fashion, and social set-ups have spawned new cliches galore. Everything on the Internet is available at the 'click...

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Dictionary of Russian Slang and Colloquial Expressions (Dictionary)

Author:V. Shlyakov. Editor:Barron's Educational Series.

From £5.35

Pages: 352, Edition: 3rd Revised edition, Paperback, Barron's Educational Series

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Pardon My English!: An Exploration of Slang and Informal Language

Author:Chambers Harrap. Editor:Chambers Harrap.

From £3.52

"Pardon My English!" looks into some of the shadier recesses of the English language, considering the slang terms used by different professions and sectors...

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The Oxford Dictionary of Rhyming Slang (Oxford Paperback Reference)

Author:John Ayto. Editor:OUP Oxford.

From £3.60

Any "twist and twirl" or "heap of coke" who assumes that rhyming slang is an obscure and exclusive Cockney province can think again. You would hardly "Adam...

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Oxford Idioms Dictionary for Learners of English (10,000+ Idioms) (ELT)

Author:OUP Oxford. Editor:OUP Oxford.

From £8.43

A new edition of the dictionary that explains more than 10,000 of the most frequently used idioms in English today. This new edition has hundreds of new...

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American Slang Dictionary, 4E. (Mcgraw-Hill Esl References)

Author:Richard A. Spears. Editor:McGraw-Hill Contemporary.

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Learn the lingo of American English. "The American Slang Dictionary" offers you the complete definitions of more than 12,000 slang and informal expressions...

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Longman Pocket Idioms Dictionary (3000+ Idioms) (ELT)

Author:Garrett Thomson. Editor:Longman.

From £1.64

*Over 3000 idioms *Clear and easy definitions *Thousands of examples showing real usage *Unique Activator(R) section

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Kitchen Table Lingo

Author:The English Project. Editor:Virgin Books.

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With a foreword by Melvyn Bragg, an afterword by David Crystal, and contributions from Philip Pullman, Meera Syal and Benjamin Zephaniah, all life is here....

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Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose

Author:Francis Grose. Editor:Amberley Publishing.

From £10.93

This indispensible guide to 'Slang, University Wit and Pickpocket Eloquence' contains fascinating insights into the humour and mentality of its compilers....

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British English A to Zed (Writers Library) (Facts on File Writer's Library)

Author:Norman W. Schur. Editor:Checkmark Books.

From £7.87

General readers and language lovers alike will have immediate access to an alphabetical listing of more than 5,500 "Briticisms" and their correlating...

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Wyse Words

Author:Pascal Wyse. Editor:Chambers Harrap.

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Pascal Wyse's Wyse Words have been a regular feature of the Guardian Weekend magazine since 2006. Wyse Words is a collection of words that should exist, but...

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Weasel Words: 200 Words You Can't Trust (Chambers)

Author:-. Editor:Chambers Harrap.

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From the deliberately confusing to the downright vague, we all come across language that either seems meaningless or that makes our heads spin.Weasel Words...

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