Common American Phrases in Everyday Contexts
A Detailed Guide to Real-Life Conversation and Small Talk
Author: Richard Spears Series: NTC Foreign Language
A guide to everyday American English that helps you understand meanings and avoid difficulty in translation. It shares with you 1,900 of the most common phrases and colloquial expressions used in contemporary American English. It lets you discover the greetings, good-byes, and everyday small talk that Americans use daily.
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A guide to everyday American English that helps you understand meanings and avoid difficulty in translation. It shares with you 1,900 of the most common phrases and colloquial expressions used in contemporary American English. It lets you discover the greetings, good-byes, and everyday small talk that Americans use daily.
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A useful guide to everyday American English to help you understand meanings and avoid difficulty in translation
In this new edition of Common American Phrases in Everyday Contexts, noted lexicographer Richard A. Spears shares with you 1,900 of the most common phrases and colloquial expressions used in contemporary American English. Here you will discover the greetings, good-byes, and everyday small talk that Americans use daily. All entries have been selected with the special needs of you, the nonnative speaker of English, in mind!
Inside you'll find:
- Examples or short dialogues with each entry that illustrate how the phrase is used in everyday speaking
- Usage restrictions or warnings for those situations when a phrase may be inappropriate
- Shortened or abbreviated expressions cross-referenced to their complete forms
- A Phrase-Finder Index to help quick and easy reference
About the Author
Richard A. Spears, Ph.D., is a reference editor and former linguistics professor who has written more than 30 dictionaries, including NTC's American Idioms Dictionary (ISBN: 0-8442-0273-8) and NTC's American English Learner's Dictionary (ISBN: 0-8442-5859-8).
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