Webster's New World: American Idioms Handbook

by Gail Brenner

Overview

The most comprehensive reference for understanding and using the contemporary idioms of American English—with more than 1,000 entries.
 
Mastering the use of idiomatic language is an essential step toward achieving fluency in any language. Webster's New World: American Idioms Handbook is the ideal guide to the slang, sayings, expressions, jargon, and colloquialisms of American English—covering more than 1,000 entries. Emphasizing acquisition and application, this book explains their meanings as well as when, where, why, and how to use them. A wealth of examples helps readers understand each idiom’s connotation and identify its appropriate context. An extensive index allows for quick and easy reference.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780544188907
Publisher:	Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Publication date:	06/11/2020
Series:	Webster's New World
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	506
File size:	964 KB

About the Author

Gail Brenner is an Intensive English Language Program course developer and instructor at the University of California, Santa Cruz. She has worked in the public schools, specialized language programs, private business, and a university's; where she now teaches Advanced Grammar, TOEFL Preparation, and Pronunciation. She is the author of Ingles Para Dummies.

Table of Contents

Preface.

Introduction.

PART I: Introduction.

Chapter 1: An Introduction to Idioms.

PART II: Idioms for Everyday Activities and Occasions.

Chapter 2: Family Matters: Family, Home, and Life Stages.

Chapter 3: Caring for the Body: Eating, Sleeping, and Grooming.

Chapter 4: Health Matters: Good Health, Illness, and Addiction.

Chapter 5: Nose to the Grindstone: School and Work.

Chapter 6: Peanuts and Dough: Money.

Chapter 7: Taking It Easy: Entertainment, Leisure, and Travel.

Chapter 8: Love Makes the World Go ’Round: Romance.

Chapter 9: Common American Phrases and Slang Expressions.

PART III: Idioms for Expressing Emotion, Character, Success, and Failure.

Chapter 10: Emotions.

Chapter 11: Character Traits.

Chapter 12: Success, Failure, and Luck.

PART IV: Idioms by Key Words.

Chapter 13: Body Idioms.

Chapter 14: Color Idioms.

Chapter 15: Number Idioms.

Chapter 16: Negative Word Idioms.

Chapter 17: Question Word Idioms.

PART V: Phrasal Verbs.

Chapter 18: Using Phrasal Verbs.

Chapter 19: Two-Word Phrasal Verbs.

Chapter 20: Three-Word Phrasal Verbs.

Appendix I: Expressions with Do, Fix, Have, Make, and Take.

Appendix II: Differences between American Idioms and British Idioms.

Index.