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Summary:
A compendium of American proverbs, expressions, slang, colloquialisms; British-US glossary; abbreviations and acronyms; and other various odds and ends. Widely used by non-native speakers and translators.
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references.
Description based on print version record.
Contents:
- 1. American spoken here
- English understood
- 2. Proverbs, slogans, and aphorisms
- 3. Popular American expressions
- 4. Proverbial commentaries
- 5. Similes and metaphors indicating extremes
- 6. American slang and colloquialisms
- 7. British vs. American English (and vice versa)
- 8. Worldwide English
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- 9. Foreign words and phrases frequently used in English
- 10. Common American legal terms
- 11. Common American medical terms
- 12. Business colloquialisms, slang and acronyms
- 13. Acronyms, abbreviations, and initialisms
- 14. Acronyms, abbreviations, and initialisms in the computer, Internet and communications industries
- 15. From where do you hail?
- 16. For the symbol minded
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