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Teaches English as a second language to Vietnamese speakers through the use of pictures dealing with everyday topics such as thebody, post office, law, travel, and family.

Hundreds of pointed definitions, maxims, apocryphal quotations, and satirical verses attest to the power of the author's delightful, incisive wit.

"Peter Winceworth, a disaffected Victorian lexicographer, inserts false entries into a dictionary - violating and subverting the dictionary's authority - in an attempt to assert some sense of individual purpose and artistic freedom. In the present day, Mallory, a young overworked and underpaid intern employed by the dictionary's publishing house, is tasked with uncovering these entries before the work is digitised. As the novel progresses and their...

An alphabetical listing of common figures of speech, along with their definitions and origins. Cat got your tongue? Penny for your thoughts? Come again? Every day, idioms bring color to our speech. Since they don't really mean what they say, idioms can stump even the native English-speaker. Marvin Terban makes understanding idioms "as easy as pie" with the revised Scholastic Dictionary Of Idioms. Explanations for, and origins of, more than 700 everyday...

This two-volume dictionary provides the meaning, spelling, and pronunciation of approximately 225,000 important and frequently used words and phrases in the English language. Features include illustrations, illustrative sentences, and a "Guide to Communications" covering punctuation and spelling tips; vocabulary lists by grade level; how to write effectively, and articles on special subjects.