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Diccionario de inglés norteamericano común = Diccionario de inglés norteamericano común = Carlos B. Vega "Más de 4.000 expresiones idiomáticas y jerga del inglés norteamericano con equivalentes y definiciones en español"-- Cover. Words, phrases, idioms, sayings, slang in English with their Spanish defi… OL16010193W
Dictionary of American Regional English, Volume II (D-H) Dictionary of American Regional English, Volume II (D-H) Joan Houston Hall A compendium of words, phrases, and local meanings has been culled from years of research, using thousands of interviews with representative American communities. Online index is at http://dare.wisc.… OL16503694W
Speaking American Speaking American Richard W. Bailey When did English become American? What distinctive qualities made it American? What role have America's democratizing impulses, and its vibrantly heterogeneous speakers, played in shaping our languag… OL16554882W
American slang American slang Bernhard Schmid 244 p. ; 22 cm OL1673596W
Webster's New World dictionary of the American language Webster's New World dictionary of the American language Will Tizard A dictionary specially prepared for students containing more than 108,000 vocabulary entries including contemporary slang and informal expressions. OL16999225W
The new Oxford thesaurus of English The new Oxford thesaurus of English Patrick Hanks x, 1087 pages ; 28 cm OL18375940W
Look it up Look it up Rudolf Flesch Clarifies questions of spelling, capitalization, hyphenation, verb forms, and usage for some eighteen thousand alphabetically arranged entries, discussing compounding, italics, expressions to be avoi… OL18830373W
British Ferns OR Coloured Figures and Descriptions with Needful Analyses of the Fructification and … British Ferns OR Coloured Figures and Descriptions with Needful Analyses of the Fructification and … Hooker, William Jackson Sir A botanical description of ferns of the UK, published in 1861. OL189218W
A browser's dictionaryand native's guide to the unknown American language A browser's dictionaryand native's guide to the unknown American language John Ciardi "A compendium of curious expressions and intriguing facts"--Jacket subtitle. OL2218033W
Oxford Advanced American Dictionary for learners of English Oxford Advanced American Dictionary for learners of English Various Product Description Oxford's new American Dictionaries for learners of English offer students a dictionary that is just right for their level. Written specifically for students working to improve th… OL23945701W
Chin music Chin music Alvin Schwartz Presents examples of folk speech used during the period 1815 to 1950. Identifies their meaning and the regions in which they were collected. OL2623448W
Jazz chants for children Jazz chants for children Carolyn Graham A collection of chants, songs, and poems designed to teach the rhythms of spoken American English primarily to students of English as a second language. OL3091779W
Webster's New World guide to current American usage Webster's New World guide to current American usage Bernice Randall xviii, 420 p. ; 25 cm OL4089790W
Pioneer dictionary Pioneer dictionary Bobbie Kalman An alphabetical listing of words related to life on the American frontier, from ague and bank barn to wheelwright and zoetrope. OL447133W
The emergence of liberal Catholicism in America The emergence of liberal Catholicism in America Robert D. Cross No period in American Catholic history has attracted as much scholarly interest in recent years as the last third of the nineteenth century, when the Church underwent a series of internal conflicts o… OL7525593W
Longman Handy Learner's Dictionary of American English (LHLD) Longman Handy Learner's Dictionary of American English (LHLD) Longman jumper OL7952687W
A dictionary of modern American usage A dictionary of modern American usage Bryan A. Garner "This wonderfully written work aims to help people use language so they will use the right words to say what they mean. Garner relies on modern sources rather than historical precedent to determine t… OL811301W
The American Heritage Abbreviations Dictionary The American Heritage Abbreviations Dictionary AHD Editors viii, 294 p. ; 15 cm OL8220476W
Talk the Talk Talk the Talk Luc Reid From hackers and truckers to Goths and gamblers, an informative reference provides an overview of the authentic slang and specialized vocabulary used by sixty-five different American subcultures. OL8945904W
Muck and Mire Muck and Mire Donald A. Eisner 88 p. ; 23 cm OL9276346W
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