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This thesaurus is aimed chiefly at those who are taking their first steps in learning the English language or who are trying to improve a basic grasp of the language. Most of the words listed here are commonly used by English speakers, both in writing and in daily conversation. English has a rich vocabulary and it is sometimes difficult to know which word to use. Often a single word has several meanings, which vary slightly from each other or which...
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Speak English like a native speaker with Beginner English for Everyone. What would it mean for your studies or career to be able to speak and write freely in English? How about understanding more of what you hear or read? The phrases, words, and expressions in Beginner English for Everyone: Easy Words, Phrases & Expressions for Self-Study are designed to improve your English quickly and easily. Jackie Bolen has fifteen years of experience teaching...
3) Advanced English Collection: English Expressions, Phrases, & Idioms, Study Tips, and Business Englis
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Improve your English vocabulary with the Advanced English Collection. This collection consists of three books:
Advanced English Expressions, Idioms, Collocations, Slang, and Phrasal Verbs
Study Tips to Learn English Faster
Business English Vocabulary Builder 2
Jackie Bolen has fifteen years of experience teaching ESL/EFL to students in South Korea and Canada. With her help, you'll improve your English vocabulary in no time at all! This 3-book collection...
4) Advanced English Dialogues, Stories, Vocabulary & More: A Self-Study Course for Higher-Level ESL/EFL
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Improve your English vocabulary with this book of dialogues, stories, phrases, expressions, idioms, and more. These lessons are designed for advanced English learners. Jackie Bolen has 20 years of experience teaching ESL/EFL to students in South Korea and Canada. With her help, you'll improve your English vocabulary in no time at all! Advanced English Dialogues, Stories, Vocabulary & More will help you:Have thousands of important English expressions...
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Who Said That? provides an entertaining and authoritative reference for the origins and meanings of our common figures of speech.
• Who said 100+ famous expressions?
• Who really said them?
• What did they actually say?
• What did they actually mean?
• Why did they say them that way?
• Who repeated what was said?
Surprisingly true, sometimes strange, always fascinating, the stories about whence came these expressions will entertain, educate,...
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A figure of speech is an expression in which the words are used, but not in their literal sense, to create a more forceful or dramatic meaning. They are often in the form of metaphors, similes and hyperbole. "A fountain of knowledge," is a good example. "Stretching the truth," is another.
With Figuratively Speaking, we finally have a thesaurus to discover these phrases' origins and the sources of their meanings.
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• Attitudes
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Ace the TOEIC exam with these reading comprehension and vocabulary exercises. What would it mean for your studies or career to be able to read freely in English? How about understanding more vocabulary? This workbook is designed to get you a better score on the reading portion of the TOEIC test. Get the job you want or get into that educational program in another country. Jackie Bolen has more than 20 years of experience teaching ESL/EFL to students...
8) Speak English Like a Native Speaker With Idioms: Learn Hundreds of American English Idioms in Dialog
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Learn hundreds of essential American English idioms to help you sound like a native English speaker. Master new English expressions quickly and easily. You'll see the idioms used in dialogues, find out what they mean, and get an opportunity to practice what you've learned. It's everything you need to improve your English vocabulary. Jackie Bolen has twenty years of experience teaching ESL/EFL to students in South Korea and Canada. With her help, you'll...
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The greatest remedy for writer's block--and an effective way to expand one's vocabulary--is the use of the writer's go-to resource: a thesaurus. Thesauri are easier to use than ever before, thanks to numerous online options that complement traditional print editions. Readers will not only discover how to zero in on just the right word for the occasion, but they will also learn how to identify parts of speech, related words, and the fine distinctions...
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Help young students leap into learning! The Library Resources series is an easy way to introduce younger readers to all the amazing resources offered at their local library. With simple text and engaging photos, this book educates early learners about the thesaurus. It will teach kids how to look up synonyms and antonyms using a thesaurus. Kids will also learn what entry words are and what part of speech it is. Whether for school or fun, this title...
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Extrait : "ALEXANDRE PAULOWITZ, empereur de Russie. C'est un homme supérieur à tous les monarques de l'Europe ; il a de l'esprit, de la grâce, de l'instruction ; il est facilement séduisant ; mais on doit s'en défier, il est sans franchise : c'est un vrai Grec du Bas-Empire ; toutefois n'est-il pas sans idéologie réelle ou jouée : ce ne serait du reste, après tout, que des teintes de son éducation et de son précepteur."
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Michel et Bruno Bilquin, père et fils, livrent, d'Amour à Zéphyr, un joli bouquet de thèmes et de mots qui reviennent à plaisir dans l'œuvre chantée de l'illustre Sétois.
Chacune des trente rubriques s'ouvre par quelques strophes contenant le mot choisi, décliné ensuite par les auteurs au fil de leurs vagabondages dans la riche forêt des chansons de Brassens, o ils ont voulu faire partager leur amour pour les arbres remarquables qu'elle...
14) Idioms, Advanced English Expressions Collocations, Slang, and Phrasal Verbs: Master American Engl
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Speak English fluently like a native speaker with these advanced English idioms, expressions, slang and more. Have some fun while learning American English. What would it mean for your studies or career to be able to speak and write freely in English? How about understanding more of what you hear or read? Advanced English Expressions, Idioms, Collocations, Slang, and Phrasal Verbs is designed to help you improve your English quickly and easily. Jackie...
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Sie sind als Wirtschaftsexperte auch in Frankreich begehrt? Und Sie möchten Wirtschaftsfranzösisch beherrschen?
Aber Ihnen fehlt vielleicht noch der entsprechende Fachwortschatz auf Französisch. Kein Grund zur Sorge! Mit dem deutsch-französischen Lexikon 50 Wirtschaftsfragen — 500 Schlüsselsätze, um darüber zu sprechen finden Sie immer die passenden Worte und die treffenden Sätze.
Als Experte oder Studierender im Bereich Wirtschaft werden...
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