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Swahili
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More than 100,000 synonyms, antonyms, idiomatic phrases, related words, and contrast words make word-finding easy. Designed to provide essential information quickly, it is arranged alphabetically to save hunting through an index. Introductory... [ More...]
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Spanish
More than 100,000 Spanish synonyms and antonyms are listed in separate typefaces that highlight similar and opposite words following the headword of each of the 25,000 separate entries. Technical expressions and newly coined words are also included.
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A handy guide to problems of confused or disputed usage. - More than 2,000 entires - Based on the critically acclaimed Merriam-Webster's Dictionary of English Usage - Explains the background and basis of usage controversies - Offers expert... [ More...]
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A witty and whimsical A to Z gallery of entertaining vintage expressions, drawn from nearly 200 of the English language's most intriguing early dictionaries and glossaries. Line drawings.
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Cliches: the bad guys of the English language, overused, abused, and sniffed at by school teachers? Or do they receive bad press? Are they actually an irreplaceable form of linguistic shorthand? Betty Kirkpatrick, an editor of Roget's Thesaurus, has... [ More...]
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The Cambridge Dictionary of American Idioms unlocks the meaning of thousands of idiomatic phrases used in contemporary American English. More than 5000 idioms—from don't go there and living large to more bang for the buck and hit the nail on the... [ More...]
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EVERYTHING A CROSSWORD SOLVER COULD EVER NEED — IN ONE COMPLETE VOLUME! Who won the Academy Award for best actress in 1993? What's another word for "nerd"? If you're a modern puzzler, you need not only a quick and easy reference, but a book that is... [ More...]
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Authoritative, up-to-date, and with exceptionally clear print, this volume contains more than 130,000 synonyms and antonyms, drawing on the most recent findings of the language research program at Oxford University Press.
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