Idioms and phrases index / Laurence Urdang, editor in chief ; foreword by Richard W. Bailey.
Contributor(s): Urdang, Laurence
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BookPublisher: Detroit, Mich. : Gale Research Co., c1983Edition: 1st ed.Description: 3 v. (xix, 1691 p.) ; 29 cm.ISBN: 0810315475.Subject(s): English language -- Terms and phrases | English language -- Idioms -- Dictionaries
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Reference | Reference | PE1689.I3 1983 (Browse shelf) | Not for loan | CN |
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"An unrivaled collection of idioms, phrases, expressions, and collocutions of two or more words which are part of the English lexicon and for which the meaning of the whole is not transparent from the sum of the meanings of the constituent parts, also including nominal, verbal, and other phrases which exhibit syntactic and semantic character peculiar to the English language, the entries gathered from more than thirty sources, each described in the bibliography provided, with all items arranged alphabetically both by first word and any significant words."
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