Scholastic Dictionary of Idioms, Paperback/Marvin Terban

Descriere

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 American idioms, complete with kid-friendly sample sentences. The entries are amusing as well as educational. Alphabetical listing and cross-referencing index makes finding idioms a piece of cake.

Despre autor

Marvin Terban

scriitor american · n. 1940

Marvin I. Terban este un autor american de cărți pentru copii și un educator cu experiență de lungă durată. A scris 40 de cărți pentru tinerii cititori, majoritatea dintre ele având ca subiect limba engleză. Terban predă limba engleză, limba latină și alte discipline la Columbia Grammar and Preparatory School din New York din 1963.