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Covering over 10,000 idioms and collocations characterized by similarity in their wording or metaphorical idea which do not show corresponding similarity in their meanings, this dictionary presents a unique cross-section of the English language. Though it is designed specifically to assist readers in avoiding the use of inappropriate or erroneous phrases, the book can also be used as a regular phraseological dictionary providing definitions to individual idioms, cliches, and set expressions. Most phrases included in the dictionary are in active current use, making information about their meanings and usage essential to language learners at all levels of proficiency.
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Mamet Felix Laudat
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July 19, 2016
A very good reference tool to help advanced learners and university course translators understand the subtle nuances of meanings between different phrases and constructions, something which ordinary dictionaries do not do. However, i think it needs more enrichment .An example such as : Turn to someone=recourse to someone, Turn on someone = start hostile attitude against , and Turn some one on !( excite a person sexually ), which is not mentioned.
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Yuri Dolgopolov is an English Language Instructor at the University of Haifa in Israel.
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