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    Really Useful English Idioms
    Really Useful English Idioms
    Really Useful English Idioms
    Ebook165 pages54 minutes

    Really Useful English Idioms

    By Darcy Vallance

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    About this ebook

    Do you want to understand and use more idioms in English? This easy-to-use ebook presents common idioms used in English today. Short texts, funny cartoons and clear definitions help you understand the idioms and see how to use them. Quick review exercises help you remember them. This practical and entertaining ebook is suitable for intermediate and advanced learners.

    Features
    Over 140 of the most common English idioms.
    Short texts show how the idioms are used in everyday English.
    50 entertaining illustrations help you understand.
    Clear and accurate explanations help you learn.
    Quick review exercises help you remember.
    A reference section with 150 extra examples.
    Suitable for intermediate and advanced learners.
    Topics include friends and family, work and business, dating and romance, thinking and learning, and much more.

    The author
    D'Arcy Vallance has written more than 40 educational books, mainly for learners of English, including business and vocational English, school and university courses, grammar books and videos. He has many years experience of teaching and training in Europe, Asia, the Middle-East and Latin America.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherDarcy Vallance
    Release dateOct 20, 2011
    ISBN9781466062948
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    • 3/5
      nice drawings, useful learning, interaction needs more to be perfect
    • 5/5
      The examples where to use the idioms were very clear
    • 5/5
      True to its name- this is a really useful book written in an easy-to-recall format with beautiful illustrations. Clearly one of the best books on English idioms out there!
    • 5/5
      Excellent and most useful for English language lovers to talk intelligently. Love this book ?
    • 5/5
      If you read this book once, you would read it again for sure. Highly recommended.?
    • 5/5
      I really want to say "thank you" to you. This is a very interesting book and you are one of the best.
    • 4/5
      Thanks for this book. It was fun . I learned a lot.
    • 5/5
      Funny and accurate images matching the idioms...I would strongly recommend it to English students who want to improve their knowledge.

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