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Title
A word in your shell-like - 6,000 curious & everyday phrases explained
A word in your shell-like - 6,000 curious & everyday phrases explained
Author
Nigel Rees
Nigel Rees
format
Hardback
Hardback
Publisher
HarperCollinsPublishers
HarperCollinsPublishers
Language
English
English
UK Publication Date
20040901
20040901
Description
A Word in your Shell-Like will be the ideal replacement or complement to that tatty old copy of Brewer's most of us have about the house: a modern, entertaining guide to the wonderful world of phrases, familiar and unfamiliar, a landmark publication by one of the key world authorities in English language reference. It is an entirely phrase-based book, exploring well-known phrases – catchphrases, slogans, idioms, cliches, nicknames, titles of books and films, and quotations. The articles will contain discussion of meaning, origin and usage.
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