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Discover What’s up with these idioms and more…to stick up for someone, to be burned out, to be no big deal, to get the hand of something, to be over one’s head, to hook someone up, to be gummer, to chicken out, to keep in touch, to give it to soemone straight. A new ‘laugh and learn’ American idioms reference from the author of the bestselling 101 American English Idioms! Get carried away with learning what Americans really mean to say! Sparkling with humorous illustrations by the award-winning cartoonist Joe Kohl, each page in this easy, quick and fun reference features an at-a-glance introduction to a contemporary idiom. You’ll get: a light-hearted illustration that captures the idiom’s literal and figurative meaning the idiom’s definition in graded English example uses of the idiom in an authentic dialogue or narrative. Non-English speakers and native speakers alike will find endless uses to this creative approach–whether one reads it for pleasure, interweaves it with language lessons, or commits to an ‘idiom-a-day’ personal learning mission.
