It gives students practice in using the dictionary and in understanding and using the detailed information it contains. Hyphenation points are shown for headwords and derived words.
Special attention is given to the semantic and syntactic variations of many idioms.
Uses cartoons, jokes, drawings with graded activities and answer key. This easy to use dictionary deals with over 3000 current British and American English idioms. It gives clear explanations of their meanings and usage, and illustrates them with more than 3000 examples, taken from The Bank of English. As a special feature, the dictionary also explains the origins of many of these colourful expressions, and shows how they have developed their current meanings. This dictionary shows how phrasal verbs are actually used in The Bank of English, with lots of real examples.