Essential American Idioms for Russian Speakers
Edition: 1 edition
Publisher: McGraw-Hill; NTC Pub. Group
Published: July 11, 1998
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 320
ISBN-13: 9780844242101
Subjects: Language teaching theory & methods; Foreign Language Study; Foreign Language - Dictionaries / Phrase Books; English; Language; Dictionaries - Idioms & Slang; English as a Second Language; Foreign Language Study / English as a Second Language
Description: Essential American Idioms for Russian Speakers presents more than 1,500 idiomatic expressions of contemporary American English with Russian explanations. The entries in this handy guide have been specially selected with Russian speakers of English in mind.

Among the many features of the book are the following: each English idiom is explained in Russian; parallel Russian idioms are given where appropriate; each entry has at least two example sentences in English, illustrating how the expression is used in natural American English; and a helpful index of the Russian idioms is included. This book is an invaluable tool for all speakers of Russian who want to learn to use the most basic and essential expressions of American English.