By Michael Ash, Irene Ash
This key reference will serve as the most comprehensive source for identifying and locating products in the international chemical marketplace. It has been written for the chemists, materials sientists, end-product formulators, industrial application specialists and scientists working in associated fields.
Covering television, film, radio, and theatre, this dictionary contains thousands of words and expressions commonly used in the media and entertainment industries and in classroom analyses of the industry at large. Whether someone wants to find out the definition of cinema verité or learn about the components of a storyboard, this dictionary has the answers. And with students worldwide majoring in media studies or enrolling in media studies courses, the need for a more established nomenclature and common definitions is greater than ever.
In a convenient pocket format with a straightforward layout for easy
cross-referencing, this dictionary is the ideal companion for any
crossword enthusiast. A comprehensive reference that lists thousands of
possible solutions arranged under 13,000 headings, it also includes
synonyms, associated words, puns, wordplay, and anagrams.
English Dictionary and Thesaurus provides instant access to over 200,000 definitions and 340,000 synonyms and antonyms. • Fast and simple user interface • Full text and anagram searches • History list for reviewing your entries • Easy cross-referencing between Dictionary and Thesaurus
The American Heritage Dictionary of Idioms by Christine Ammer
Book Description
"Bite the bullet", " get on the stick",
"make no bones about it", " take the cake". The American Heritage(R)
Dictionary of Idioms covers almost 10,000 expressions. Its main fare
is, of course, idioms - groups of two or more words that together mean
something different from the literal meaning of the individual words.
In addition, this book discusses verb phrases such as " act up",
"freeze out", and " get down", figures of speech such as "dark horse"
and "blind as a bat", interjections and formulas like "says who" and "
tough beans", common proverbs like a "bird in the hand", and slang
terms such as "buy the farm" and "push up daisies". Each entry is
defined and has an example sentence showing the expression in context.
Most entries offer an explanation of the expression's literal meaning
or origin and include information about its first appearance in
English.
