Learn English Online: McGraw-Hill’s Dictionary of American Idioms and Phrasal Verbs

The book details:

Title: McGraw-Hill’s Dictionary of American Idioms and Phrasal Verbs
Author(s): Richard A. Spears, Ph.D.
Publisher: McGraw-Hill
Date: 2006
Pages: 1098
Size: 11.45 Mb
Format: PDF
Language: American English.

With more entries than any other reference of its kind, McGraw-Hill’s Dictionary of American Idioms and Phrasal Verbs shows you how American English is spoken today. You will find commonly used phrasal verbs, idiomatic expressions, proverbial expressions, and clichés. The dictionary contains more than 24,000 entries, each defined and followed by one or two example sentences. It also includes a Phrase-Finder Index with more than 60,000 entries

Outstanding features include:

More than 24,000 entries and 27,000 senses
Idiomatic phrases, proverbial expressions, and cliches
Concise definitions, plus one or more example sentences for each phrase
Sources (e.g., the Bible, Shakespeare, etc.) and origins (e.g., Rural, Nautical)
Guidance on the correct tone and social context
Uniquely thorough treatment of variation (e.g., to get, to have, or to give the low-down)
A comprehensive Phrase-Finder Index of more than 60,000 entries--let's you locate phrases by key words, including common particles in two-part verbs.