NTC's American Idioms Dictionary
- ISBN-10
- 0844254509
- ISBN-13
- 9780844254500
- Series
- NTC's American Idioms Dictionary
- Category
- Language Arts & Disciplines / General
- Pages
- 463
- Language
- English
- Published
- 1988
- Publisher
- National Textbook Company
- Authors
- Richard A. Spears, Linda Schinke-Llano
Description
A collection of idiomatic phrases and sentences that occur frequently in American English.
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