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Learn more than 3,000 English expressions and speak and understand the language easily. As a new speaker of English, you may hear some expressions in your daily conversations that you do not understand - yet. "McGraw-Hill's Conversational American English" will help you learn these expressions, so not only do you know what a person is saying to you, but that you can use the expression yourself! More than 3,000 expressions are organized by theme, so you can find what you are looking for quickly. And each topic is illustrated to further help you understand context. The book features common expressions are batched into 350 themes, ranging from general greetings and asking how someone is, to the more specific needs, like showing disbelief, asking someone's intentions, and expressions for a

This is a useful guide to everyday American English to help you understand meanings and avoid difficulty in translation. In this new edition of "Common American Phrases in Everyday Contexts", noted lexicographer Richard A. Spears shares with you 1,900 of the most common phrases and colloquial expressions used in contemporary American English. Here you will discover the greetings, good-byes, and everyday small talk that Americans use daily. All entries have been selected with the special needs of you, the nonnative speaker of English, in mind! Inside you'll find: examples or short dialogues with each entry that illustrate how the phrase is used in everyday speaking; usage restrictions or warnings for those situations when a phrase may be inappropriate; shortened or abbreviated expressio