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Handbook of Commonly Used American Idioms

By Makkai, Adam

1 available

More Street French: Slang, Idioms and Popular Expletives

By Burke, David

1 available

Spanish Made Simple

By Jackson, Eugene; Rubio, Antonio

1 available

The Oxford Dictionary of Modern Slang (Oxford Reference S.)

By Ayto, John, Simpson

Joyce Annotated: Notes for Dubliners and a Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man

By Gifford, Don

Cassell's Dictionary of Slang 2nd edition

By Green, Jonathon

The Law Of The Playground: A puerile and disturbing dictionary of playground insults and games

By Blyth, Jonathan

1000 English Idioms Explained (English Language): Home-grown and from Across the Pond

By Editorial Board

Bloomsbury Dictionary of Popular Phrases

By Rees, Nigel

Dictionary of Slang and Unconventional English

By Partridge, Eric

The Little Book of Foreign Swear Words

By Finch, Sid

The Penguin Pocket Spanish Dictionary (Penguin Pocket Books)

By Riquelme-Beneyto, Josephine

A Dictionary of Africanisms: Contributions of Sub-Saharan Africa to the English Language

By Dalgish, Gerard M.

The Prodigal Tongue: The Loveā€“Hate Relationship Between British and American English

By Murphy, Lynne

Dictionary of Contemporary Slang

By Thorne, Tony

Lancashire English

By Holcroft, Fred

Totes Ridictionary

By Balthazar Cohen

Oxford Dictionary of English Idioms 3/e (Oxford Quick Reference)

By Ayto, John

Brewer's Dictionary of Modern Phrase and Fable

By Room, Adrian

It's Not Rocket Science: And Other Irritating Modern Cliches

By Clive Whichelow, Hugh Murray

Shorter Dictionary of Catch Phrases

By Fergusson, Rosalind

The Oxford Dictionary of Modern Slang

By Ayto, John, Simpson

Roger's Profanisaurus (1998)

By Viz

Lobcocks and Fartleberries: 18th-Century Insults to Confound Your Foes

By Francis Grose, David Procter

A Dictionary of Saints Days, Fasts, Feasts and Festivals (Reference)

By Waters, Colin

The Routledge Dictionary of Historical Slang

By Partridge, Eric

How Not to Say What You Mean: A Dictionary of Euphemisms (Oxford Paperback Reference)

By Holder, R.W.

Newspeak: A Dictionary of Jargon

By Green, Jonathon

Eating Your Words: 1001 Words to Tease Your Taste Buds

By Grimes, WILLIAM

Streetwise French Dictionary/Thesaurus: The User-Friendly Guide to French Slang and Idioms

By Pickup, Ian, Hares, Rod