The Oxford thesaurus (American edition)

The book provides thorough coverage of current English from around the world, including a rich array of regional and idiom atic expressions, slang, colloquialisms, and so forth. All words and phrases that are recognized as being typical of a particular variety of English, whether geographical or sty...

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Main Author: Laurence Urdang
Format: Book
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Published: New York Oxford Univ. Press 1992
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Institutions: Trung tâm Học liệu Trường Đại học Cần Thơ
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Summary:The book provides thorough coverage of current English from around the world, including a rich array of regional and idiom atic expressions, slang, colloquialisms, and so forth. All words and phrases that are recognized as being typical of a particular variety of English, whether geographical or stylistic, are carefully labeled to enhance accurate word choice. It combines the best of both styles through a unique double-access system: headwords are organized alphabetically and there is an extensive synonym index, which list more than 250,000 additional words and phrases