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This reference and
practice book looks at the most colourful and fun area of English
vocabulary - idioms.
This book will appeal to students at advanced level who want to
understand and use the English really used by native speakers, and
students preparing for higher level exams, such as CAE, CPE and
IELTS. Over 1,000 of the most useful and frequent idioms, which
learners are likely to encounter are presented and practised in
typical contexts, so that learners using this book will have
hundreds of idioms 'at their fingertips'. The book is informed by
the Cambridge International Corpus, to ensure idioms are presented
in authentic and natural contexts and the Cambridge Learner Corpus
to ensure common learner errors in advanced exams are covered. |
- Self-study
reference and practice text for advanced learners, which can
also be used for classroom work and exam preparation.
- Presents and
explains over 1000 idioms in typical contexts using tables,
charts, short texts and dialogues on left-hand pages. These are
practised through a variety of exercises on right-hand pages.
- Includes error
warnings, learning tips and follow-up tasks to encourage learner
autonomy and provide strategy training.
- Informed by the
Cambridge International Corpus, to ensure idioms are presented
in authentic and natural contexts and the Cambridge Learner
Corpus to ensure common learner errors in advanced exams are
covered.
- Includes a
comprehensive answer key and index.
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