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[...]... Appendix, beginning on page 6 21, and those that require explanation are cross-referenced to entries in the dictionary The compiler has included idiomatic phrases drawn from or suggested by Anne Bertram in NTC’s Dictionary of Proverbs and Clichés, NTC’s Dictionary of Euphemisms, and NTC’s Dictionary of Folksy, Regional, and Rural Sayings and Elizabeth Kirkpatrick in NTC’s English Idioms Dictionary xiii This... B, not under T x About This Dictionary NTC’s American Idioms Dictionary is designed for easy use by lifelong speakers of English, as well as the new-to-English speaker or learner The dictionary uses 14 ,000 examples to illustrate the meanings of approximately 8,500 idiomatic forms in 7,500 entry blocks An appendix includes 500 irreversible binomial and trinomial phrases The dictionary contains a unique... difficulty of isolating an idiomatic expression from the rest of the sentence and determining where to find it in a dictionary of idioms If the user fails to extract the essential idiomatic expression, the likelihood of finding it in any dictionary is reduced considerably xi NTC’s American Idioms Dictionary In dictionaries that list each idiomatic expression under a “key word,” there may be some difficulty... represent all kinds of American English as spoken by all kinds of speakers is not possible The kind of American English used in the dictionary is generally what one would expect to hear used by educated, polite individuals representative of the traditional American home, family, and community It is widely used in the United States and understood by English speakers throughout the country Idioms or idiomatic... indicated Many idioms have optional parts In fact, a phrase may seem opaque simply because it is really just an ellipsis of a longer, less opaque phrase This dictionary shows as full a form of an idiom as possible with the frequently omitted parts in parentheses For example: back down xii About This Dictionary (from someone or something), be all eyes (and ears), and (every) once in a while The dictionary. . .NTC’s American Idioms Dictionary Words or phrases that are mentioned but are not entries are printed in italic type, e.g., (Preceded by be or seem) Examples are printed in italic type, e.g., ᮀ The cashier was not... expression in the dictionary from a single key word This is a dictionary of form and meaning It focuses on the user’s need to know the meaning, usage, and appropriate contexts for each idiomatic phrase Specialized knowledge of English lexical and sentential semantics and English grammar is not used in indexing, defining, or explaining the idiomatic expressions English is a highly variable language American. .. her old friends, go around with Jim, and go around with no one at all, which are examples of go around with someone This dictionary uses the Phrase-Finder Index to get around the problems users face with trying to isolate the complete idiom and trying to predict its location in the dictionary Simply look up any major word—noun, verb, adjective, or adverb—in the Phrase-Finder index, and you will find... important feature for the learner is the use of object placeholders indicating human and nonhuman Typical dictionary entries for idiomatic phrases—especially for phrasal verbs, prepositional verbs, and phrasal prepositional verbs—omit direct objects, as in put on hold , bail out, or see through This dictionary uses the stand-in forms such as someone, something, some amount, or somewhere for variable objects... town 1 everywhere in town ᮀ Our dog got loose and ran all over town ᮀ Jane looked all over town for a dress to wear to the party 2 known to everyone ᮀ Now keep this a secret I don’t want it all over town ᮀ In a short time the secret was known all over town (all) over with finished (See also all over.) ᮀ His problems are all over with now ᮀ After dinner is all over with, we can play cards all right 1 well, . babe in the woods, which is found under B, not under T. NTC’s American Idioms Dictionary x xi About This Dictionary NTC’s American Idioms Dictionary is designed for easy use by lifelong speakers. otherwise. DOI: 10 .10 36/00 713 898 81 abc M cGraw-Hill Contents To the User vii Terms and Symbols ix About This Dictionary xi Dictionary 1 Phrase-Finder Index 447 Appendix 6 21 McGraw-Hill's. and Clichés, NTC’s Dictionary of Euphemisms, and NTC’s Dictionary of Folksy, Regional, and Rural Sayings and Eliza- beth Kirkpatrick in NTC’s English Idioms Dictionary. About This Dictionary xiii This