101 American Customs

1999-10-22
 |  Foreign Language Study
101 American Customs

Author: Joe Kohl

Publisher: McGraw-Hill Education

ISBN: 0844224073

Category: Foreign Language Study

Page: 130

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What is sold at garage sales? Why does no one get wet at a bridal shower? For non-native speakers, here's a humorous approach to understanding common American customs and the expressions related to them. Customs are explained, one to a page, with conversational examples and whimsical cartoons. Topics range from age-old traditions, such as shaking hands and bachelor parties, to more modern American practices--coupon clipping, TV dinners, and tailgate parties.

101 American Customs

2000
 |  Electronic books
101 American Customs

Author: Harry Collis

Publisher:

ISBN: OCLC:1084419786

Category: Electronic books

Page: 136

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For global business professionals interested in understanding American culture; here's a humorous approach to understanding common American customs and the expressions related to them. --

101 American Superstitions

1998
 |  Foreign Language Study
101 American Superstitions

Author: Harry Collis

Publisher: McGraw Hill Professional

ISBN: 0844255998

Category: Foreign Language Study

Page: 138

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A collection of 101 American superstitions, arranged within nine sections including body language, love and marriage, special days, and food for thought. Includes cartoon illustrations.

101 American Customs

1999-10-22
 |  Foreign Language Study
101 American Customs

Author: Joe Kohl

Publisher: McGraw-Hill Education

ISBN: 0844224073

Category: Foreign Language Study

Page: 136

View: 920

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What is sold at garage sales? Why does no one get wet at a bridal shower? For non-native speakers, here's a humorous approach to understanding common American customs and the expressions related to them. Customs are explained, one to a page, with conversational examples and whimsical cartoons. Topics range from age-old traditions, such as shaking hands and bachelor parties, to more modern American practices--coupon clipping, TV dinners, and tailgate parties.

101 American English Idioms

2007-01-01
 |  Americanisms
101 American English Idioms

Author: Harry Collis

Publisher: McGraw-Hill Companies

ISBN: 0071487735

Category: Americanisms

Page: 104

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Whimsical collection of idioms that provide real insight into American speech, customs, and humor.

101 American Idioms

1987
 |  Business presentations
101 American Idioms

Author: Harry Collis

Publisher:

ISBN: OCLC:1084350746

Category: Business presentations

Page: 104

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This book is a lively; lighthearted look at American figures of speech; customs; and humor; perfect for those unfamiliar with American slang. --

Not Now, Voyager

2009-03-27
 |  Biography & Autobiography
Not Now, Voyager

Author: Lynne Sharon Schwartz

Publisher: Catapult

ISBN: 9781582439365

Category: Biography & Autobiography

Page: 176

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Ever since the explorations of Marco Polo and the travels of Montaigne, a lively dialogue has persisted about the pros and cons of travel. Lynne Sharon Schwartz joins this dialogue with a memoir that raises both serious and amusing questions about travel, using her own experiences as vivid illustrations. Not Now, Voyager takes us on a voyage of self-discovery as the author traces how travel has shaped her sensibilities from childhood through adulthood. She makes an adolescent visit to Miami Beach, where she confronts the powerful sensation of not belonging; she goes to Rome as a young woman and ponders the difference between ignorance and innocence; she ventures to Jamaica and witnesses political and social unrest; and she takes a family road trip to Montreal and watches her daughters come to startling realizations of their own. Schwartz’s personal history takes on new shapes, and her feelings about travel change as she shows us who she started out as and who she has become. Above all, this memoir exemplifies a mode of travel in and of itself: the mind on a journey or quest, pausing here and there, sometimes by design, sometimes by serendipity, lingering, occasionally backtracking, but always on the move.

101 American English Idioms w/Audio CD

2007-03-05
 |  Foreign Language Study
101 American English Idioms w/Audio CD

Author: Harry Collis

Publisher: McGraw-Hill Education

ISBN: 0071487727

Category: Foreign Language Study

Page: 128

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This book makes American English phrases “duck soup.” 101 American English Idioms takes the mystery out of these common U.S. expressions and explains their meanings in context. On the audio CD, native speakers read each of the 101 idioms, so you can hear how American English sounds and practice what you have learned. What Americans really mean when they say . . . Drive someone up a wall--annoy someone greatly Raise a stink--protest strongly Pull someone's leg--fool someone All thumbs--clumsy Shoot the breeze--chat informally Feel like a million dollars--feel wonderful Duck soup--easy, effortless

101 American English Proverbs

1992
 |  Proverbs, American
101 American English Proverbs

Author: Harry Collis

Publisher: McGraw Hill Professional

ISBN: 0844254126

Category: Proverbs, American

Page: 140

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This text presents in everyday English 101 commonly used proverbs, enabling students to use proverbs appropriately and encouraging cross-cultural understanding.