NTC's Pocket Dictionary of Words and Phrases : 12,000 Words, Idioms, and Phrasal Verbs for Travelers and Learners

753 Pages·2001·4.13 MB·English

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NTC’s
pocket
DICTIONARY
Of words
and phrases
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NTC’s
pocket
DICTIONARY
Of words
and phrases
12,000 Words, Idioms, and
Phrasal Verbs for Travelers
and Learners
Editor-in-Chief
Richard A. Spears, Ph.D.
Chicago New York San Francisco Lisbon London Madrid Mexico City
Milan New Delhi San Juan Seoul Singapore Sydney Toronto
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Contents
Introduction vii
How to Use This Dictionary ix
Useful Spelling Rules xi
Lists of Words xvii
Abbreviations and Symbols xxxi
Pronunciation xxxii
Entries 1
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Introduction
NTC’s Pocket Dictionary of Words and Phrases is for persons
who are seeking to improve their ability to speak, read, write,
and understand American English. It is a small, portable dic-
tionary that will help learners with spelling, pronunciation,
parts of speech, meaning, irregular forms, and the appropri-
ate use of 12,000 common words and phrases.
This dictionary defines words using the smallest possible
vocabulary, but when it is necessary, additional words are used
to define difficult concepts. In many cases, more than one def-
inition is given, so the learner has additional help in figuring
out the meaning of a word or expression.
Phrases are entered in the dictionary in their normal alpha-
betical positions. Phrases are also indexed within the diction-
ary by means of cross-references. A cross-reference to each
phrase is found at the entry of each non-initial, major word
in the phrase. Thus, after account we find the cross-references:
→ cook the accounts
→ give a good account of oneself
→ savings account
→ turn something to good account
These cross-references enable a reader who can’t remem-
ber an exact phrase to find it just by looking up one of the
phrase’s key words.
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