Newly compiled concise English idioms manual

Author: Sun Qiao
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Publish Date: 2002-05-01
Features: With the rapid advancement of science and technology and the increasing integration of the global economy, cross-border exchanges are no longer a novelty, and multicultural backgrounds among people from different ethnicities working together are becoming more common. To seek survival, development, and progress, English has never been more important to contemporary Chinese people. From children to adults, the enthusiasm for learning and using English continues to rise, and therefore, everyone hopes to have a good English reference book to help. This series, "Newly Edited Concise English Handbook Series," consists of 10 books, covering grammar, phrases, collocations, slang, new words, abbreviations, current event terms, advertising English, business English, and English writing. It highlights the features of being concise and practical; the "newly edited" aspect is primarily reflected in the timeliness of the word content, as all the included language knowledge is practical. The idioms listed in this handbook are formed according to certain grammatical rules or habitual usage. For unified formatting and easy reference, all idioms are arranged in alphabetical order in English, printed in boldface. Each idiom has a definition and is accompanied by typical example sentences. When an idiom has multiple definitions, they are numbered with 1, 2, 3 and followed by example sentences. The slash "/" in idioms indicates that the word after it can replace the preceding word. The words or letters in parentheses in idioms are optional and do not count toward the alphabetical order when arranged. The articles "a," "an," and "the" at the beginning of idioms are not counted toward the alphabetical order and are placed at the end, separated by a comma. Necessary explanations are placed after example sentences and marked with "[Explanation]" at the beginning. The scope of explanations includes etymology, stylistic connotations, variations of idioms, necessary English-Chinese comparisons of idioms, and necessary grammatical and usage explanations, and so on.