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Why do we say it? : the stories behind the words, expressions and cliches we use

The Doubleday Roget's thesaurus in dictionary form Rev. ed.

The new Oxford American dictionary

Random House Webster's unabridged dictionary 2nd ed.

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A is for American : letters and other characters in the newly United States 1st ed. by Lepore, Jill, 1966-

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The American Heritage college dictionary Fourth edition. by Houghton Mifflin Company

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Sweet's Anglo-Saxon reader in prose and verse 14th ed. by Sweet, Henry, 1845-1912

Poetry and prose of the Anglo-Saxons 2d rev. ed. by Lehnert, Martin, 1910-1992

English-Spanish glossary of words and phrases used in publications issued by the Internal Revenue Service by United States. Internal Revenue Service

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The Penguin dictionary of literary terms and literary theory 4th ed. / by Cuddon, J. A. (John Anthony), 1928-1996

Children's writer's word book 1st pbk. ed. by Mogilner, Alijandra, 1944-

Do you speak American? : a companion to the PBS television series 1st ed. by MacNeil, Robert, 1931-2024

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How not to say what you mean : a dictionary of euphemisms 3rd ed. by Holder, R. W.

The Cambridge encyclopedia of the English language 2nd ed. by Crystal, David, 1941-

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The Facts on File encyclopedia of word and phrase origins 3rd ed. by Hendrickson, Robert, 1933-

Doublespeak by Films for the Humanities (Firm)

Do you speak American? by MacNeil/Lehrer Productions, Paladin InVision, Ltd, WNET (Television station : New York, N.Y.), KLRU (Television station : Austin, Tex.), Films for the Humanities & Sciences (Firm)

Keywords : a vocabulary of culture and society Rev. ed. by Williams, Raymond

"Language of the mosshorn"; a glossary of cowboy lingo, rodeo terms, dude ranch jargon, range profanity and other western expressions by McCarthy, Donald

The general prologue by Chaucer, Geoffrey, -1400