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Essential Idioms
in English
Phrasal Verbs and Collocations
Fifth Edition
Robert J. Dixson
Beginning – Advanced
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This indispensable resource helps
students understand the language
patterns used by native speakers
and remains the book of choice for
mastering more than 600 common
English idioms, phrasal verbs, and
collocations.
Essential Idioms in English
thoroughly
defines and illustrates each idiom,
then reinforces its meaning and usage
with multiple-choice, true-false, fill-in-
the-blank, and matching exercises.
Features:
• Three new sections on collocations
to illustrate the frequency of certain
usages.
• An expanded Appendix of Equivalent
Idioms that includes Portuguese,
French, and Spanish translations.
• Eight-page section on dictionary
skills helps students build their

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Focus on Vocabulary
Mastering the Academic
Word List
Diane Schmitt and Norbert Schmitt
High-Intermediate – Advanced
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Let
Focus on Vocabulary
give your
students a head start to academic
and test-taking success. This text
introduces students to the Academic
Word List, the most frequently used
words in academic texts.
With its thorough recycling of academic
words and well-crafted exercises, this
text brings students closer to a full
understanding of the new vocabulary
while teaching them useful strategies
for succeeding in any academic
situation, from writing a paper to
participating in class discussions.
Features:
• Each chapter presents 24 target
words, featured first in an academic
reading passage, then in a variety
of exercises to reinforce meaning,
usage, form, and collocation.

learn, easy to remember.
• A variety of multiskill exercise types develop
students’ language skills.
• Regular review units provide students with
further practice and reinforcement.
• An Audiocassette offers additional listening
practice for Book One.
Title 13-Digit ISBN 10-Digit ISBN Price
ESSENTIAL IDIOMS IN ENGLISH, FIFTH EDITION
Book 978-0-13-141176-0 0-13-141176-4 $ 19.95
EVERYDAY IDIOMS
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Audiocassette 1 978-0-201-83405-5 0-201-83405-7 $ 24.25
Book 2 978-0-201-44181-9 0-201-44181-0 $ 18.25
FOCUS ON VOCABULARY
Student Book 978-0-13-183308-1 0-13-183308-1 $ 27.75
Answer Key 978-0-13-192666-0 0-13-192666-7 FREE
and Tests
THE IDIOM ADVANTAGE
Text 978-0-201-82527-5 0-201-82527-9 $ 23.25
Audiocassette 978-0-201-42017-3 0-201-42017-1 $ 25.50
THE IDIOM ADVENTURE
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Audiocassette 978-0-13-030965-5 0-13-030965-6 $ 25.50
IDIOMS IN AMERICAN LIFE
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TAKE IT EASY, SECOND EDITION
Book 978-0-13-660812-7 0-13-660812-4 $ 33.25
Audiocassette 978-0-13-660820-2 0-13-660820-5 $ 24.25
Take It Easy

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Idioms in
American Life
Julie Howard
High-Beginning – Intermediate
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This text helps students understand and use
100 high-frequency American idioms.
Features:
• Twenty self-contained lessons that move
from highly controlled to less-controlled
use of idioms.
• Intensive practice in fluency comprehension.
• Reinforcement of grammar and writing,
and conversation skills.
• A seven-part dialogue in each lesson that
introduces the idioms, with usage notes,
structure practice, and comprehension
exercises.
Also includes reviews, crossword puzzles,
an appendix, and an index/glossary.
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Authentic English in Context
Books 1 and 2
Judy Tanka and Lida Baker, Book 1

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NPR
®
Series
Face the Issues
Intermediate Listening and Critical Thinking Skills
Third Edition
Consider the Issues
Listening and Critical Thinking Skills
Third Edition
Raise the Issues
An Integrated Approach to Critical Thinking
Second Edition
Carol Numrich, in cooperation with NPR
®
Intermediate – Advanced
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This academic listening and speaking series incorporates authentic radio
interviews from National Public Radio
®
to provide a context for listening
comprehension and discussion. As students develop listening strategies

different listening genres from a variety of real world sources.
Authentic listening selections including commercials, folk
songs, oral histories, and call-in radio shows, provide a rich
context for developing language skills.
Features:
• Each unit focuses on a timeless theme such as love,
volunteering, childhood memories, and selling a dream.
• Pre-listening activities help students focus on the theme
and vocabulary.
• Post-listening exercises promote comprehension and
practice with language functions, pronunciation, grammar,
and critical thinking.
• “Listening for Inference/Interpretation” encourages students
to infer the speaker’s meaning, listen for attitudes and
feelings through tone of voice, and interpret context.
• Unit wrap-up activities allow students to compare and
contrast the three listening selections, analyze the linguistic
components of each genre, and create their own listening
piece.
Speech Communication
Made Simple
Third Edition
Paulette Dale and James C. Wolf
High-Intermediate – Advanced
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Here’s a step-by-step introduction to verbal communication,
designed to increase skill and self-confidence when giving
an oral presentation.
Features:
• Chapter topics include using visual aids, the Internet, body