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		Image from Amazon.com	Webster's New World dictionary of American English / Victoria E. Neufeldt, editor in chief by Neufeldt, Victoria E., ed Edition: 3rd college ed. Material type: Text; Literary form: Not fiction ; Audience: General; Publication details: New York, N.Y. : Webster's New World, c1988 Availability: Items available for reference: BU Library and Learning Space: Not for loan (1)Call number: REF PE1628 W427 1988. Found in Open Library: Save to lists Add to cart (remove)
		Image from Amazon.com	The Amarican heritage college dictionary / editor Jacquelyn Pope, Hanna Schonthal, Vali Tamm by Pope, Jacquelyn [ed.] Schonthal, Hanna [ed.] Tamm, Vali [ed.] Houghton Mifflin Company Edition: 4th ed. Material type: Text; Literary form: Not fiction ; Audience: Specialized; Publication details: Boston, Mass. : The Company, c2002 Availability: Items available for reference: BU Library and Learning Space: Not for loan (1)Call number: REF PE1628 A437 2002. Found in Open Library: Save to lists Add to cart (remove)
		Image from Amazon.com	A pronouncing dictionary of American English / by John Samuel Kenyon and Thomas Albert Knott by Kenyon, John Samuel Knott, Thomas Albert Material type: Text; Literary form: Not fiction ; Audience: Specialized; Publication details: Springfield, Mass. : Merriam-Webster, c1953 Availability: Items available for reference: BU Library and Learning Space: Not for loan (1)Call number: REF PE1137 K469P. Found in Open Library: Save to lists Add to cart (remove)
			Essential American idioms by Spears, Richard A Material type: Text; Format: print ; Literary form: Not fiction Publication details: Lincolnwood, Ill. : National Textbook, 1994 Availability: Items available for reference: BU Library and Learning Space: Not for loan (1)Call number: REF PE2839 S632E. Save to lists Add to cart (remove)
		Image from Amazon.com	NTC's dictionary of acronyms and abbreviations / compiled by Steven Racek Kleinedler ; edited by Richard A. Spears by Kleinedler, Steven Racek Spears, Richard [ed.] Material type: Text; Literary form: Not fiction ; Audience: Specialized; Publication details: Lincolnwood, Ill. : NTC Publishing Group, 1996 Other title: Dictionary of acronyms and abbreviations Availability: Items available for reference: BU Library and Learning Space: Not for loan (2)Call number: REF PE1693 K534N, ... Found in Open Library: Save to lists Add to cart (remove)
			NTC's American idioms dictionary by Spears, Richard A Edition: 2nd ed. Material type: Text; Format: print ; Literary form: Not fiction Publication details: Lincolnwood, Ill. : National Textbook, 1995 Other title: American idioms dictionary Availability: Items available for reference: BU Library and Learning Space: Not for loan (1)Call number: REF PE2839 S632N 1995. Save to lists Add to cart (remove)
		Image from Amazon.com	Contemporary American slang : an up-to-date guide to the slang of modern American English / Richard A. Spears by Spears, Richard A Series: NTC English-language reference Edition: 2nd ed. Material type: Text; Literary form: Not fiction ; Audience: Specialized; Publication details: Lincolnwood, Ill. : NTC Publishing Group, c2001 Availability: Items available for reference: BU Library and Learning Space: Not for loan (1)Call number: REF PE3729 .U6 S632C 2001. Found in Open Library: Save to lists Add to cart (remove)
		Image from Amazon.com	An introduction to American English / Gunnel Tottie by Tottie, Gunnel Series: The language library Material type: Text; Literary form: Not fiction ; Audience: Specialized; Publication details: Malden, Mass. : Blackwell, c2003 Availability: Items available for loan: BU Library and Learning Space (1)Call number: PE2808 T677I. Found in Open Library: Place hold Save to lists Add to cart (remove)
		Image from Amazon.com	An introduction to American English / Gunnel Tottie by Tottie, Gunnel Series: The language library Material type: Text; Literary form: Not fiction ; Audience: Specialized; Publication details: Malden, Mass. : Blackwell, 2002 Availability: Items available for loan: BU Library and Learning Space (1)Call number: PE2808 T677I. Found in Open Library: Place hold Save to lists Add to cart (remove)
		Image from Amazon.com	The Newbury House dictionary of American English Edition: Updated ed. Material type: Text; Literary form: Not fiction ; Audience: Specialized; Publication details: Boston, Mass. : Heinle & Heinle/Thomson Learning, c2000 Other title: Dictionary of American English Availability: Items available for reference: BU Library and Learning Space: Not for loan (1)Call number: REF PE1628 N482 2000. Found in Open Library: Save to lists Add to cart (remove)
		Image from Amazon.com	NTC's dictionary of American slang and colloquial expressions / Richard A. Spears by Spears, Richard A Edition: 3rd ed. Material type: Text; Literary form: Not fiction ; Audience: Specialized; Publication details: Chicago, Ill. : NTC, c2000 Other title: Dictionary of American slang and colloquial expressions Availability: Items available for reference: BU Library and Learning Space: Not for loan (1)Call number: REF PE3729 .U6 S632N 2000. Found in Open Library: Save to lists Add to cart (remove)
		Local cover image Image from Amazon.com	America in so many words [electronic resource] : words that have shaped America / David K. Barnhart and Allan A. Metcalf. by Barnhart, David K Metcalf, Allan A Material type: Text; Format: print ; Literary form: Not fiction Publication details: Boston : Houghton Mifflin, c1997 Online resources: Electronic Resources Availability: No items available. Found in Open Library: Save to lists Add to cart (remove)
		Local cover image Image from Amazon.com	This dog'll really hunt [electronic resource] : an informative and entertaining Texas dictionary / Wallace O. Chariton. by Chariton, Wallace O Material type: Text; Format: print ; Literary form: Not fiction Publication details: Plano, Tex. : Republic of Texas Press, c1999 Other title: This dog will really hunt Online resources: Electronic Resources Availability: No items available. Found in Open Library: Save to lists Add to cart (remove)
			NTC's dictionary of American English phrases by Spears, Richard A Material type: Text; Format: print ; Literary form: Not fiction Publication details: Lincolnwood, Ill. : NTC Publishing Group, 1995 Availability: Items available for reference: BU Library and Learning Space: Not for loan (1)Call number: REF PE2839 S632N. Save to lists Add to cart (remove)
		Image from Amazon.com	Speak American : a survival guide to the language and culture of the U.S.A. / by Dileri Borunda Johnston by Johnston, Dileri Borunda Material type: Text; Literary form: Not fiction ; Audience: Specialized; Publication details: New York, N.Y. : Random House, c2002 Availability: Items available for loan: BU Library and Learning Space (1)Call number: PE1128 J636S. Found in Open Library: Place hold Save to lists Add to cart (remove)
		Image from Amazon.com	American English as a foreign language / Sandra Stevens ; assistant author: Bismarck Vallecillo ; language consultants: John Shepheard, Richard A. Spears by Stevens, Sandra Vallecillo, Bismarck Series: Teach yourself Material type: Text; Literary form: Not fiction ; Audience: Specialized; Publication details: London : Hodder Headline, 2004 Availability: Items available for loan: BU Library and Learning Space (1)Call number: PE 1128 S738A. Found in Open Library: Place hold Save to lists Add to cart (remove)
		Image from Amazon.com	American accent training : a guide to speaking and pronouncing colloquial American English / Ann Cook ; illustrated by Holly Forsyth ; audio by Busy Signal Studios by Cook, Ann Edition: 2nd ed. Material type: Text; Literary form: Not fiction ; Audience: Specialized; Publication details: Hauppauge, N.Y. : Barron's, c2000 Availability: Items available for loan: BU Library and Learning Space (1)Call number: PE2815 C664A 2000. Found in Open Library: Place hold Save to lists Add to cart (remove)
		Image from Amazon.com	Mastering the American accent / Lisa Mojsin by Mojsin, Lisa Material type: Text; Literary form: Not fiction ; Audience: Specialized; Publication details: Hauppauge, N.Y. : Barron's, c2009 Availability: Items available for loan: BU Library and Learning Space (1)Call number: PE2815 M647M. Found in Open Library: Place hold Save to lists Add to cart (remove)
		Image from Amazon.com	American accent training : a guide to speaking and pronouncing American English for everyone who speaks English as a second language / Ann Cook. by Cook, Ann Edition: 3rd ed. Material type: Text; Literary form: Not fiction ; Audience: Specialized; Publication details: Hauppauge, N.Y. : Barron's, c2012 Availability: Items available for loan: BU Library and Learning Space (1)Call number: PE 2815 C664A 2012. Found in Open Library: Place hold Save to lists Add to cart (remove)
		Local cover image Image from Amazon.com	Governing the tongue [electronic resource] : the politics of speech in early New England / Jane Kamensky. by Kamensky, Jane Material type: Text; Format: print ; Literary form: Not fiction Publication details: New York : Oxford University Press, 1997 Online resources: Electronic Resources Availability: No items available. Found in Open Library: Save to lists Add to cart (remove)