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		Image from Amazon.com	Idioms organiser : organised by metaphor topic and key word / Jon Wright ; edited by Jimmie Hill and Morgan Lewis ; illustrated by Bill Scott by Wright, Jon Hill, Jimmie [ed.] Lewis, Morgan [ed.] Series: Language Teaching Publications series Material type: Text; Literary form: Not fiction ; Audience: Specialized; Publication details: Australia : Thomson/Heinle, c1999 Availability: Not available: Checked out (1). Found in Open Library: Place hold Save to lists Add to cart (remove)
			Oxford learner's dictionary of English idioms by Warren, Helen, ed Material type: Text; Format: print ; Literary form: Not fiction Publication details: Oxford : Oxford Univ. Press, 1996 Availability: Items available for reference: BU Library and Learning Space: Not for loan (1)Call number: REF PE1460 O936. Save to lists Add to cart (remove)
		Image from Amazon.com	Longman idioms dictionary by - Material type: Text; Format: print ; Literary form: Not fiction Publication details: Harlow : Longman, 1998 Other title: Idioms dictionary Availability: Items available for reference: BU Library and Learning Space: Not for loan (1)Call number: REF PE1689 L663. Found in Open Library: Save to lists Add to cart (remove)
			English idioms and how to use them by Seidl, Jennifer Mcmordie, W Material type: Text; Format: print ; Literary form: Not fiction Publication details: Oxford : Oxford Univ. Press, 1978 Availability: Items available for loan: BU Library and Learning Space (1)Call number: PE1689 S442E. Place hold Save to lists Add to cart (remove)
			English idioms and how to use them by Seidl, Jennifer Mvmordie, W Material type: Text; Format: print ; Literary form: Not fiction Publication details: Oxford : Oxford Univ. Press, 1978 Availability: Items available for loan: BU Library and Learning Space (1)Call number: PE1689 S442E. Place hold Save to lists Add to cart (remove)
		Image from Amazon.com	Idioms for everyday use / Milada Broukal ; illustrations by Luques Nisset by Broukal, Milada Material type: Text; Literary form: Not fiction ; Audience: General; Publication details: Lincolnwood, Ill. : National Textbook, c1994 Other title: Idioms for everyday use : the basic text for learning and communication with English idioms Availability: Not available: Checked out (1). Found in Open Library: Place hold Save to lists Add to cart (remove)
			Idioms by Pearson, Rosemary Material type: Text; Format: print ; Literary form: Not fiction Publication details: Singapore : Federal, 1989 Availability: Items available for reference: BU Library and Learning Space: Not for loan (1)Call number: REF PE1460 P427I. Save to lists Add to cart (remove)
		Image from Amazon.com	Dictionary of selected collocations / editors Jimmie Hill, Michael Lewis by Hill, Jimmie [ed.] Lewis, Michael [ed.] Material type: Text; Literary form: Not fiction ; Audience: Specialized; Publication details: Hove : Language Teaching, 1999 Availability: Items available for reference: BU Library and Learning Space: Not for loan (1)Call number: REF PE1689 D527. Found in Open Library: Save to lists Add to cart (remove)
			A concise dictionary of English idioms by Freeman, William Edition: 3rd ed. Material type: Text; Format: print ; Literary form: Not fiction Publication details: London : Hodder and Stonghton, 1973 Availability: Items available for reference: BU Library and Learning Space: Not for loan (1)Call number: REF PE1460 F733C 1973. Save to lists Add to cart (remove)
			Idioms in practice by Seidl, Jennifer Material type: Text; Format: print ; Literary form: Not fiction Publication details: Oxford : Oxford Univ. Press, 1982 Availability: Items available for loan: BU Library and Learning Space (1)Call number: PE1460 S442I. Place hold Save to lists Add to cart (remove)
			The key to English : figurative expressions by English Language Services Material type: Text; Format: print ; Literary form: Not fiction Publication details: London : Collier Macmillan, 1966 Other title: Figurative expression Availability: Items available for loan: BU Library and Learning Space (1)Call number: PE1445 K497. Place hold Save to lists Add to cart (remove)
			Collins COBUILD dictionary of idioms by Sinclair, John Material type: Text; Format: print ; Literary form: Not fiction Publication details: London : HarperCollins, 1995 Availability: Items available for reference: BU Library and Learning Space: Not for loan (1)Call number: REF PE1460 S562C. Save to lists Add to cart (remove)
			Times-Chambers quick reference : dictionary of idioms by Hands, Penny, comp Preston, Imogen, comp Material type: Text; Format: print ; Literary form: Not fiction Publication details: Singapore : Federal/Chambers, 1996 Availability: Items available for reference: BU Library and Learning Space: Not for loan (1)Call number: REF PE1460 T553. Save to lists Add to cart (remove)
			Oxford dictionary of English idioms by Cowie, A.P Mackin, R McCaig, I.R Material type: Text; Format: print ; Literary form: Not fiction Publication details: Oxford : Oxford Univ. Press, 1993 Availability: Items available for reference: BU Library and Learning Space: Not for loan (1)Call number: REF PE1464 C684O. Save to lists Add to cart (remove)
			Longman dictionary of English idioms by Long, Thomas Hill, ed Edition: 4th ed. Material type: Text; Format: print ; Literary form: Not fiction Publication details: Harlow : Longman Group, 1992 Availability: Items available for reference: BU Library and Learning Space: Not for loan (1)Call number: REF PE1689 L563L 1992. Save to lists Add to cart (remove)
		Local cover image Image from Amazon.com	Oxford collocations dictionary for students of English / chief editor Colin Mclntosh ; editors Ben Francis, Richard Poole. by McIntosh, Colin, 1963- Francis, Ben Poole, Richard Edition: 2nd. ed. Material type: Text; Format: print ; Literary form: Not fiction ; Audience: Specialized; Publication details: Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2009 Availability: Items available for reference: BU Library and Learning Space: Not for loan (1)Call number: REF PE1464 O936 2009. Found in Open Library: Save to lists Add to cart (remove)
			Essential idioms in English by Dixson, Robert J Edition: Rev. ed. Material type: Text; Format: print ; Literary form: Not fiction Publication details: New York : Regents, 1971 Availability: Items available for loan: BU Library and Learning Space (1)Call number: PE1128 D597E 1971. Place hold Save to lists Add to cart (remove)
			Oxford dictionary of phrasal verbs by Cowie, A.P Mackin, R Material type: Text; Format: print ; Literary form: Not fiction Publication details: Oxford : Oxford Univ. Press, 1995 Availability: Items available for reference: BU Library and Learning Space: Not for loan (1)Call number: REF PE1319 C684O. Save to lists Add to cart (remove)
			Collins COBUILD dictionary of phrasal verbs by Sinclair, John Material type: Text; Format: print ; Literary form: Not fiction Publication details: London : HarperCollins, 1994 Availability: Items available for reference: BU Library and Learning Space: Not for loan (1)Call number: REF PE1319 S562C. Save to lists Add to cart (remove)
		Image from Amazon.com	Whaddaya say? : guided practice in relaxed speech / Nina J. Weinstein by Weinstein, Nina J Edition: 2nd ed. Material type: Text; Literary form: Not fiction ; Audience: Specialized; Publication details: White Plains, N.Y. : Longman, c2001 Availability: Items available for loan: BU Library and Learning Space (1)Call number: PE1128 W446W 2001. Found in Open Library: Place hold Save to lists Add to cart (remove)