English Idioms in Use Intermediate Book with Answers: Vocabulary Reference and Practice

English Vocabulary in Use

by Michael McCarthy

Improve your understanding of idioms in English. Explanations and practice of English idioms, written for intermediate-level (B1 to B2) learners of English. Perfect for both self-study and classroom activities. Learn idioms in context, with lots of different topics, including 'Clothes', 'Music and theatre' and 'Work'. Be confident about what you are learning, thanks to Cambridge research into how English is really spoken and written, and get better at studying by yourself, with study tips, follow-up tasks and an easy to use answer key.

Genres: Nonfiction, Language, Linguistics

180 pages, Paperback

First published September 26, 2002

About the author

MIchael McCarthy is Emeritus Professor of Applied
Linguistics at the University of Nottingham, UK. He is also
Adjunct Professor of Applied Linguistics at the Pennsylvania
State University and at the University of Limerick, Ireland.
He is the author of many titles of interest to teachers, including
Spoken Language and Applied Linguistics. Well known as an
expert on the teaching and learning of vocabulary, he is a co-author of the basic and upper-intermediate levels of Vocabulary in Use, and is also Academic Consultant to the Cambridge International Dictionary of Phrasal Verbs and the Cambridge International Dictionary of Idioms. He is co-author of the 2 latest successful corpus-informed publications by Cambridge University Press: Touchstone and Cambridge Grammar of English.

Reviews

[Eastofoz]

Fantastic book. Very good explanations for idioms that are not often found in dictionaries. Very good exercises. For the intermeditate-advanced level.

[Achara]

interesting

[Trần Thiên Thanh]

This Idiom list is suitable for real conservations. If you are looking for an academic idiom list for technical paper writing, this book is not for you.