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Scholastic Dictionary Of Idioms

This guide to idioms provides the student with an "ace up your sleeve " Idioms bring color to our speech every day. Included are idioms from Native American and African American speech as well as the Bible, Aesop, and Shakespeare.

Audience
childrens
Length
medium · 256 pages

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