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Mia’s Language Adventure: The Kidnap Caper

Mia’s Language Adventure is a captivating role-playing learning adventure and a fun way to learn Spanish or French. It proposes three levels of difficulty adapted to the child’s age or knowledge.KEY FEATURES:Play the adventure in English with the activities in Spanish or FrenchMarvellously rich 3D universeColourful and endearing charactersFUN SUBJECTS:Letters numbers verbsHundreds of vocabulary wordsConstruction of sentencesGrammarPlus much more System Requirements:DVD-ROMFormat: WIN 2000XPVISTA/MAC 10.4 OR LATER/DVD SOFTWARE Genre: CHILDREN UPC: 632332141405 Manufacturer No: 41405

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The American Heritage College Thesaurus, First Edition

This new addition to the American Heritage family offers an intelligent and sensible guide to synonym selection. Organized in an easy-to-use A-to-Z format, The American Heritage® College Thesaurus provides a wide range of synonyms, ranging from mainstream vocabulary to the colorful alternatives that make English such a rich and versatile language. Thousands of slang, informal, and regional words broaden the coverage even further, always clearly labeled to ensure that the writer chooses the right word for the right context.
Each synonym list focuses on a clear definition that quickly
orients the user to the relevant meaning. To increase the number of
synonyms available to the reader, words with related meanings show cross-references to one another. As additional support, hundreds of Core Synonym Paragraphs explain the different nuances in meaning of some of the most basic and important synonyms in English. Each paragraph includes a carefully written example sentence for eve

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A Dictionary of American Idioms

More than 8,000 idiomatic words and phrases specific to American-style English are presented in this updated A-to-Z dictionary, complete with definitions and sample sentences. Especially useful for TOEFL test-takers and other students in America for whom English is a second language, this book explains and clarifies many of the similes and metaphors that newcomers to American English find mystifying. It is also useful to native-born Americans who are sometimes confused by regional colloquialisms encountered in reading or on TV. Idioms undergo constant change in every living language, some of them falling out of use, while new words and phrases become part of the standard vocabulary. This dictionary’s new fourth edition takes account of the latest idiomatic changes and provides a solid background to informal American English.

Price:$16.99

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