terms and phrases

Explains the origins of more than fifty common phrases.

Tells the stories behind over one thousand animal words and expressions used in everyday language; grouped in nine animal categories including cats, dogs, domestic fowl, farm animals, wild mammals, birds, reptiles and amphibians, insects, and marine animals.

A collection of over 10,000 quotations, proverbs, and phrases arranged alphabetically by topic and covering famous sayings from throughout history.

Contains definitions and examples of over eight hundred literary terms, covering traditional, theoretical, historical, and cultural vocabulary; and features essays on some of the major themes in literature, including adultery, death, love, religious faith, and others.

Covers all literary and critical terms commonly encountered in the study of literature.

Traces the history of over nine thousand English words and phrases, including slang, proverbs, plant and animal names, place-names, phrases from literature, nicknames, historical expressions, and foreign-language expressions.

Introduces more than two hundred phrases and expressions in French and English through illustrations and descriptions of the activities siblings Rose and Jordan enjoy doing.

"A Pull-the-Tab language book." Presents pictures with phrases in both English and Spanish.

A collection of quotes and phrases by many of the United States presidents.