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Humorous illustrations accompany explanations of common American idioms related to food.

A rhyming alphabet that names people, places, and things from Illinois's history, culture, and natural world and provides background information on each one.

Contains definitions of approximately 1,400 words, translated from Spanish to English and from English to Spanish, each with a pronunciation key, and a sample sentence.

A listing of definitions for over 5,000 American slang words and phrases. Covers forty subject areas, including computer terms and teen talk.

This thesaurus in dictionary form is useful in locating synonyms, antonyms, and words for which you cannot remember the exact meaning.

Explains the meanings and origins of more than 600 strange but common words.

Provides tips and advice for writing, in a humorous manner.

An illustrated dictionary of rhyming words for children, with additional activities to help develop writing skills and an alphabetical index of rhyming sounds.

Brief text in rhyme and pictures introduce adjectives and their uses.

Contains sixty humorously illustrated riddles whose answers are pairs of homonyms, words that sound the same but have different meanings.