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101 American English Proverbs (101... Language Series)

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FROM THE PUBLISHER:

101 American Proverbs, a delightful collection of such common observations and time-honored truths, provides insights into American people, customs, and language.

Harry Collis has arranged 101 proverbs into nine engaging sections - including: Watch Out! Getting Ahead! Friend or Foe! Words to Live By, and more.

Mario Risso's whimsical cartoons convey the meanings of the proverbs in humorous, often unexpected ways.

This book is really cool. I am very pleased indeed to recommend it for those studying proverbs. The author of this book, Mr. Harry Collis, is so smart. He presented a very good number of common English proverbs in a genius way of learning. It is to learn and have fun in the same time. He really wants his readers to sit down, relax, read, learn, and laugh!!!

He, first, had had his book illustrated with vary funny cartoons, which make the readers zealous to read and read. Secondly, the readers, then, will read a dialogue and within each dialogue they will learn and comprehend a proverb in the same time. Namely, both the proverb and its meaning are clearly explained inside the dialogue, not to mention, they are bolded.

I am sure that those whose mother language is not English will find studying proverbs as well as idioms is much easer than learning English vocabularies.

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SO far, so good! My students enjoy these "proverbs" and lively discussion ensues. Some of the example scenarios using the expressions aren't that great - sometimes a bit elevated for intermediate ESL sudents. So just make up your own...

It is an excelent book. English is my second language and this book has helped me to understand how american people talks.
Now I'm also using the language that american people use for the daily talks.
Thanks.

It's a good book to learn both English language and English way of thinking.

And with beautiful illustration by Mario Risso.

I think that this book show us how to live right while most people tend to forget the right way to live in our busy society