Do you know the difference between stubborn and obstinate, between cackle and chortle? Learners of English often find it difficult to know which word to use. Or you may have used a particular word several times already in an essay or email, and so y...
You have asked a friend to keep a secret and he or she blurts out, 'Trust you to open your big mouth!' You agree with someone in having the same idea or opinion and you say 'Great minds think alike'. This dictionary explains such idiomatic phrases ...
"The Facts on File Dictionary of Allusions" provides a comprehensive guide to allusions in the English language. In approximately 4,000 entries, this new resource explores well-known events, places, people, and phenomena whose names have acquired lin...