Idiomatic American English: A Step-by-Step Workbook for Learning Everyday American Expressions

I bought this book for a foreign professional who is seeking to improve her English. Because so much of American English is idiomatic and not intuitively clear, a book such as this is important. However, a number of idioms listed are no longer in use, and new ones aren't there. And for many idioms still current, the definition/explanation was too cursory and lacking in nuance. I'm not a professional ESL teacher, and I'm sorry I can't recommend a better book -- but there ought to be one out there.

Must to have at home for all ESL students!

I liked the thoroughness of the book. It charted so many idiomatic expressions used in everyday life. The short dialogues at the beginning of each lesson helped my students more clearly understand how to use each expression.

Great book on American Idiomatic Expressions

I'm not a native speaker of English but I took quite a pride in my English speaking ability... until I found this book. I thought I knew lots of colloquial expressions but I was wrong. I found that I knew about 5% of what was introduced in this book...This book covers what is usually not covered in ordinary English textbooks. Those puzzling expressions you encounter in everyday conversations, you will find them here albeit not exhaustively. It was very helpful to me. And I believe it's going to be to you too. Good luck!

This is great tool to use in my classroom. Each page with 5 expressions and two sets of exercises; perfect for a warm-up and a dose of language arts. This is the 2nd time I have purchased this book. Lost the 1st to a borrower...a lender I be, no more.

This is excellent in organization and examples.

Very pleased

TOEICはほぼ満点で英検は1級というと、「英語をきわめた」人だと思っていました。でも、自分がそこにたどり着くと、そうではなかったことに気がつきます。語学というのは、奥が深くて面白いものです。たとえば、日本語の上手な外国人を見ると「すごいなあ」と感心しますが、彼らがいきなり「それって、弘法も筆の誤りジャン」とか、「月とスッポンほど違うよ」とか言い出したら、「こいつ、こんな日本語どこで仕入れたんだろう？」と思うだろうと思います。この本でイディオムやスラングを仕入れたら、英語でそういうことができます。この本の良いところは、イディオムが会話形式で紹介され、その後に、同じイディオムの他の使用例も示されているところです。会話文は臨場感があるし、使用例が少なくとも2つあると、1つだけのときよりも、ずっと印象に残ります。

とてもわかりやすい教材です。その単語がわからなくても、例題を見ていけば何を指しているのかわかります。

いい感じのidiom練習本です。音声をつけるか、日本語訳を付けてくれたらヒットする気がします。色もつけてほしいです。