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Language: English
Published by Collins, 1956
- Softcover
- Used
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- Title
- Student's Companion
- Author
- Wilfred D Best
- Publisher
- Collins
- Publication year
- 1956
- Condition
- Fair
- Dust jacket
- No Jacket
- Binding
- Paperback
- Language
- English
- ISBN 10
- 0003262014
- ISBN 13
- 9780003262018
- Item weight
- 0.6 pounds
Part almanac, part dictionary, The Student’s Companion is a handy encyclopaedia in one portable volume. No wonder it is a world-wide best-seller! Just some of the special features are :
- Single words for phrases and sentences.
- Figurative expressions and their explanations.
- Proverbs.
- 100 choice quotations for special occasions.
- Small words for big ones.
- Comparisons and similes.
- Abbreviations in common use.
- Prefixes in common use.
- Some geographical facts worth remembering.
- Revision notes in English.
- General knowledge.
- Civics.
- The West Indies.
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Review
This small book is excellent. I got my first copy about 30 years ago and I currently use it as a teaching aid. I recommend this book to all my English students and especially non-native instructors. An excellent book for all native and non-native speakers of English language.
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