English Synonyms and Antonyms
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James Champlin Fernald
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English Synonyms and Antonyms is basically a vocabulary builder that students might use as they prepare for entrance or exit exams. Each entry gives a list of synonyms, followed by a paragraph that briefly explains or exemplifies the subtle distinctions between the listed words. The entries sometimes close with a few words on the prepositions that follow selected synonyms, but more often with a list of antonyms.
By "synonyms" we usually understand words that coincide or nearly coincide in some part of their meaning, and may hence within certain limits be used interchangeably, while outside of those limits they may differ very greatly in meaning and use. It is the office of a work on synonyms to point out these correspondences and differences, that language may have the flexibility that comes from freedom of selection within the common limits, with the perspicuity and precision that result from exact choice of the fittest words to express each shade of meaning outside of the common limits. (Summary by DSayers and the author from the entry "Synonymous") (19 hr 46 min)
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great book! I'm trying to build up my vocabulary in the English language so you can see why I love it. still I literary skip it when it's Mario Pineda's turn. his narration has plenty of mispronunciations. v turns into b, f turns into p, th turns into d and a lot more. so yes I skipped a lot..
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ChoThePlumber
(4 Sterne)
Having the text for reinforcement would be especially useful in the case of this book, so look for it at http://wwwDOTgutenbergDOTorg/ebooks/28900
Good enough for free
Edd
(5 Sterne)
The book English synonyms and antonyms is a good source for any person who wants to learn new vocabulary and their meaning.
best
hussein
(5 Sterne)
the book of synonyms beat internet despite itsabundancd of words
not for me
null
(0,5 Sterne)
I did not find this useful.
I like it. I can learn english
Carlos Eduardo
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OS
(1 Sterne)
I skip chapters with Mario guy. Why would not native speakers read this book. I don't want to listen to foreign accents, to be honest.
Non-English Narrator
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great book but for the Non-English speaker. it's hard to understand him with his Spanish accent. need to redo those chapters. he does many of them too and very fast.