A learner's thesaurus of over 15,000 words and expressions from written and spoken British and American English with CD-ROM. The learner's thesaurus helps students distinguish between similar words and use them correctly. The 2,000 entries:- include between three and ten near synonyms, showing the differences between them in terms of meaning, grammar, register, collocations, and frequency;- hel…
from the back cover: Splash into the slimy world of frogs, and find out how they feed, swim, and keep safe from danger. Then watch as a tiny tadpole grows up into a frog and takes its first leap onto land.
In this new series, discover the lives of outstanding people from designers and artists to scientists. All of them went on to achieve incredible things, yet all of them began life as a little child with a dream. The first book follows Coco Chanel, from her early life in an orphanage - where she is a genius with needle and thread - to her time as a cabaret singer, hat maker and, eventually, inte…
How do birds protect themselves? What is a precocial bird? Which birds have unusual beaks?