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Get With It! is designed as an avenue not only into colloquial speech but also contemporary culture, this book will provide your in-over-their-heads students with over 125 idiomatic phrases they need to get with it! Get carried away with learning what Americans really mean to say! Sparkling with humorous illustrations by the award-winning cartoonist Joe Kohl, each page in this easy, quick and fun reference features an at-a-glance introduction to a contemporary idiom.

What is sold at garage sales? Why does no one get wet at a bridal shower? For non-native speakers, here's a humorous approach to understanding common American customs and the expressions related to them. Customs are explained, one to a page, with conversational examples and whimsical cartoons. Topics range from age-old traditions, such as shaking hands and bachelor parties, to more modern American practices--coupon clipping, TV dinners, and tailgate parties.

An introduction to American colloquialisms through the use of explanatory dialogue or narrative.

Features humorous riddles with comic illustrations that help ESL students to gain insights into American language and culture. Each riddle is accompanied by text that helps students grasp and master the underlying linguistic and cultural reasons of why the joke is funny.