British dictionaries generally use____to mark the pronunciation.

A. British Phonetic Alphabet
B. American Phonetic Alphabet
C. International Phonetic Alphabet
D. Webster's Phonetic Alphabet

 Webster's Third New International Dictionary is the best-known ______dictionary. (     )

A. unabridged

B. desk
C. pocket    

D. encyclopedic

Which of the following is NOT one of the three good general dictionaries mentioned in the textbook? (     )

A. Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English.
B. Webster's Third New International Dictionary.
C. A Chinese-English Dictionary.
D. Collins COBUILD English Language Dictionary.

 The idiom "failure is the mother of success" is a ____ as far as figures of speech are concerned. （     ）

A. simile  

B. metaphor
C. metonymy

D. personification

 In nothing flat as an idiom is ____in nature. （     ）

A. verbal    

B. nominal
C. adjectival

D. adverbial