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A Miscellany for Word Lovers

- Origins, Meanings & Quizzes

  • Format
  • Bog, paperback
  • Engelsk
  • 224 sider

Beskrivelse

More than 100 vocabulary-building quizzes make up the core of the book, with shorter sections on:

* The fascinating origins of words

* Quotes and misquotes

* Slang, dialects and secret languages

* Unforgettable Adverts, Famous Lines from Novels and Movies

* Newspeak, Basic English, spelling reform

* Malapropisms, politicians' blunders and 'mispeakings'

* Mnemonics and other memory joggers

* Palindromes and anagrams

* Semaphore. Morse, tic-tac, hand gestures and other ways of speaking without words

Entry after entry explores the byways, oddities and curiosities of the English language.

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Detaljer
  • SprogEngelsk
  • Sidetal224
  • Udgivelsesdato06-03-2014
  • ISBN139781845285159
  • Forlag How To Books Ltd
  • FormatPaperback
Størrelse og vægt
  • Vægt166 g
  • Dybde1,6 cm
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    10 cm
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    20 cm
    13,1 cm

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