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The definitive guide to the vibrant and inventive language of the East End, featuring history, trivia and anecdotes. Cockney rhyming slang originated as a secret code among the thieves of London's E……続きを見る

Learn the words you need to succeed in college Applying to colleges and preparing for the next leg of your academic career is a stressful and chaotic time for everyone. But knowing these 250 words w……続きを見る

Learn the words you need to succeed in high school High school opens a world of new ideas and experiencesーalong with more challenging and sophisticated concepts. Knowing these 250 words will give s……続きを見る

How to Sound Really Clever explains and illustrates over 600 words that can outfox us, such as 'condign', 'Zelig-like' and 'agitprop'. This is the sequel to the successful How to Sound Clever (2010)……続きを見る

A new collection of hard-core curses, colorful colloquialisms, and streetwise slang never taught in Spanish class includes sample conversations, painless quizzes, tips on body gestures, and discussi……続きを見る

Business jargon can get your foot in the door . . . or get the door slammed in your face. Learn the right ways and contexts in which to use vogue words such as stakeholder, kanban, and throughput to……続きを見る

Cave paintings at Lascaux, France and Altamira, Spain, fraught with expression thousands of years later; point to an early human desire to form a cultural identity. In the Oxford Companion to World ……続きを見る

En este libro se recopila una serie de artículos sobre las palabras; su uso, su desuso, su definición y su cometido en un idioma tan vasto como el español. Con su lectura, el lector curioso puede en……続きを見る

What is the shade of difference between Sod's Law and Murphy's Law? What is the Helsinki Bus Station Theory? What part do the McNaughton Rules and the Miranda Law play in criminal justice? Plenty of……続きを見る

Written in a funny, charming, and conversational style, Word Origins is the first book to offer a thorough investigation of the history and the science of etymology, making this little-known field a……続きを見る

The English language is a versatile and agile thing, and as our world changes, so too does the way we use it. Sometimes we coin new words for new creations, but very often we adopt and adapt existin……続きを見る

"GRE Prep Flashcard Workbook 2: COLLEGE GRADUATE-Advanced" 350 words every well-educated person should know. While you may not hear them every day, they can show up on the GRE-General test, and unde……続きを見る

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The Definitive Encyclopedia Of Marketable Words Do You Work Very Hard At Becoming Motivated But Still Find Yourself Short Of Inspiration No Matter What You Do? Never Again Will You Scrounge Around F……続きを見る

For a first-time parent, baby's first words are always very exciting to hear! You can encourage your child's vocabulary and desire to speak using these targeted words that are designed to be your ba……続きを見る

Police Spanish USA: A Spanish Language Guide for Police & Law Enforcement Officers (Guía del Idioma Español para Policias y Agentes de Seguridad) is intended to support Police and other Law Enforcem……続きを見る

Have you ever wondered why we talk about a handicap in sport, why boxing is so named, or whether a dumbbell ever rang? It was during the nineteenth century that hitherto local games with relaxed and……続きを見る

Vous trouverez, dans ce dictionnaire, non seulement un glossaire du patois rochelais, mais également une liste de termes usités et de locutions vicieuses ou expressions naturelles. 続きを見る

The phenomenally popular Book of Lists series has sold millions of copies from coast to coast, enthralling trivia aficionados with fascinating infobits about simply everything! Now the latest editio……続きを見る

The incomparable Anthony Dias Blueーthe world's leading expert on American wineーhas revised and updated his definitive reference on America's wine-producing regions and wines. Both entertaining and……続きを見る

Merriam-Webster, move over! Until now, no English dictionary ever found the fun or the fascination in revealing the meanings of letters. One-Letter Words, a Dictionary illuminates the more than 1,00……続きを見る

Now fully revised and updated, this popular guide and compendium of good eating captures the true character and flavor of the most intimate and affordable eating establishments Paris has to offer. C……続きを見る

The totally satisfying answers to more than 100 questions that drive normal peopleーnot to mention infomaniacs and trivia buffsーcrazy. Questions about matters great and small, from ancient times to……続きを見る

Originally intended by Professor Frederic M. Wheelock as a sequel to Wheelock's Latin, his classic introductory Latin textbook, Wheelock's Latin Reader, newly revised and updated by Richard A. LaFle……続きを見る

Learn how to read the right way. Unlock the secrets of your mind that will allow you to get and process information faster and better than most people. Speed reading is a skill that allows you to en……続きを見る

Extrait : "En Angleterre, les grandes maisons où l'on aime le luxe de la table ont toutes un cuisinier français. Des émoluments de douze et quinze mille francs attestent le talent de ces artistes cu……続きを見る

Discover words to surprise, delight, and enamor. Learn terms for the sunlight that filters through the leaves of trees, for dancing awkwardly but with relish, and for the look shared by two people w……続きを見る

An uncensored, unconventional guide for non-uptight readers with a sense of humor, this supplementary Thai language guide was written by an expat who made many expensive mistakes until he began to u……続きを見る

What should the vocabulary of a well-rounded high school graduate be like? These 100 words provide the starting point in answering that question. The list is representative of the words that serious……続きを見る

Following the success of 100 Words Every High School Graduate Should Know, the editors of the American Heritage® Dictionaries have developed this new book of 100 words tailored especially to high sc……続きを見る