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Author | : Jonathon Green |
Publisher | : Sterling Publishing Company, Inc. |
Total Pages | : 1600 |
Release | : 2005 |
Genre | : Language Arts & Disciplines |
ISBN | : 9780304366361 |
With its unparalleled coverage of English slang of all types (from 18th-century cant to contemporary gay slang), and its uncluttered editorial apparatus, Cassell's Dictionary of Slang was warmly received when its first edition appeared in 1998. 'Brilliant.' said Mark Lawson on BBC2's The Late Review; 'This is a terrific piece of work - learned, entertaining, funny, stimulating' said Jonathan Meades in The Evening Standard.But now the world's best single-volume dictionary of English slang is about to get even better. Jonathon Green has spent the last seven years on a vast project: to research in depth the English slang vocabulary and to hunt down and record written instances of the use of as many slang words as possible. This has entailed trawling through more than 4000 books - plus song lyrics, TV and movie scripts, and many newspapers and magazines - for relevant material. The research has thrown up some fascinating results
Author | : Alex Kidwell |
Publisher | : Dreamspinner Press |
Total Pages | : 200 |
Release | : 2013-08-21 |
Genre | : Fiction |
ISBN | : 1627980865 |
August Adahy Mendez would rather be buried in the world of his detective novels or a good film noir movie than in real life. He’s overweight, undermotivated, and stuck in a dead-end job. As a Chincha, he’s part of a long line of chinchilla shifters, but the greatest accomplishment in his life so far has been moving an hour away from his close-knit herd. That all changes when August’s grandfather leaves him enough cash to pursue his dream: becoming a detective himself. Sam Ewing is a bitter divorcé who enjoys watching football and being alone. It’s easier when his only interaction with people is when he collects rent from his office building tenants. Then August rents space from him to set up his new detective agency, and Sam is drawn to him despite his misgivings. Sam soon finds himself involved with one of August’s cases, and the men join forces to catch their criminal. The greater challenges they face, however, are how August makes Sam want to give love a second try and how Sam makes August believe that real life might be even better than fiction.
Author | : Phillip Gardner |
Publisher | : Nelson Thornes |
Total Pages | : 188 |
Release | : 1997 |
Genre | : Short stories, Australian |
ISBN | : 9780732941567 |
Presents twenty stories covering a range of writing styles, themes, and issues. Each story in this title is accompanied by interactive activities.
Author | : Jonathan E. Lighter |
Publisher | : Random House Reference |
Total Pages | : 1088 |
Release | : 1994 |
Genre | : Language Arts & Disciplines |
ISBN | : |
Dictionary of American slang, covering all eras of American history with accurate definitions and extensive, dated citations.
Author | : V.S. Matyushenkov |
Publisher | : Xlibris Corporation |
Total Pages | : 580 |
Release | : 2010-01-30 |
Genre | : Reference |
ISBN | : 145003246X |
The Dictionary Of Americanisms, Canadianisms, Briticisms and Australianisms is a complete, modern, and comprehensive dictionary featuring a large word list of more than 20000 entries. The purpose of this book is to provide a generous sampling of words and expressions of the various spheres of life in the USA, Great Britain, Australia and Canada during the last centuries. The dictionary also features a collection of slang and colloquial expressions in these four countries in the twentieth century. It has a clear, easy-to-use format and is ideal for students, schools, libraries, tourists and anyone who is interested in varieties of English spoken in major English-speaking countries.
Author | : Anne Stibbs Kerr |
Publisher | : Bloomsbury Publishing |
Total Pages | : 898 |
Release | : 2019-10-30 |
Genre | : Games & Activities |
ISBN | : 1472968069 |
Anyone who regularly tackles challenging crossword puzzles will be familiar with the frustration of unanswered clues blocking the road to completion. Together in one bumper volume, Crossword Lists and Crossword Solver provides the ultimate aid for tracking down those final solutions. The Lists section contains more than 100,000 words and phrases, listed both alphabetically and by number of letters, under category headings such as Volcanoes, Fungi, Gilbert & Sullivan, Clouds, Cheeses, Mottos and Archbishops of Canterbury. As intersecting solutions provide letters of the unanswered clue, locating the correct word or phrase becomes quick and easy. The lists are backed up with a comprehensive index, which also guides the puzzler to associated tables - e.g. when looking for Film Stars; try Stage and Screen Personalities. The Solver section contains more than 100,000 potential solutions, including plurals, comparative and superlative adjectives and inflections of verbs. The list extends to first names, place names, technical terms, compound expressions, abbreviations and euphemisms. Grouped according to number of letters - up to fifteen - this section is easy to use and suitable for all levels of crossword puzzle. At the end a further 3,000 words are listed by category, along with an index of unusual words.
Author | : Norman W. Schur |
Publisher | : Skyhorse |
Total Pages | : 519 |
Release | : 2013-07-01 |
Genre | : Language Arts & Disciplines |
ISBN | : 1626364672 |
Whether you are traveling to Great Britain or just want to understand British popular culture, this unique dictionary will answer your questions. British English from A to Zed contains more than 5,500 British terms and their American equivalents, each with a short explanation of the term’s history and an example of its use. The appendixes provide valuable supplemental material with differences between British and American pronunciation, grammar, and spelling as well as terms grouped in specific areas such as currency, weight, and numbers. This dictionary will help you unravel the meanings of: • Berk (idiot) • Bevvied up (drunk) • Crisps (potato chips) • Erk (rookie) • To judder (to shake) • Noughts and crosses (tic-tac-toe) • And more! George Bernard Shaw famously said that the British and Americans were “two peoples separated by a common language.” This book bridges that gap.
Author | : Nam H Nguyen |
Publisher | : Nam H Nguyen |
Total Pages | : 4456 |
Release | : 2018-03-01 |
Genre | : |
ISBN | : |
The Essential 120,000 English-Filipino Words Dictionary is a great resource anywhere you go; it is an easy tool that has just the words you want and need! The entire dictionary is an alphabetical list of English words and their Filipino equivalent translations. It will be very useful for everyone (home, school, students, travel, interpreting and learning Filipino or English). The words you will learn will help you in any situation! Ang Essential 120,000 ingles-Filipino Words Dictionary ay isang mahusay na mapagkukunan saan ka man pumunta; ito ay isang madaling tool na may lamang ang mga salita na gusto mo at kailangan! Ang buong diksyunaryo ay isang alpabetikong listahan ng mga salitang Ingles at ang kanilang mga Filipino pantay na pagsasalin. Ito ay magiging kapaki-pakinabang para sa lahat (tahanan, paaralan, mag-aaral, paglalakbay, pagbibigay-kahulugan at pag-aaral ng Filipino o Ingles). Ang mga salitang matututuhan mo ay makakatulong sa iyo sa anumang sitwasyon!
Author | : Daniel Joseph Cesar |
Publisher | : AuthorHouse |
Total Pages | : 514 |
Release | : 2010-08-01 |
Genre | : Language Arts & Disciplines |
ISBN | : 1452028370 |
Author | : Allied |
Publisher | : Allied Publishers |
Total Pages | : 1668 |
Release | : |
Genre | : |
ISBN | : 9788186062265 |