Wordsworth Dictionary of Phrase and Fable

Wordsworth Dictionary of Phrase and Fable
Author: Ebenezer Cobham Brewer
Publisher: Wordsworth Editions
Total Pages: 1166
Release: 2001
Genre: Allusions
ISBN: 9781840223101

This work explains the origins of the familiar and the unfamiliar in everyday speech and literature, including the colloquial and the proverbial. It embraces archaeology, history, religion, the arts, science, mythology and characters from fiction.

Advanced Learner's Dictionary

Advanced Learner's Dictionary
Author: Martin H. Manser
Publisher: Wordsworth Editions
Total Pages: 868
Release: 1998
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN: 9781853267635

This work of fiction is a tale of pirates and villains, maps, treasure and shipwreck. When young Jim Hawkins finds a package in Captain Flint's sea chest, he could not know that the map inside it would lead him to unimaginable treasure. Mutiny and mayhem ensue.

Dictionary of Modern English Grammar

Dictionary of Modern English Grammar
Author:
Publisher: Wordsworth Editions
Total Pages: 210
Release: 2005
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 9781840223088

This dictionary aims to help users to find the most appropriate word to use on a wide range of occasions. It is designed in particular for students, those writing reports, letters and speeches, and crossword solvers, but is also useful as a general word reference. Special features include: an alphabetical A-Z listing; numbered senses for words with more than one meaning; British and American variants; and specially marked colloquial uses.

The Wordsworth Dictionary of Idioms

The Wordsworth Dictionary of Idioms
Author: C. M. Schwarz (ed)
Publisher: Wordsworth Editions
Total Pages: 452
Release: 1993
Genre: Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN: 9781853263095

Has more than 600 phrases, sayings, and expressions and contains explanations.

The Wordsworth School Dictionary

The Wordsworth School Dictionary
Author: C. M. Schwarz
Publisher: Wordsworth Editions
Total Pages: 454
Release: 1996
Genre: Reference
ISBN: 9781853263590

This dictionary contains over 45,000 informative and easy-to-use definitions. It includes examples of modern words, grammatical information and parts of speech and guidance on pronunciation.

The Wordsworth Dictionary of Culinary & Menu Terms

The Wordsworth Dictionary of Culinary & Menu Terms
Author:
Publisher: Wordsworth Editions
Total Pages: 484
Release: 2000
Genre: Cooking
ISBN: 9781840223002

The Wordsworth Dictionary of Culinary & Menu Terms contains over 12,000 entries and should prove useful to budding chefs and gourmands, fascinating to browsers and crossword enthusiasts, and a handy companion for hungry travellers or those wishing to avoid the potential pitfalls of self-catering and ordering meals in restaurants in foreign lands. In short, this book is essential reading for those who want to know the difference between chiorro, chiozzo, choko and chorizo, or who cannot tell a kaboucha from a kabanosi. Rodney Dale has assembled and arranged a rich diet of terms used for ingredients and recipes which are encountered in cuisine world-wide. This pabular vocabulary will be eagerly embraced by all those interested in and engaged in food and its preparation from whatever culture and tradition they may come.

The Concise Dictionary of English Etymology

The Concise Dictionary of English Etymology
Author: Walter W. Skeat
Publisher: Wordsworth Editions
Total Pages: 660
Release: 1993
Genre: Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN: 9781853263118

Walter Skeat (1835-1912) was one of the greatest investigators of the roots of the English language, and his remarkable scholarship was instrumental in the revival of the great works of early English Literature. His astonishing detective work into the origins and development of the world's most widely used language provides an unsurpassed guide to its flexibility and richness.