Shorter Dictionary of Catch Phrases

Shorter Dictionary of Catch Phrases
Author: Rosalind Fergusson
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 383
Release: 2003-09-02
Genre: Foreign Language Study
ISBN: 1134856067

This collection will appeal to everyone who has ever wondered about the origin of phrases like "all part of life's rich pattern" and "long time no see". It covers a wide range of catch phrases in current use in all parts of the English-speaking world. Most entries are drawn from the second edition of Eric Partridge's Dictionary of Catch Phrases (second edition, edited by Paul Beale), but have been completely rewritten in the light of recent research, and there are many additions. Catch Phrases include: close your eyes and think of England! have I got news for you! ... refreshes the parts that other ... cannot reach some mothers do'ave'em! you are awful, but I like you.

A Dictionary of Catch Phrases

A Dictionary of Catch Phrases
Author: Eric Partridge
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 1315
Release: 2003-09-02
Genre: Foreign Language Study
ISBN: 1134929986

A catch phrase is a well-known, frequently-used phrase or saying that has `caught on' or become popular over along period of time. It is often witty or philosophical and this Dictionary gathers together over 7,000 such phrases.

A Dictionary of Slang and Unconventional English

A Dictionary of Slang and Unconventional English
Author: Eric Partridge
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 1426
Release: 2006-05-02
Genre: Foreign Language Study
ISBN: 1134963653

The definitive work on the subject, this Dictionary - available again in its eighth edition - gives a full account of slang and unconventional English over four centuries and will entertain and inform all language-lovers.

The Beer and I

The Beer and I
Author: Fred Itfru
Publisher: Xlibris Corporation
Total Pages: 131
Release: 2011-09-28
Genre: Humor
ISBN: 1465351795

Fred has come of age . . . Well, at least in numerical terms, he was over eighteen. So, he thought he would be able to experience all the wanton lust, sex, partying, booze, and freedom that a college education will give him. Except that in Freds case, although the booze, sex, and freedom is there for the taking, so is the downright embarrassment, foolishness, and stupidity that accompanies a young mans freedom. Chaos prevails until he fi nally refl ects on Clint Eastwoods quote, A Man has to know his limitations. Unfortunately, Fred didnt!

Concise Thesaurus of Traditional English Metaphors

Concise Thesaurus of Traditional English Metaphors
Author: Dick Wilkinson
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 386
Release: 2013-01-11
Genre: Foreign Language Study
ISBN: 113408529X

This absorbing collection of metaphors includes a variety of expressions with figurative meanings, like similes, proverbs, slang and catchphrases. It is the result of a lifetime of work on dialect and metaphor and gives an overview of the folk wisdom expressed in figurative expressions. The author draws on his extensive contact with the rural cultures of Dorset, Cornwall, Yorkshire and Lancashire, but has also included a range of sayings from North America, Australia, Scotland and other English speaking countries. With revised contents and an improved index to make individual entries easier to find, the Concise can be used to check the meaning and the origin of an expression or to avoid mixed metaphors, anachronisms and incongruities. It is a joy to browse long after your original query has been answered.

Siam Storm - Trilogy

Siam Storm - Trilogy
Author: Robert A Webster
Publisher: Robert A Webster
Total Pages: 703
Release: 2013-10-29
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 1493588842

Three Hilarios Southeast Asian Adventures. Thailand, Cambodia, Vietnam

All Quiet on the Western Front / На Западном фронте без перемен. Книга для чтения на английском языке

All Quiet on the Western Front / На Западном фронте без перемен. Книга для чтения на английском языке
Author: Эрих Мария Ремарк
Publisher: Litres
Total Pages: 367
Release: 2022-03-31
Genre: Foreign Language Study
ISBN: 504213302X

Эрих Мария Ремарк – один из самых известных немецких писателей ХХ века. Роман «На Западном фронте без перемен» рассказывает о поколении, которое погубила война, о тех, кто стал ее жертвой, даже если спасся от пуль. Это отчет о реальных событиях Первой мировой войны, рассказ о солдатском товариществе.Книга предназначена для широкого круга читателей, владеющих английским языком, для студентов языковых вузов, а также может быть рекомендована всем, кто самостоятельно изучает английский язык.

BRITAIN'S WAR

BRITAIN'S WAR
Author: Daniel Todman
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Total Pages: 993
Release: 2017
Genre: History
ISBN: 0190658487

The most terrible emergency in Britain's history, the Second World War required an unprecedented national effort. An exhausted country had to fight an unexpectedly long war and found itself much diminished amongst the victors. Yet the outcome of the war was nonetheless a triumph, not least for a political system that proved well adapted to the demands of a total conflict and for a population who had to make many sacrifices but who were spared most of the horrors experienced in the rest of Europe. Britain's War is a narrative of these epic events, an analysis of the myriad factors that shaped military success and failure, and an explanation of what the war tells us about the history of modern Britain. As compelling on the major military events as he is on the experience of ordinary people living through exceptional times, Todman suffuses his extraordinary book with a vivid sense of a struggle which left nobody unchanged - and explores why, despite terror, separation and deprivation, Britons were overwhelmingly willing to pay the price of victory.

The Concise Thesaurus of Traditional English Metaphors

The Concise Thesaurus of Traditional English Metaphors
Author: Peter Richard Wilkinson
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 386
Release: 2008
Genre: Foreign Language Study
ISBN: 0415430844

This absorbing collection of metaphors includes a variety of expressions with figurative meanings, like similes, proverbs, slang and catchphrases. It is the result of a lifetime of work on dialect and metaphor and gives an overview of the folk wisdom expressed in figurative expressions. The author draws on his extensive contact with the rural cultures of Dorset, Cornwall, Yorkshire and Lancashire, but has also included a range of sayings from North America, Australia, Scotland and other English speaking countries. With revised contents and an improved index to make individual entries easier to find, the Concise can be used to check the meaning and the origin of an expression or to avoid mixed metaphors, anachronisms and incongruities. It is a joy to browse long after your original query has been answered.

From Britain With Love

From Britain With Love
Author: Robert A Webster
Publisher: Robert A Webster
Total Pages: 1031
Release: 2019-01-01
Genre: Humor
ISBN: 1792992785

Fossdyke Retirement Home has seen its fair share of quirky characters, but it’s never seen the likes of these four geriatric rockers! To outsiders, they are sweet, funny, if not a tad bit ornery. To those in the know, they are meddlesome, rebellious, and in way over their heads. When chaos erupts, they’re not far behind. What begin as ordinary days, where others their age would spend their time chatting up a friend or family member, these four spend their days and nights making music, performing for their legion of fans, globetrotting to exciting destinations, and of course, getting mixed up in perilous situations. Between outrunning the press and persistent record companies, coming face-to-face with ISIS rebels, and the occasional death or two, it’s all they can do to keep their wits about them and escape injury. Follow the madcap adventures of Britain’s most irreverently lovable elderly rockers as they trip, stumble, and fall into one situation after another and have a few laughs along the way in From Britain with Love, a hilarious action-packed thriller! Getting old doesn't mean you can't have fun. It just means you know how to get away with it!