Vocabulary category: 1591 books
by Emma Byrne
Language: English
Release Date: January 23, 2018
Language: English
Release Date: January 23, 2018
“Entertaining and thought-provoking.… Byrne’s enthusiasm for her esoteric subject is contagious, damn it.”—Melissa Dahl, New York Times Book Review
In this sparkling debut work of popular science, Emma Byrne examines the latest research to show how swearing can be good for you. She...
by Linda Wentworth
Language: English
Release Date: August 19, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: August 19, 2015
Learn Italian fast: Impara l'Italiano velocemente.
As you may already know, Italian is far from being an easy-to-learn language.
The best way to try to master Italian is to learn by heart its most popular idiomatic expressions.
In this book, you will find the corresponding English version...
Romps, Tots and Boffins
The Strange Language of News
Language: English
Release Date: November 1, 2013
A funny and irreverent annotated collection of "journalese"—words, phrases, clichés, and sacred cows beloved by newspapers but never used by anyone else. This "bumper crop" of examples is sure to "fuel controversy."
Anyone who has picked up a paper...
by Richard Ludvik
Language: English
Release Date: April 25, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: April 25, 2016
One Five English III. Intermediate
How do you learn new words and grammar? You read it one time and remember it? Usually no.
You learn new word by repeating it again and again in text. Where do take a text that gives you the same words and grammar again and again? Here in this ebook.
Here...
First Czech Reader for Beginners
Bilingual for Speakers of English
Language: English
Release Date: January 16, 2014
The book consists of Elementary and Pre-intermediate courses with parallel Czech-English texts. The author maintains learners' motivation with funny stories about real life situations such as meeting people, studying, job searches, working etc. The ALARM method (Approved Learning Automatic Remembering...
500 Years of New Words
the fascinating story of how, when, and why these words first entered the English language
Language: English
Release Date: September 1, 2004
500 Years of New Words takes you on an exciting journey through the English language from the days before Shakespeare to the first decade of the 21st century. All the main entries are arranged not alphabetically by in chronological order based on the earliest known year that each word was printed...
The Second 100 Japanese Kanji
(JLPT Level N5) The Quick and Easy Way to Learn the Basic Japanese Kanji
Language: English
Release Date: February 26, 2013
This is an invaluable study guide for learning Japanese characters.
The major struggle facing all beginning Japanese language students is to learn to recognize, read and write hundreds of Japanese characters. The Second 100 Japanese Kanji adopts a structural approach that helps students to...
First Dutch Reader for Beginners
Bilingual for Speakers of English
Language: English
Release Date: June 6, 2014
The book consists of Elementary and Pre-intermediate courses with parallel Dutch-English texts. The author maintains learners' motivation with funny stories about real life situations such as meeting people, studying, job searches, working etc. The ALARM method (Approved Learning Automatic Remembering...
So You Think You Can Spell?
Killer Quizzes for the Incurably Competitive and Overly Confident
Language: English
Release Date: October 6, 2009
A cornucopia of spelling challenges—from the deceptively simple to the truly vexing—for good, better, and exceptional spellers (or those who want to be).
So You Think You Can Spell? is a handy way to go one on one, pencil to paper, against hard, harder, and heartless words. The challenges...
Noah Webster
Man of Many Words
Language: English
Release Date: August 25, 2015
An “excellent” biography of the man behind Webster’s Dictionary and the role he played in American history (School Library Journal, starred review).
Noah Webster may be best remembered for the enormous and ambitious task of writing his famous dictionary, but there was much more to his accomplishments....
Tuttle Tagalog for Kids Flash Cards Kit Ebook
(Includes 64 Flash Cards, Downloadable Audio, Wall Chart & Learning Guide)
Language: English
Release Date: May 20, 2014
A fun and kid-friendly introduction to Tagalog!
The Tuttle Tagalog for Kids Flash Cards kit is an introductory Tagalog language learning tool specially designed to help children from preschool through early elementary level acquire basic words, phrases, and sentences in Tagalog—the official...
The Elements of Expression
Putting Thoughts into Words
Language: English
Release Date: June 1, 2012
More than ever in this completely updated edition, The Elements of Expression helps word users "light up the cosmos or the written page or the face across the table" as they seek the radiance of expressiveness—the vivid expression of thoughts, feelings, and observations. Nothing kills radiance like...
Indonesian Idioms and Expressions
Colloquial Indonesian at Work
Language: English
Release Date: July 15, 2007
Indonesian Idioms and Expressions is a collection of Indonesian expressions, including proverbs, slang, quotations and acronyms, that offers a commentary on their origins, as well as insights into Indonesian culture, customs, and history. The book is an informal compendium designed to be both educational...
The Emotionary
A Dictionary of Words That Don't Exist for Feelings That Do
Language: English
Release Date: October 18, 2016
A dictionary of words that don't exist for feelings that do written by The Middle actress Eden Sher and illustrated by acclaimed graphic novelist Julia Wertz.
“A must-read for bad, good and just plain complicated days.” —Oprah.com
All her life, Eden Sher has suffered from dyscommunicatia (n....