Vocabulary category: 1591 books

Cover of Portugiesisch lernen: portugiesische Schimpfwörter ‒ Beleidigungen ‒ Sex-Begriffe
by Eveline Turelli
Language: German
Release Date: August 9, 2015

Wie flucht man so richtig auf Portugiesisch? In diesem Buch finden Sie die gängigsten Ausdrücke dafür. Um es Ihnen so einfach wie möglich zu machen, wurden die Wörter und Wendungen in drei Bereiche unterteilt: wütende und frustrierte Flüche, Beleidigungen und schließlich vulgäre und...
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by Rosanna Bonafede, Giuseppe Pittàno
Language: Italian
Release Date: April 22, 2015

Le parole hanno storie avventurose e affascinanti, a volte del tutto inaspettate: conoscerle aiuta a capire meglio la nostra lingua e a usarla con più consapevolezza. Nato in collaborazione con Giuseppe Pittàno – che per tutta la vita si è divertito a costruire vocabolari senza timore di sporcarsi...
Cover of Aprender Alemão: Expressões idiomáticas ‒ Locuções ‒ Provérbios
by Eveline Turelli
Language: Portuguese
Release Date: September 12, 2015

Aprenda Alemão divertindo-se! Em Alemão, se você quiser dizer Boa sorte! a uma pessoa, paradoxalmente tem que desejar-lhe que quebre o pescoço (Hals- und Beinbruch!). Quando algo não lhe cheira nada bem, você pode dizer que está ouvindo um rouxinol que anda com passos pesados (Nachtigall,...
Cover of Apprendre l'Italien : Proverbes et Expressions
by Eveline Turelli
Language: French
Release Date: April 4, 2015

Apprenez l'Italien en vous amusant ! En Italien, il y a plusieurs centaines de « Proverbi », adages, maximes et dictons, fruit d'une sagesse ou d'une expérience populaire, transmis de génération en génération et aujourd'hui devenus une partie du bagage culturel de chaque individu. Les...
Cover of Sophie la girafe First Words
by DK
Language: English
Release Date: March 10, 2014

Learn all about home and garden with this Sophie la girafe ebook Your baby will love finding Sophie the Giraffe's toys, food, and other everyday objects in Sophie la Girafe First Words. This globally best-selling rubber teether that has helped babies (and mums) all over the world get through...
Cover of At the Bakery
by Dona Herweck Rice
Language: English
Release Date: October 5, 2018

Learn high-frequency words while reading about the delicious desserts found in a bakery! Perfect for 1st grade students, this book teaches these 6 words from Fry's First 100 words list: she, would, like, to, make, and a. The short sentences and clear images support the text to help with memorization....
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Hairy, Scary, Ordinary

What Is an Adjective?

by Brian P. Cleary
Language: English
Release Date: August 1, 2017

Audisee® eBooks with Audio combine professional narration and text highlighting to engage reluctant readers! Simple, rhyming text and colorful cartoon cats help children expand their vocabularies and gain an appreciation for the rhythm of language in this lighthearted book of rhyming verse. Adjectives...
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-Ful and -Less, -Er and -Ness

What Is a Suffix?

by Brian P. Cleary
Language: English
Release Date: August 1, 2017

Audisee® eBooks with Audio combine professional narration and text highlighting to engage reluctant readers! What is a suffix? You'll find the answer inside this book—it's overflowing with wonderful suffixes. Brian P. Cleary's playful rhymes and Martin Goneau's humorous illustrations creatively...
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Welcome to Indonesian

A Beginner's Survey of the Language

by Stuart Robson
Language: English
Release Date: January 31, 2012

This is a concise and user–friendly introduction to the Indonesian language This concise book aims to introduce the reader to the Indonesian language not by creating a course, with grammar and exercises, but by describing it from various points of view, such as telling what it is related to...
Cover of Bryson's Dictionary of Troublesome Words
by Bill Bryson
Language: English
Release Date: September 17, 2002

One of the English language’s most skilled and beloved writers guides us all toward precise, mistake-free usage. As usual Bill Bryson says it best: “English is a dazzlingly idiosyncratic tongue, full of quirks and irregularities that often seem willfully at odds with logic and common sense....
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Words You Don't Know

Humorous Essays Involving Rare Words, Swear Words, Wrong Words, Long Words, Curse Words, Terse Words, Legal Words, Regal Words, Tech Words, Sex Words, Eponyms and Retronyms

by Robin Bloor
Language: English
Release Date: September 1, 2009

Words You Don't Know takes the reader on a spirited romp through the dusty corridors of the English language. In 23 chapters and 202 pages, author Robin Bloor shines a light on nearly 300 of the least known words in the language, illuminating the history and mystery of each in short, humorous essays.
Cover of The Complete Idiot's Guide to Weird Word Origins

The Complete Idiot's Guide to Weird Word Origins

Over 500 Strange Stories of the World’s Oddest Words and Phrases

by Paul McFedries
Language: English
Release Date: August 5, 2008

Get ready to chew the fat. This engaging, humorous new book explains the not-so-common origins of such commonly used phrases as "apple-pie order," "chew the fat," and "hat trick." Presented in a fun, easy-to-read style, it provides entertaining insight on metaphorical...
Cover of Penguin Writers' Guides: Improve Your Spelling
by George Davidson
Language: English
Release Date: June 30, 2005

The Penguin Writers' Guides series provides authoritative, succinct and easy-to-follow guidance on specific aspects of written English. Whether you need to brush up your skills or get to grips with something for the first time, these invaluable Guides will help you find the best way to get your message...
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A Web of New Words

A Corpus-Based Study of the Conventionalization Process of English Neologisms

by Daphné Kerremans
Language: English
Release Date: January 19, 2015

This book presents the first large-scale usage-based investigation of the conventionalization process of English neologisms in the online speech community. The study answers the longstanding question of how and why some neologisms become part of the English lexicon and others do not. It strings together...
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