Vocabulary category: 1591 books
It's Been Said Before
A Guide to the Use and Abuse of Cliches
Language: English
Release Date: July 1, 2014
Careful writers and speakers agree that clichés are generally to be avoided. However, nearly all of us continue to use them. Why do they persist in our language? In It's Been Said Before, lexicographer Orin Hargraves examines the peculiar idea and power of the cliché. He helps readers understand...
New Words for Old
Recycling Our Language for the Modern World
Language: English
Release Date: November 5, 2015
The English language is a versatile and agile thing, and as our world changes, so too does the way we use it. Sometimes we coin new words for new creations, but very often we adopt and adapt existing words to suit new purposes, or simply put two together to form a third. New Words for Old looks at the...
Depraved English
The Most Disgusting and Hilarious Word Book Ever
Language: English
Release Date: July 8, 2014
From aboiement to zooerastia, a guided tour of the lantrified underbelly of the English language
This unusual, un-put-downable little volume by Peter Novobatzky and Ammon Shea collects more than three hundred of the English language's most disgusting, offensive, and obscene words--words that...
Better Than Great
A Plenitudinous Compendium of Wallopingly Fresh Superlatives
Language: English
Release Date: July 12, 2011
A veritable "tko of terminology," Better Than Great is the essential guide for describing the extraordinary — the must have reference for anyone wishing to rise above tired superlatives. Deft praise encourages others to feel as we do, share our enthusiasms. It rewards deserving objects of admiration....
Reading & Writing Chinese Simplified Character Edition
(HSK Levels 1 - 4)
Language: English
Release Date: November 24, 2015
Reading and Writing Chinese has been the best-selling standard reference text for foreign students and teachers of Chinese for the last 25 years. Now completely revised with modern (simplified) characters, it draws on the lessons learned from the use of the book in classrooms to provide a convenient...
by Anthony Sparisci
Language: English
Release Date: December 2, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: December 2, 2012
These flash card books are designed with large, engaging pictures to help your little one learn Italian - one fun, easy lesson at a time.
In this lesson, we focus on foods and parts of a place setting. To make the words more manageable, the book is broken into smaller food group: Fruits...
First Portuguese Reader for Beginners
Bilingual for Speakers of English
Language: English
Release Date: January 24, 2012
The book consists of Elementary and Pre-intermediate courses with parallel Portuguese-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...
Language Contact Around the Globe
Proceedings of the LCTG3 Conference
Language: English
Release Date: July 7, 2014
The fifth volume in the series Language Competence and Language Awareness in Europe unites a collection of peer-reviewed papers delivered at the Third Conference on Language Contact in Times of Globalization (LCTG3) at the University of Greifswald in 2011. The papers are arranged in five thematic...
Webster's Word Power Essential English Phrases
Everyday Phrases Explained
Language: English
Release Date: August 31, 2014
To understand English well, you need to know its many phrases and idioms. This book explains over 6,000 phrases, idioms, and cliches to help you understand the English language in clear, concise English.
Webster's Word Power Essential Students' Companion
General Knowledge of the English Language
Language: English
Release Date: August 31, 2014
Helps the student with facts and resource on English grammar, specialist subjects from art to physi, with sections on world facts, Latin and Greek words; Chemical elements; Greek alphabet; the scientific classification of animal; help on essay writing and composition.
Second German Reader
Bilingual for Speakers of English
Language: English
Release Date: December 24, 2012
If you already have background with German language, this book is the best one to try. It makes use of the so-called ALARM or Approved Learning Automatic Remembering Method to efficiently teach its reader German words, sentences and dialogues. Through this method, a person will be able to enhance...
by Jacinto Cacella Torres
Language: English
Release Date: December 2, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: December 2, 2012
These flash card books are designed with large, engaging pictures to help your little one learn Portuguese - one fun, easy lesson at a time.
In this lesson, we focus on foods and parts of a place setting. To make the words more manageable, the book is broken into smaller food group: Fruits...
BU DONG (International English Edition)
When Strange Things Become Familiar
Language: English
Release Date: August 2, 2017
'That sounds Greek to me,' 'Das kommt mir spanisch vor,' and 'Me suena a chino' are different expressions of lacking understanding. What are the reasons for mutual misunderstanding and the fear of the foreign? 'BU DONG' is all about eye-opening situations, great people, different lifestyles, and aims...
Slayer Slang
A Buffy the Vampire Slayer Lexicon
Language: English
Release Date: November 18, 2004
In its seven years on television, Buffy the Vampire Slayer has earned critical acclaim and a massive cult following among teen viewers. One of the most distinguishing features of the program is the innovative way the show's writers play with language: fabricating new words, morphing existing ones,...