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Le parler kinois, pratiqué à Kinshasa et dans les communautés kinoises, constitue un mélange de lingala, de kikongo, de français et d'argot. Il ne respecte pas les règles de grammaire, mêlant le singulier et le pluriel, sans que cela ne vexe personne.
Ce lexique, loin d'être exhaustif - on s'en doute -, reprend cependant bon nombre de termes, d'expressions à la mode d'hier ou d'autres en vogue aujourd'hui et constitue en quelque sorte une...
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"Skimming through the short passages, the floating dust shimmered like raining glitter as it caught the light . . . An overwhelming wave of curiosity washed over. Plenty of books have caught Etta's eye before, but none created such an urgency to belong to her."
Etta is relatively new to Northampton, but has already established what she believes is a good routine - especially after getting a slow start. She has a steady job, she procrastinates...
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Discover words to surprise, delight, and enamor. Learn terms for the sunlight that filters through the leaves of trees, for dancing awkwardly but with relish, and for the look shared by two people who each wish the other would speak first. Other-Wordly is an irresistible ebook for lovers of words and those lost for words alike.
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Whether you are traveling to Great Britain or just want to understand British popular culture, this unique dictionary will answer your questions. British English from A to Zed contains more than 5,500 British terms and their American equivalents, each with a short explanation of the term's history and an example of its use. The appendixes provide valuable supplemental material with differences between British and American pronunciation, grammar, and...
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Cet abécédaire reprend des mots du langage courant souvent employés à mauvais escient...
C'est un support pédagogique listant de A à Z les éléments d'une science, d'un art, d'un parti pris.
L'Abécédaire que vous tenez en main en ce moment liste des mots qui font partie du langage courant et que nous employons souvent de manière empirique, sans vraiment en connaître le ou les différents sens.
500 millions, vous aviez bien lu, nous sommes...
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Vous voulez écrire un roman policier qui se passe dans dans un manoir? Une discussion dans une morgue pour votre polar? Une rencontre dans la rue pour votre romance? Ce petit lexique vous fournira le vocabulaire pour mettre en place le décor de votre scène, visuellement, mais aussi avec d'autres sens comme l'audition. Il vous donnera aussi des suggestions sur la façon de le faire de manière dynamique en appliquant l'adage "show, don't tell"!...
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This beautifully illustrated guide delves deep into the meaning and significance of different tattoo symbols, exploring the rich cultural history around the world of this widespread form of body art.⍾⍾Tattoos are everywhere: one in three of us has at least one. Body art is one of the most popular ways of expressing our identity and beliefs.⍾⍾But whether we're aware of it or not when we choose a design to be permanently inked on our skin, a...
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El léxico de El Quijote, concebido a modo de diccionario, explica y aclara vocabulario, expresiones y refranes que aparecen en El Quijote, que, en la actualidad, por no ser habituales o haber cambiado de significado, pueden llevar a confusión a los lectores de tan magna obra.
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Juan Hernández Herrero (Salamanca) es licenciado en Medicina y especializado en cardiología. Ha sido durante años profesor de Cardiología en la Universitat Autònoma...
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What do "the whole kit and caboodle," "the whole shebang," "the whole megillah," "the whole enchilada," "the whole nine yards," "the whole box and dice," and "the full Monty" have in common? They're all expressions that mean "the entire quantity," and they're all examples of the breadth and depth of the English-speaking world's vocabulary.
From the multitude of words and phrases in daily use, the author of this delightful exploration into what we...
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The Queen's English has no place across the pond, where a long history of defiance, creativity, and originality has made its way into the everyday vocabulary of Americans coast-to-coast. God Bless America is an informative and entertaining guide to the meaning and history beneath our uniquely American words and phrases. Robert Hendrickson makes it clear that whether you're ordering "fried chicken" or heading out to see a "movie," you are celebrating...
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Here is a book for anyone tired of speaking flat, colorless, homogenized English. Pennsylvania Dutchman Gary Gates provides a glossary, read-aloud section, songs, recipes, and more in this delightful, introduction to Dutch-ified English.
Learn the meaning of "rutch" and "spritz," what a "clod" and a "crotch" are, how to pronounce and make "Cussin Rache's Snitz and Knepp," and what has happened to food when it's "all." Spice up your vocabulary with...
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xiii, 296 pages ; 22 cm
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"Brimming with intelligence and personality, a vastly entertaining account of how dictionaries are made - a must read for word mavens. Have you ever tried to define the word "is?" Do you have strong feelings about the word (and, yes, it is a word) "irregardless?" Did you know that OMG was first used in 1917, in a letter to Winston Churchill? These are the questions that keep lexicographers up at night. While most of us might take dictionaries for...
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Here is a book for anyone tired of speaking flat, colorless, homogenized English. Pennsylvania Dutchman Gary Gates provides a glossary, read-aloud section, songs, recipes, and more in this delightful, inwaluble introduction to Dutch-ified English. Learn the meaning of "rutch" and "spritz," what a "clod" and a "crotch" are, how to pronounce and make "Cussin Rachel's Snitz und Knepp," and what has happened to food when it's all. As you read this book...
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So much to read, so little time? This brief overview of The Professor and the Madman tells you what you need to know-before or after you read Simon Winchester's book. Crafted and edited with care, Worth Books set the standard for quality and give you the tools you need to be a well-informed reader. This short summary and analysis of The Professor and the Madman by Simon Winchester includes: • Historical context • Chapter-by-chapter summaries •...
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