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The Collins COBUILD Dictionary of Idioms offers in-depth coverage of the most important idioms in English and provides additional information about their frequency, contexts, meanings, and usage. Clearly laid-out and easy-to-use, this volume will prove to be fascinating and invaluable to teachers and learners of English at all levels.
More than 4,000 quotations from people as diverse as Aristotle and Lily Tomlin can be found in Webster's New Explorer Dictionary of Quotations. There are eloquent, insightful, and amusing quotes from such time-honored sources as the Bible, William Shakespeare, Lord Byron, Confucius, and Cicero. More contemporary authors include Robert Frost, Pearl S. Buck, Winston Churchill, Lenny Bruce, Virginia Woolf, Jesse Jackson, Fran Liebowitz, and many more of the world's most fascinating leaders, writers, and thinkers. Quotations are arranged alphabetically by subject in over 400 categories like Success and Failure, Genius and Talent, Work, and Music. Editorial notes provide additional information about the quotation and its source, and an author index offers the reader another way to find just the right quote.
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The Collins Russian Gem Dictionary offers the learner of Russian extensive and up-to-date coverage of Russian and English in a compact, portable format. Developed as part of the Collins Education and Life Skills streams, this dictionary is designed for all levels of language learner, whether at home, at school, or at work. It is the indispensable small dictionary for learners of Russian, and comes with a handy supplement of useful business terminology. Have confidence: the Collins Russian Gem Dictionary offers extensive coverage of today's Russian and English, with special entries on Russian life and culture. Get it right: it is the perfect complement to the dictionary - a useful supplement of business terminology in Russian and English. Get there fast: the clear layout ensures that users find the information they want quickly and easily. Where does it fit in the range? There is also Collins Russian Gem, 0-00-722416-8; and Collins Russian Dictionary, 0-00-720891-X. Words are tools for life and a Collins dicti
How to Lie with Statistics 统计数字会撒谎 内容简介 This book introduces the reader to the niceties of samples (random or stratified random), averages (mean, median or modal), errors (probable, standard or unintentional), graphs, indexes, and other tools of democratic persuasion. 基本信息 作者：Darrell Huff 出版社: Penguin (1991年12月12日) 丛书名: Penguin Business 平装: 128页 语种： 英语 ISBN: 0140136290 条形码: 9780140136296 商品尺寸: 19.3 x 12.7 x 1 cm 商品重量: 113 g
