37,000 words, phrases, and meanings Essential information on basic English vocabulary in a popular, slim, pocket-sized book that is easy to carry. Now updated with new words that have entered the language.
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Not so long ago, writes Jeremy Paxman, the English were "polite, unexcitable, reserved, and had hot-water bottles instead of a sex-life". Today the end of empire has killed off the Bulldog Breed - "fearless and philistine, safe in taxis and invaluable in shipwrecks" - and transformed the great public schools. Princess Diana was mourned with the effusive emotionalism of an Italian saint. Leader-writers in "The Times" even praise the sexual skills of English lovers ...So what are the defining features of "Englishness"? How can a country of football hooligans have such an astonishingly low murder rate? Does the nation's sense of itself extend to millions of black, Asian and other immigrant Britons? Is it grounded in arrogant, nostalgic fantasy or can it form the basis for building a realistic future within Europe? To answer these crucial questions, Paxman looks for clues in the English language, literature, luke-warm religion and "curiously passionless devotion" to cricket. He explores attitudes to Catholics, th
Welcome once again to the wonderful world of Chinglish! Perhapsyou'd like to start your trip by checking in to the Resist BacteriaHotel? Once you get settled, it's time for supper. May we suggestthe binaural infected cucumber? It's really quite delicious. Andafter supper, how about a night on the town? But remember: novoting in the pool! Oliver Lutz Radtke is the author of Chinglish:Lost in Translation. He works as a multimedia producer and editorin Beijing. Cover designed by theBookDesigners
When Ernest Gellner was his early thirties, he took it upon himself to challenge the prevailing philosophical orthodoxy of the day, Linguistic Philosophy. Finding a powerful ally in Bertrand Russell, who provided the foreword for this book, Gellner embarked on the project that was to put him on the intellectual map. Words and Things was the first determined attempt to state the premises and operational rules of the movement. The basic charge was that Linguistic Philosophy was an aberrant, trivializing perversion of good philosophical practice, substituting, in place of honest theorizing and argument, pedantic scrutiny of intrinsically uninteresting detail. When this now-famous critique originally appeared in 1959, it created a scandal, causing a flurry of correspondence in the Times. Words and Things remains the most devastating attack on a conventional wisdom in philosophy to this day.
Prover, sayings, and other expressions are commonly used every day !They're words that are so familiar, however, that their real meanings have been either lost or confused over the years. For instance, who hasn't wished to be "as free ass a bird"?However, our feathered friends are not carefree.In fact, most birds are pretty anxious creatures with a lot of responsibility. When someone says, "One bad apple spoils the barrdl," it means that no mater how good you are, if someone bad enters your group, it's going to be spoiled. While this may not hold true for all people, it does for apples. When an apple starts to rot ,it produces a chemical called ethylene that cfauses the apple to decay. The other apples in the barrdl detect this chemical reaction and begin to produce their own ethylene, causing all the apples to spoil. "All that glitters is not gold."Anyone who has even seen pyrite, or fool's gold, knows this to be true. Has it ever really rained "cats and dogs"?In 1984,during a rainstorm, part of
Chinglish offers a humorous and insightful look at misuses ofthe English language in Chinese street signs, products, andadvertising. A long-standing favorite of English speaking touristsand visitors, Chinglish is now quickly becoming a culture relic: inpreparation for the 2008 Olympic Games in Beijing, the Chinesegovernment was determined to wipe out incorrect English usage.
Illustrated by thousands ofexamples from the Bank of English, the Collins COBUILD ActiveGrammar contains easy-to-understand explanations of the importantpoints of English grammar. Warning notes occur throughout the text,giving learners invaluable help with potential problems in English.Supplements to the text include irregular verb tables, and adetailed glossary of grammatical terms. Ideal for the intermediatelearner of English as a handy reference work, the Collins COBUILDActive Grammar offers in-depth guidance on the key areas of Englishgrammar.
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This exciting wordbook is full of egu catching photos that will keep gou and your little ones talking for hours. It is the perfect introduction to more than 1000 everyday words.
This is a helpful guide to the essentials students need in the first stages of learning English.
The chances are that at some time in your life the spotlight will be turned on you, while everyone waits expectantly for words of wit and wisdom to pour from your lips. Whether it's a formal speech or just a funny story to amuse your friends, this book will provide everything you need to keep your audiences entertained. So leave behind incoherent mumblings and enter the world of zany stories, comic quotations, toasts, puns and lot more.
