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Cassell's foreign words and phrases / Adrian Room.
Van Pelt Library PE1582.A3 R66 2000
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Room, Adrian.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- English language--Foreign words and phrases--Dictionaries.
- English language.
- English language--Foreign words and phrases.
- Genre:
- Dictionaries.
- Physical Description:
- xv, 395 pages ; 25 cm
- Other Title:
- Cassell's foreign words & phrases
- Foreign and phrases
- Place of Publication:
- London : Cassell, 2000.
- Summary:
- Are you a bon vivant? Do you know whether that painting uses chiaroscuro? From appellation controlee to zeitgeist, these 500 foreign words and phrases will put the world's terminology at your fingertips. It covers everyday expressions (pro forma); specialist vocabulary (barre, the wall-mounted rail used for ballet exercises); and tag lines (sic transit gloria mundi)--and includes a pronunciation guide, the date when the expression first appeared in written English, detailed word histories, and highlighted points of additional interest.
- ISBN:
- 0304350087
- OCLC:
- 44736331
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