The Oxford Dictionary of Foreign Words and Phrases

The Oxford Dictionary of Foreign Words and Phrases
Title The Oxford Dictionary of Foreign Words and Phrases PDF eBook
Author Jennifer Speake
Publisher
Pages 512
Release 2000
Genre English language
ISBN

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Foreign Words

Foreign Words
Title Foreign Words PDF eBook
Author Vassilis Alexakis
Publisher
Pages 228
Release 2006
Genre Fiction
ISBN 9780975444412

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Crossing countries and continents, this narrative follows a son lost for words over the death of his father. Unable to write the phrase "My father is dead" in either his native Greek or his adopted French, he heads for Africa to undertake the learning of Sango. Traveling across both borders and time, he examines his past, his family history, and the colonial and political ties of his homelands. While at first he does not know why learning a new and uncommon language has become vital to him, he comes to discover that the new language enables him to easily write of his father's passing. But as he truly experiences Sango--meets its speakers, travels where it emerged and has struggled to survive--his intimacy with it grows, and he is once again unable to utter the telling phrase. Meditating on language, loss, and the power of words to express or constrain human emotion, this tale of speaking, living, and letting go is filled with delicate suspense, humor, and honesty.

Love and Other Foreign Words

Love and Other Foreign Words
Title Love and Other Foreign Words PDF eBook
Author Erin McCahan
Publisher Penguin
Pages 354
Release 2015-08
Genre Best friends
ISBN 0147509599

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Can anyone be truly herself - or truly in love - in a language that's not her own? Sixteen-year-old Josie knows a lot of languages- she speaks High School, College, Friends, Boyfriends, Break-ups, and even the language of Beautiful Girls. But none of these is her native tongue - the only people who speak that are her best friend Stu and her sister, Kate. So when Kate gets engaged to an insufferable guy, how can Josie see it as anything but the mistake of a lifetime? As battles are waged over secrets and semantics, Josie is forced to examine her feelings for the boy who says he loves her, the sister she loves but doesn't always like, and the best friend who hasn't said a word - at least not in a language Josie understands. 'A true-blue lovable weirdo, Josie is the type of character I really enjoy seeing . . . authentically herself, even when being herself gets her into trouble.' Hellogiggles

Dictionary of Foreign Words and Phrases

Dictionary of Foreign Words and Phrases
Title Dictionary of Foreign Words and Phrases PDF eBook
Author Maxim Newmark, Ph.D
Publisher Rowman & Littlefield
Pages 247
Release 1950-01-15
Genre Foreign Language Study
ISBN 1442234016

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Compiled from English sources and containing foreign words, phrases, mottos, proverbs, place names, titles, allusions and abbreviations from the Latin, Greek, French, Italian, Spanish, German, Russian, Hebrew and other foreign languages, together with English equivalents and definitions and a supplement in Greek orthography

A Dictionary of Foreign Words and Phrases

A Dictionary of Foreign Words and Phrases
Title A Dictionary of Foreign Words and Phrases PDF eBook
Author A J Bliss
Publisher Open Road Media
Pages 552
Release 2023-01-03
Genre Reference
ISBN 1504082605

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A fascinating A-to-Z reference to foreign words and phrases that have become part of contemporary English usage. The English language has been greatly enriched by a vast array of words and phrases imported from other tongues, such as comrade, chateau, wunderkind, and vox populi. For the average English speaker, many are bound to be familiar. Some may even appear to be standard English, while others may seem, well,foreign. A Dictionary of Foreign Words and Phrases presents a comprehensive list of such terms, with entries that reveal their meanings and etymologies.

The Browser's Dictionary of Foreign Words and Phrases

The Browser's Dictionary of Foreign Words and Phrases
Title The Browser's Dictionary of Foreign Words and Phrases PDF eBook
Author Mary Varchaver
Publisher Wiley
Pages 288
Release 2002-02-26
Genre Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN 0471218022

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"Kudos (Greek), encomiums (Latin), and accolades (French) to the authors for their enlightening and amusing lexicon, a testament that English is the most cheerfully democratic and hospitable language ever cobbled together."-Richard Lederer, author of The Miracle of Language From angst to zydeco, the ultimate guide to foreign terms and phrases This handy, practical, and browsable A-to-Z reference tells you all you need to know to understand, pronounce, and appreciate the nearly 2,000 foreign words and phrases commonly used by speakers and writers of English. The Browser's Dictionary covers a wide variety of subject areas and includes loan-words from more than sixty languages around the world, such as: Latin (desideratum) * the romance languages (rapprochement, macho, imbroglio) * German (gestalt) * Russian (gulag) * Hebrew (shibboleth) * Yiddish (shtick) * Persian (tambura) * Hindi (purdah) * Arabic (loofah) * Hawaiian (kanaka) * Creole French (zydeco) * and Japanese (netsuke) In addition, each entry provides: * A guide to pronunciation using easy-to-understand transcriptions from ordinary English * Comprehensive literal and idiomatic definitions * The word's source language, as well as its literal meaning The Browser's Dictionary of Foreign Words and Phrases is sure to become a favorite reference for anyone with an interest in words and language.

A Dictionary of Foreign Words and Phrases in Current English

A Dictionary of Foreign Words and Phrases in Current English
Title A Dictionary of Foreign Words and Phrases in Current English PDF eBook
Author Alan Joseph Bliss
Publisher Routledge
Pages 389
Release 1983
Genre English language
ISBN 9780710095213

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More than 5,000 words and phrases with a commentary on each. The language of origin is identified and the authentic spelling and meaning are indicated if these differ substantially from those used in English. The approximate date at which the expression entered the English language is given and all current meanings are defined.