• The Vocabulary Builder Workbook: Simple Lessons and Activities to Teach Yourself Over 1,400 Must-Know Words

    The Vocabulary Builder Workbook is the latest approach to learning new vocabulary and boosting your language skills.Building your vocabulary requires more than flashcards. That’s why leading test-prep expert, Chris Lele, developed a new method for introducing new words into your vocabulary. With The Vocabulary Builder Workbook you will gain and retain a fundamental understanding of more than 1,400 essential words.Ideal for those taking the SAT, ACT, or GRE―or for those who simply want to improve their writing and speaking skills― The Vocabulary Builder Workbook makes the task of expandin... [Read More]

    • ASIN: 193975481X
    • ASIN: 193975481X
    • ISBN: 193975481X
    • Manufacturer: Zephyros Press

  • Knickers in a Twist: A Dictionary of British Slang

    Brits and Americans dress the same, eat at the same chain restaurants, pass music back and forth across the Atlantic, and our national leaders are practically conjoined twins. But the second the Brits open their mouths, all bets are off. So don’t dream of visiting the UK, dating a Brit, or truly understanding what Jude Law is saying without this handy, hilarious, and informative guide to Britspeak. With the cheekiness of Austin Powers and the tidbit quotient of Schott’s Miscellany, screenwriter Jonathan Bernstein’s collection of Cockney rhyming slang, insults culled from British televisi... [Read More]

    • ASIN: 1841958344
    • ASIN: 1841958344
    • ISBN: 1841958344
    • Manufacturer: Canongate U.S.

  • Dirty Russian: Everyday Slang from (Dirty Everyday Slang)

    GET D!RTYNext time you’re traveling or just chattin’ in Russia with your friends, drop the textbook formality and bust out with expressions they never teach you in school, including: • Cool slang• Funny insults• Explicit sex terms• Raw swear words Dirty Russian teaches the casual expressions heard every day on the streets of Russia:What's up?kak de-LA? I really gotta piss.mnye O-chen NA-do pos-SAT. Damn, you fine!blin, nu ti i shi-KAR-nii! Let's have an orgy.da-VAI u-STRO-im OR-gi-yu. This is crappy vodka.d-ta VOD-ka khre-NO-va-ya. Let's go get hammered.poi-DYOM bukh-NYOM. I'm... [Read More]

    • ASIN: 1569757062
    • ASIN: 1569757062
    • ISBN: 1569757062
    • Brand: Brand: Ulysses Press
    • Manufacturer: Ulysses Press

  • American Slang Dictionary, Fourth Edition (McGraw-Hill ESL References)

    For the 411 on American slang, this guidebook is the top banana From "head trip" to "foot in mouth," American Slang Dictionary gives you the complete definitions of thousands of uniquely American words and phrases, ranging from golden oldies such as "catch some rays" and "take the fifth" to more up-to-the-minute coinages like Wall Street's "jonx," the Internet's "ping," and the gangsta's favorite, "shizzle." Inside you'll find more than 12,000 words and expressions from a wide variety of sources, including gangsta rap, the blogosphere, and the U.S. prison system. In a New York minute, you'll b... [Read More]

    • ASIN: 0071461086
    • ASIN: 0071461086
    • ISBN: 0071461086
    • Manufacturer: McGraw-Hill Education

  • The Blue Book of Grammar and Punctuation: An Easy-to-Use Guide with Clear Rules, Real-World Examples, and Reproducible Quizzes

    A revised and updated new edition of the bestselling workbook and grammar guide The Blue Book of Grammar and Punctuation is a concise, entertaining workbook and guide to English grammar, punctuation, and usage. This user-friendly resource includes simple explanations of grammar, punctuation, and usage; scores of helpful examples; dozens of reproducible worksheets; and pre- and post-tests to help teach grammar to students of all ages. Appropriate for virtually any age range, this authoritative guide makes learning English grammar and usage simple and fun. This updated Eleventh Edition reflects ... [Read More]

    • ASIN: 1118785568
    • UPC: 001118785568
    • ASIN: 1118785568
    • ISBN: 1118785568
    • Brand: imusti
    • Manufacturer: Wiley

  • The Origins of English Words: A Discursive Dictionary of Indo-European Roots

    There are no direct records of the original Indo-European speech. By comparing the vocabularies of its various descendants, however, it is possible to reconstruct the basic Indo-European roots with considerable confidence. In The Origins of English Words, Shipley catalogues these proposed roots and follows the often devious, always fascinating, process by which some of their offshoots have grown.Anecdotal, eclectic, and always enthusiastic, The Origins of English Words is a diverting expedition beyond linguistics into literature, history, folklore, anthropology, philosophy, and science.

    • ASIN: 0801867843
    • ASIN: 0801867843
    • ISBN: 0801867843
    • Brand: Brand: The Johns Hopkins University Press
    • Manufacturer: Johns Hopkins University Press

  • English Words from Latin and Greek Elements

    Since 1965, Donald Ayers' English Words from Latin and Greek Elements has helped thousands of students to a broader vocabulary by showing them how to recognize classical roots in modern English words. Its second edition, published in 1986, has confirmed that vocabulary is best taught by root, not rote. The importance of learning classical word roots is already acknowledged by vocabulary texts that devote chapters to them. Why a whole book based on this approach? Ayers' text exposes students to a wider range of roots, introduces new English words in context sentences, and reinforces vocabulary ... [Read More]

    • ASIN: 0816508992
    • ASIN: 0816508992
    • ISBN: 0816508992
    • Brand: Brand: University of Arizona Press
    • Manufacturer: University of Arizona Press

  • Collins English Dictionary Complete and Unabridged

    The home of living EnglishThe largest single-volume English dictionary in print celebrates the extraordinary breadth and changing nature of world English, with more than 725,000 words, meanings and phrases.“The Collins English Dictionary is a book to be treasured, no home should be without one”, The Times.Updated with all the very latest new words and senses, this is an unparalleled resource for word lovers, word gamers, and word geeks everywhere. It draws on Collins’ extensive language databases and covers many literary and rare words useful for crossword solvers and setters as well as ... [Read More]

    • ASIN: 0008284377
    • ASIN: 0008284377
    • ISBN: 0008284377
    • Brand: Collins
    • Manufacturer: Collins

  • Dirty Japanese: Everyday Slang from (Dirty Everyday Slang)

    GET D!RTYNext time you’re traveling or just chattin’ in Japanese with your friends, drop the textbook formality and bust out with expressions they never teach you in school, including:•Cool slang•Funny insults•Explicit sex terms•Raw swear wordsDirty Japanese teaches the casual expressions heard every day on the streets of Japan:What's up?Ossu? How's it hanging?Choshi doyo? I'm smashed.Beron beron ni nattekita. I love ginormous tits.Kyo'nyu daiskui. Wanna try a threesome?Yatte miyo ka sanpi? I gotta take a leak.Shonben shite. He's such an asshole.Aitsu wa kanji warui kara.

    • ASIN: 1569755655
    • ASIN: 1569755655
    • ISBN: 1569755655
    • Brand: Brand: Ulysses Press
    • Manufacturer: Ulysses Press

  • Dictionary of Slang and Unconventional English: Colloquialisms, and Catch-Phrases, Solecisms and Catachresis, Nicknames, and Vulgarisms


    • ASIN: 0025949802
    • ASIN: 0025949802
    • ISBN: 0025949802
    • Manufacturer: Macmillan General Reference

  • Word on the Street: Debunking the Myth of "Pure" Standard English

    Though there is a contingent of linguists who fight the fact, our language is always changing--not only through slang, but sound, syntax, and words' meanings as well. Debunking the myth of "pure" standard English, tackling controversial positions, and eschewing politically correct arguments, linguist John McWhorter considers speech patterns and regional accents to demonstrate just how the changes do occur. Wielding reason and humor, McWhorter ultimately explains why we must embrace these changes, ultimately revealing our American English in all its variety, expressiveness, and power.

    • ASIN: 0738204463
    • ASIN: 0738204463
    • ISBN: 0738204463
    • Brand: Brand: Basic Books
    • Manufacturer: Basic Books

  • McGraw-Hill's Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions: The Most Up-to-Date Reference for the Nonstandard Usage, Popular Jargon, and Vulgarisms of Contempos (McGraw-Hill ESL References)

    More bling for the buck! The #1 guide to American slang is now bigger, more up-to-date, and easier to use This new edition of McGraw-Hill’s Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions offers complete definitions of more than 12,000 slang and informal expressions from various sources, ranging from golden oldies such as . . . golden oldie, to recent coinages like shizzle (gangsta), jonx (Wall Street), and ping (the Internet). Each entry is followed by examples illustrating how an expression is used in everyday conversation and, where necessary, International Phonetic Alphabet pronu... [Read More]

    • ASIN: 0071461078
    • ASIN: 0071461078
    • ISBN: 9780071461078
    • Manufacturer: McGraw-Hill Education

  • Dirty Chinese: Everyday Slang from (Dirty Everyday Slang)

    GET D!RTYNext time you’re traveling or just chattin’ in Chinese with your friends, drop the textbook formality and bust out with expressions they never teach you in school, including:•Cool slang•Funny insults•Explicit sex terms•Raw swear wordsDirty Chinese teaches the casual expressions heard every day on the streets of China:•What’s up? Zenmeyàng? •Fuck it, let’s party. Qù tama, zánmen chuqù feng ba. •Who farted? Shéi fàng de pì? •Wanna try doggy-style? Yàobù zánliar shìshì gou cào shì? •Son of a bitch!Gouniángyang de! •I’m getting smashed. Wo ganj... [Read More]

    • ASIN: 1569757275
    • ASIN: 1569757275
    • ISBN: 1569757275
    • Brand: Brand: Ulysses Press
    • Manufacturer: Ulysses Press

  • Unfortunate English: The Gloomy Truth Behind the Words You Use

    Previous meanings of words that would offend the sensitive, discomfit the squeamish, and irk the politically correct are uncovered in this entertaining compilation of word histories and etymologies. 10,000 first printing.

    • ASIN: 1582974438
    • UPC: 035313640759
    • ASIN: 1582974438
    • ISBN: 1582974438
    • Manufacturer: Writer's Digest Books

  • Phraseology: Thousands of Bizarre Origins, Unexpected Connections, and Fascinating Facts about English's Best Expressions

    The Amazing Secrets of the Phrases We Use Everyday Phraseology is the ultimate collection of everything you never knew about the wonderful phrases found in the English language. It contains information about phrase history and etymology; unusual, lost, or uncommon phrases; how phrases are formed; and more than 7,000 facts about common English phrases. Practical enough to be used as a reference book but so fun that every book lover will want to read it straight through, Phraseology contains such engrossing tidbits as: ACROSS THE BOARD is an allusion to the board displaying the odds in a horse ... [Read More]

    • ASIN: 1402212879
    • UPC: 760789220159
    • ASIN: 1402212879
    • ISBN: 1402212879
    • Manufacturer: Sourcebooks

  • English to Australian Slang Dictionary: 1001+ Words A-Z

    English to Australian Slang Dictionary: 1001+ Words

    • UPC: 579486870

  • Argot and Slang : A New French and English Dictionary of the Cant Words, Quaint Expressions, Slang Terms and Flash Phrases

    This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the original. Due to its age, it may contain imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed pages. Because we believe this work is culturally important,

    • UPC: 10145168

  • The Complete English Dictionary, Explaining Most of Those Hard Words, Which Are Found in the Best English Writers the Second Edition, with Additions.

    The Complete English Dictionary, Explaining Most of Those Hard Words, Which Are Found in the Best English Writers the Second Edition, with

    • UPC: 451852510

  • The Complete English Dictionary, Explaining Most of Those Hard Words, Which Are Found in the Best English Writers the Third Edition.

    The 18th century was a wealth of knowledge, exploration and rapidly growing technology and expanding record-keeping made possible by advances in the printing press. In its determination to preserve the century of revolution, Gale initiated

    • UPC: 420921791

  • A New English Dictionary. Containing I. an Explanation of All English Words Used by the Best Writers; ... IV. a Supplement of Upwards of 4000 Proper Names.

    New English Dictionary. Containing I. an Explanation of

    • UPC: 791425937

  • The New Pocket Dictionary of the Dutch and English Languages. in Two Parts. I. English and Dutch. II. Dutch and English. Containing All Words of General Use, and Authorized by the Best Modern Writers. Volume 1 of 2

    New

    • UPC: 772047622

  • The Dictionary of Practical Phonography : Giving the Best Phonographic Forms for the Words of the English Language (Sixty Thousand), and for Over Five Thousand Proper Names [etc.]

    The Dictionary of Practical Phonography: Giving the Best Phonographic Forms for the Words of the English Language (Sixty Thousand), and for Over Five Height : 0.77 In Length : 9.69 In Width : 7.44 In

    • UPC: 228066394

  • Munson's System of Phonography. the Dictionary of Practical Phonography, Giving the Best Phonographic Forms for the Words of the English Language (Sixty Thousand) and for Over Five Thousand Proper Names; Also Illustrating the Principles of Phrase-Writing

    Munson's System of Phonography. the Dictionary of Practical Phonography, Giving the Best Phonographic Forms for the Words of the English Language (Six Height : 0.85 In Length : 9.69 In Width : 7.44 In Weight

    • UPC: 783570903

  • Argot and Slang; A New French and English Dictionary of the Cant Words, Quaint Expressions, Slang Terms and Flash Phrases Used in the High and Low Life of Old and New Paris

    Argot and Slang

    • UPC: 246409282

  • A New and Practical Dictionary of English and French Languages : With the Pronunciation and Accentuation of Every Word in Both Languages Phonetically Indicated. Compiled from the Best Modern French and English Authorities, and Containing All the Newest WOR

    A New and Practical Dictionary of English and French Languages: With the Pronunciation and Accentuation of Every Word in Both Languages Phonetically

    • UPC: 574419581

  • 23 AMERICAN SLANG WORDS that You Need to Know (AMERICAN ENGLISH)

    10 Common British English Slang Expressions & Phrases | #Spon

    Learn 10 Common Slang words in English I love to use in my daily routine conversation.