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Chargement... The Penguin dictionary of foreign terms and phrases (original 1980; édition 1993)par Eugene Ehrlich (Directeur de publication), C. O. Sylvester Mawson
Information sur l'oeuvreLe Mot Juste: A Dictionary of Classical and Foreign Words and Phrases par John Buchanan-Brown (1980)
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Tired of making faux pas because you don't know the difference between sub rosa and sub voce? Then this lexicon is a bona fide desideratum. Simply and concisely, it clarifies hundreds of words and phrases from Greek, Latin, French, German, Italian, Spanish, Russian, and Yiddish that have become part of the English language but are often confused or misused. Along with its definition, every term is accompanied by a phonetic guide to its pronunciation. Plus, there's an appendix of words derived from classical mythology -- such as delphic, erotic, laconic, odyssey, and thespian -- and two comprehensive lists of Greek and Latin prefixes and suffixes. The result is a sui generis (Latin, SU-ee GEN-er-is, unique, in a class itself) Meisterstuck (German, MY-ster-shtook, masterpiece) of lexicography that's guaranteed to give cognoscenti or naifs a greater understanding of the English language and its foreign borrowings. Aucune description trouvée dans une bibliothèque |
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