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Drawing on the unique resources of the Oxford English Dictionary and offering coverage of over 6,000 slang words and expressions from the Cockney 'abaht' to the American term 'zowie', this is the most authoritative dictionary of slang from the 20th and 21st centuries. The Oxford Dictionary of Modern Slang is a fascinating and entertaining collection, packed with illustrative quotations and providing full details of origins and dates of first printed use. The text contains expressions from around the English-speaking world such as 'dork' and 'cockamamie' (North America) and 'giggle-house' and 'Jimmy Woodser' (Australia). As well as the A-Z listing of terms, the book contains a comprehensive thematic index, enabling users to home in on particular areas of interest, such as the body, food and drink, and human behaviour

An essential-nor to mention crucial, vital, and indispensable-point of reference for anyone wanting to find exactly the right word to communicate their meaning, The Oxford Dictionary of Synonyms and Antonyms puts more than 120,000 alternative and opposite-words at your fingertips • 3-е издание

Over 4,000 entries • This wide-ranging dictionary contains a wealth of information on all aspects of history, from prehistory right up to the present day. Accessible, clear, and concise entries include biographies of key figures in world history (living and dead), separate entries for every country in the world (summarising key historical events), and in-depth entries on religious and political movements, international organizations, and major conflicts and events and their after-effects • For this new edition, existing entries have been revised and updated to reflect the very latest global events including changes in leadership, wars, political situations, and the statistical information given for each country (population counts, currency, languages, religions)

With more than 1,700 entries, The Concise Dictionary of Art Terms is an accessible and comprehensive A-Z guide covering a wide range of terms from the visual art world, including periods, styles, materials, well-known schools, techniques, and much more. In this new edition, the text has been fully revised and updated to reflect the latest developments in the field, and has been expanded with more than 100 new entries, focusing primarily on modern and contemporary art materials and techniques. The Dictionary has been further enhanced with the addition of over 100 web links to selected entries, which are accessed and kept up to date via a companion website. These links add another dimension to the print book by allowing the reader to see illustrations of various materials and techniques, while providing easy access to important collections that are freely available online

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"Анна из Зеленых фронтонов" • Анна мечтает, чтобы ее ярко-рыжие волосы были красивого русого цвета (а не зеленого, в который она их случайно покрасила) • Она мечтает о красивых платьях и изысканных пирожных (приготовленных из правильных ингредиентов, а не из лекарства, которое она случайно использовала) • И она твердо намерена победить Гилберта Блайта и стать лучшей в классе (и ее ничуть не волнует, насколько он красив) • Но больше всего на свете она хочет навсегда остаться в Зеленых Фронтонах со своей лучшей подругой Дианой • Дружба, семья, катастрофы и романтика - приходите и познакомьтесь с девочкой, которая полна веселья! • Оксфордская детская классика" представляет не только оригинальное и неабридированное приключение Анны из Зеленых Фронтонов, но и поможет вам открыть для себя целый новый мир душевных, веселых историй, с удивительным ассортиментом рекомендаций и занятий

As the first concise dictionary of separable words based on the "Outline of the Graded Vocabulary for HSK", the dictionary includes altogether 268 separable words from the Outline, consisting of 18 Level A words, 47 Level В words, 47 Level С words and 156 Level D words • The dictionary is written for learners who learn Chinese as their second language, especially for the learners with intermediate or advanced Chinese proficiency. It can also serve as a reference for CFL teachers in teaching separable words

A spoof encyclopedia of contemporary accepted wisdom and commonplaces, the Dictionary of Received Ideas sees Flaubert at his witty and satirical best. Perhaps intended as a companion to his final, unfinished novel Bouvard and Pecuchet, this compilation was the result of a lifetime of collecting the absurd and the cliched with darkly humorous explanations • A playful look at nineteenth-century values and talking points, this dictionary will provide enduring entertainment and prove relevant even today

The most complete and authoritative idioms dictionary available, the Cambridge Dictionary of American Idioms gives you the tools to understand contemporary American English. It gives clear, easy-to-understand definitions and more than 1,000 usage notes that explain what idioms mean and how they are used today. With dozens of entertaining illustrations and more than 8,000 example sentences taken from the Cambridge International Corpus, it shows how idioms are really used. The Subject Index helps learners find idioms related to health, money, feelings, truth, and many more topics, and the Study Section groups idioms to make them easier to learn. If you want to understand American English idioms, this is the book that will spell it out for you

The Penguin Dictionary of Economics explains a host of economic terms, from acceleration principle to venture capital, Euro to X-efficiency, globalisation to zero-sum game. The eighth edition has been fully revised and updated to include those terms that have become so familiar since the global recession begun ('quantitative easing' and 'sub-prime' among them), but whose meanings escape most of us. Wide-ranging and accessible, this detailed practical and international guide will be indispensable for students of economics and professionals (in business, finance or the public sector), and for anyone wishing to follow economic discussions in the media today

The Penguin Dictionary of International Relations provides an authoritative overview of this complex and constantly shifting subject. Ranging from the Arab-Israeli conflict to weapons of mass destruction, this is an indispensable and comprehensive guide to the events, organisations, theories and concepts that are shaping today's global community

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