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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)

Настоящая книга представляет собой англо-русский словарь военного сленга, содержащий слова и выражения, к которым прибегают военные в своей речи - как в повседневном общении, так и на официальном уровне. Источником словаря послужила англо-американская военная периодика, а также разговорные слова и выражения, почерпнутые автором при общении с военными специалистами. В словарь также включены термины времен вьетнамской войны. Словарь содержит около 2000 терминов. Он может быть использован в качестве пособия к спецкурсам и спецсеминарам по лексикологии, стилистике английской разговорной речи, а также для сопоставительного изучения английского и русского сленга. Словарь предназначен для преподавателей, студентов и аспирантов высших военных заведений и военных училищ, военных переводчиков, лингвистов, а также специалистов, по роду службы выезжающих в командировки за рубеж и общающихся с коллегами из вооруженных сил других стран

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

Forensic scientists apply scientific analysis in a legal context and play a vital role in solving crimes. Sometimes the collection of forensic evidence is the only way to establish or exclude an association between suspect and victim or crime scene, or to establish a likely order of events. Profiting from recent scientific developments and the advancement of technological equipment, forensic science is a rapidly evolving discipline that encompasses many sciences and the law • This dictionary covers in over 1300 entries the key concepts within forensic science, including a wide array of relevant specialist terms from areas such as chemistry, biology, anthropology, art, engineering, firearms, toolmarks, trace evidence, crime scene investigation, case history, biographies of investigators and criminals, as well as forensic computing

What do the $350 million Ford Motor Company disaster known as the Edsel, the fast and incredible rise of Xerox, and the unbelievable scandals at General Electric and Texas Gulf Sulphur have in common? Each is an example of how an iconic company was defined by a particular moment of fame or notoriety • These notable and fascinating accounts are as relevant today to understanding the intricacies of corporate life as they were when the events happened • Stories about Wall Street are infused with drama and adventure and reveal the machinations and volatile nature of the world of finance. John Brooks's insightful reportage is so full of personality and critical detail that whether he is looking at the astounding market crash of 1962, the collapse of a well-known brokerage firm, or the bold attempt by American bankers to save the British pound, one gets the sense that history really does repeat itself

'Bring me something new and exciting. Bring me a BIG story!' says Rosie's editor at The Record newspaper • And, when she leaves the office, Rosie does find a story. A story that is bigger than she expects. A story that takes her across Europe, into a dangerous world of art and art thieves

Книги для чтения Family and Friends были тщательно отобраны, чтобы соответствовать программе курса Family and Friends и обеспечить дополнительную практику чтения. Их можно использовать как в классе, так и для поддержки обучения дома • Иллюстрированный глоссарий на каждой странице помогает детям понять текст, в то время как вопросы и головоломки дают возможность проверить их понимание текста и помогают сильней развить навыки грамотности • Каждый уровень содержит четыре книги, каждая из которых представляет классическую или современную историю • Family and Friends is a seven-level primary course which offers you an exceptionally strong skills training programme covering language, phonics, and civic education • No other course offers you the same benefits as Family and Friends

"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

Inviting, perfect in proportion, exquisite in detail such are a few of the ways to describe homes designed by John Simpson. Well known for his work with the British royal family at Buckingham and Kensington palaces and for his buildings at Eton College in the U.K. and at the University of Notre Dame in the U.S., he is perhaps most brilliant at the level of the house and home. Building Beautiful is an invitation to enter the work of this master designer, as one might visit with a treasured friend. From a dream made real within a Venetian palazzo a former seventeenth-century near-ruin, brought back to glorious, fancifully detailed life to an English countryside cottage with a thatched roof, the featured homes are expressions of Simpson s unerring eye and extraordinary sense of beauty

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