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Gordon Jarvie
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Bloomsbury Dictionary of Idioms
Автор: Gordon Jarvie Жанр: A&C Black Издательство: A&C Black Год: 2009 Страниц: 384 Дата загрузки: 15 декабря 20112010-06-23
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From credit crunch to golden parachute, barking up the wrong tree to storm in a tea cup in this book, Gordon Jarvie explains all you need to know about these and 3,000 other common English idioms. Packed with nuggets of fascinating information, the Bloomsbury Dictionary of Idioms traces the origins of these phrases, explains meanings and gives examples of up-to-date usage. Ideal for word buffs and English students alike, this book will help all users of English to mind their (linguistic) ps and qs.
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Bloomsbury Grammar Guide: Grammar Made Easy
Автор: Gordon Jarvie Жанр: Bloomsbury Publishing Издательство: Bloomsbury Publishing Год: 2007 Страниц: 256 Дата загрузки: 25 июня 20092010-02-29
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Grammar, the structure of a language, is often the subject of confusion. «The Bloomsbury Grammar Guide» is an easy-to-use handbook which provides the answers. Updated and revised throughout, the new edition is essential reading for all writers and readers of our increasingly dynamic and global language. It contains: words, phrases, sentences and clauses; punctuation — where and how to use everything from the colon to the slash; figures of speech and literary devices; and, common errors — an A-Z list of easily confused words.
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