Dictionary of English Down the Ages, Flavell Linda

Автор: Flavell, Linda Flavell, Roger
Название: Dictionary of proverbs
ISBN: 1856267369 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781856267366
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Описание: Did you know that `if the cap fits` refers to the traditional jester`s cap with bells on it - so anyone wearing such a cap could be expected to do something foolish? Or that the ancient Greeks believed that it was camels rather than elephants that never forgot? This is a dictionary of proverbs which also includes quotations.

Автор: Flavell, Linda
Название: Dictionary of word origins
ISBN: 1856268616 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781856268615
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Описание: Words are the building blocks of language, but their derivations are often stories in themselves. With entries from accolade to zoo and including such disparate items as blackmail, fiasco, influence and rigmarole, this title explains the origins and development of 300 commonly used words.