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Télécharger le livre :  I Never Knew There Was a Word For It
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I Never Knew There Was a Word For It


Adam Jacot De Boinod


From 'shotclog', a Yorkshire term for a companion only tolerated because he is paying for the drinks, to Albanian having 29 words to describe different kinds of eyebrows, the languages of the world are full of amazing, amusing and illuminating words and expressions that...

Parution : 2010-08-05
Format(s) : ePub
Éditeur : Penguin
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Télécharger le livre :  The Wonder of Whiffling
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The Wonder of Whiffling


Adam Jacot De Boinod


The Wonder of Whiffling is a hugely enjoyable, surprising and rewarding tour of English around the globe (with fine coinages from our English-speaking cousins across the pond, Down Under and elsewhere).Discover all sorts of words you've always wished existed but never...

Parution : 2009-09-24
Format(s) : ePub
Éditeur : Penguin
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Télécharger le livre :  Toujours Tingo
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Toujours Tingo


Adam Jacot De Boinod


Why would Germans accuse you of being like the donkey getting cross with a rabbit? Who would a Spaniard tell to go and fry asparagus? And when might the French claim they are without a radish? Furthering your knowledge of the world’s unusual idioms, Toujours Tingo will...

Parution : 2007-11-01
Format(s) : ePub
Éditeur : Penguin
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Télécharger le livre :  The Meaning of Tingo
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The Meaning of Tingo


Adam Jacot De Boinod


Did you know that people in Indonesia have a word that means 'to take off your clothes in order to dance'? Or how many words the Albanians have for eyebrows and moustaches? Or that the Dutch word for skimming stones is plimpplamppletteren? Drawing on the collective...

Parution : 2006-10-05
Format(s) : ePub
Éditeur : Penguin
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