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Why Is This a Question?: Everything About the Origins and Oddities of Language You Never Thought to Ask
ISBN: 9781783966646 / Angielski / Twarda / 2022 Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 8-10 dni roboczych. |
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75,62 |
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A Winter Dictionary: A Collection of Words for the Festive Season - Full of frosty delights for the word lover in your life
ISBN: 9781783968237 / Angielski / Twarda / 2024 / 224 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 8-10 dni roboczych. |
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85,71 |
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Around the World in 80 Words: A Journey Through the English Language
ISBN: 9781783964000 / Angielski / Twarda / 2018 / 288 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 8-10 dni roboczych. For armchair travellers and language nerds: the surprising stories behind places that have become words.
For armchair travellers and language nerds: the surprising stories behind places that have become words.
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The Cabinet of Linguistic Curiosities: A Yearbook of Forgotten Words
ISBN: 9781783964390 / Angielski / Miękka / 2019 / 384 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 8-10 dni roboczych. |
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50,40 |
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A Winter Dictionary: A Collection of Words for the Festive Season - Full of frosty delights for the word lover in your life
ISBN: 9781783969067 / Angielski / Miękka / 2026 / 224 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 8-10 dni roboczych. |
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Word Drops: A Sprinkling of Linguistic Curiosities
ISBN: 9780826356567 / Angielski / Miękka / 2016 / 216 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 30 dni roboczych. From aardvark to zenzizenzizenzic, Word Drops collects a thousand obscure words and language facts in one fascinating chain of word associations. Did you know, for example, that scandal derives from the Latin for ?stumbling block? and originally described a trap for a wild animal? In nineteenth-century slang a wolf trap was a corrupt casino. Casino means ?little house? in Italian. Roulette means ?little wheel? in French. A wheeler is someone who attends auctions to bid on items merely to increase their sale price. Such... From aardvark to zenzizenzizenzic, Word Drops collects a thousand obscure words and language facts in one fascinating ch... |
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The Accidental Dictionary: The Remarkable Twists and Turns of English Words
ISBN: 9781783964383 / Angielski / Miękka / 2019 / 224 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 8-10 dni roboczych. A rich resource of etymological fascination and a delightful, dip-able gift book
A rich resource of etymological fascination and a delightful, dip-able gift book
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The Cabinet of Calm: Soothing Words for Troubled Times
ISBN: 9781783965922 / Angielski / Miękka / 2021 / 224 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 8-10 dni roboczych. |
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Word Drops: A Sprinkling of Linguistic Curiosities
ISBN: 9781783964376 / Angielski / Miękka / 2019 / 224 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 8-10 dni roboczych. A beautiful and irresistible collection of trivia for wordsmiths and lovers of language
A beautiful and irresistible collection of trivia for wordsmiths and lovers of language
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45,36 |
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Around the World in 80 Words: A Journey Through the English Language
ISBN: 9780226682792 / Angielski / Miękka / 2020 / 288 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 30 dni roboczych. What makes a place so memorable that it survives forever in a word? In this captivating round-the-world tour, Paul Anthony Jones acts as your guide through the intriguing stories of how eighty places became immortalized in the English language. You'll discover why the origins of turkeys, limericks, Brazil nuts, and Panama hats aren't quite as straightforward as you might presume. If you've never heard of the tiny Czech mining town of Ja chymov--or Joachimsthal, as it was known until the late 1800s--you're not alone, which makes its claim to fame as the origin of the word "dollar" all the more...
What makes a place so memorable that it survives forever in a word? In this captivating round-the-world tour, Paul Anthony Jones acts as your guide th...
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Why Is This a Question?: Everything About the Origins and Oddities of Language You Never Thought to Ask
ISBN: 9781783967025 / Angielski / Miękka / 2024 / 320 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 8-10 dni roboczych. |
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