The Dictionary Box Set
Published on 3. November 2016
Book
Paperback/Softback
1120 pages
978-0-85783-347-1 (ISBN)
Description
The English language contains a great store of idioms that can be used in creative and forceful ways and throughout history, events great and small have left their mark on the way we speak. Columbus's discovery of America introduced to Europe new food stuffs such as chilli and chocolate - and the words that described them. The Dictionary Boxset links hundreds of words with the historical upheavals and minor social changes which gave them life, and gives explanation and meaning to the thousands of idioms we use in everyday conversations and which seem to be completely illogical. And if you have ever noticed that 'out of sight, out of mind' and 'absence makes the heart grow fonder' can't both be true, this box set will solve your perplexity, tracing the origins of over 400 of these invaluable pieces of wisdom. The result is essential reading for anyone who delights in words.
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Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Octopus Publishing Group
Dimensions
Height: 203 mm
Width: 166 mm
Thickness: 88 mm
Weight
962 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-85783-347-1 (9780857833471)
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Linda and Roger Flavell studied the oddities of the English language for over 25 years. Linda has worked as a writer and as an English teacher both in England and overseas and has co-authored several dictionaries of etymologies for Kyle Books. The late Roger also travelled widely and was a Lecturer in Education at the Institute of Education, University of London. Their books include A Dictionary of English Down the Ages, Dictionary of Word Origins and Dictionary of Proverbs and Their Origins.