How to Use Latin to Your Own Advantage and to the Astonishment of Others
This guide offers a humorous take on incorporating Latin expressions into everyday life, showcasing how these phrases can enhance communication and provide a clever edge. It encourages readers to embrace the wisdom of ancient language while navigating contemporary situations, making it both informative and enjoyable.
100 practice exercises with 1,295 practice item--Cover.
Conquer Your Enemies and Impress Your Friends with Everyday Latin (Revised, Updated)
This updated edition of a classic guide offers a witty approach to incorporating everyday Latin into modern life. It presents practical phrases and expressions that can enhance communication and add a touch of sophistication. With a blend of humor and educational content, readers are encouraged to embrace Latin as a useful tool in various contexts, making it both accessible and enjoyable for anyone interested in language and culture.
Anyone looking to improve his or her vocabulary and anyone who loves words will be enthralled by this unique and impressive thesaurus that provides only the most unusual -- or is it recondite? --words for each entry.
Enhance your conversations with clever phrases and witty remarks from this collection. It offers a variety of insightful and humorous expressions that can elevate discussions, making them more engaging and memorable. Perfect for anyone looking to impress or connect with others through the art of conversation.
Second Edition
Taking 6,000 commonly used - and confused - synonyms, this unique guide is much more useful than a straight thesaurus because it offers both a definition of each word, and then an explanation of how to use it in the correct context. Words of similar meaning are grouped together in helpful thematic sections, making it easier to find just the right one. Offering more detail and more of the subtle nuances of our vocabulary than a thesaurus, this is a reference must for anyone with an interest in language. 'More helpful than a thesaurus, more humane than a dictionary, [it] maps linguistic boundaries with precision, sensitivity and, on occasion, dry wit ...a delightful book' - "The TLS".
A dictionary which defines more than 15,000 foreign words and phrases, from more than fifty languages, that have strayed into English, bringing together in one volume information ordinarily to be found only on a shelf full of reference books. Erudite and entertaining, ideal for the browser with a taste for the curious, the book also has a full English index, making it equally useful for teacher's, students, travellers, diplomats, and secretaries, as well as for anyone who reads or writes
The one dictionary for americans who need to use their language well.
