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The Penguin dictionary of foreign terms and phrases

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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

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The Penguin dictionary of foreign terms and phrases, Eugene Ehrlich, C. O. Sylvester Mawson

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1990
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Title
The Penguin dictionary of foreign terms and phrases
Language
English
Publisher
Penguin Books
Released
1990
Format
Paperback
Pages
448
ISBN10
014051225x
ISBN13
9780140512250
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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