Cassell's Foreign Words and Phrases
- Binding: Hardcover
- Publisher: Cassell
- Publish date: 02/01/2003
Description:
Are you a bon vivant? Do you know whether that painting you're looking at uses chiaroscuro? From appellation controlee to zeitgeist, these 500 foreign words and phrases will put the world's terminology at your fingertips. It covers everyday expressions (pro forma); specialist vocabulary (barre, the wall-mounted rail used for ballet exercises); and tag lines (sic transit gloria mundi) -- and includes a pronunciation guide, the date when the expression first appeared in written English, detailed word histories, and highlighted points of additional interest.
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