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Linda Flavell

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The Dictionary Series Box


The slipcase contains four titles - "Dictionary of Idioms", "Dictionary of Proverbs", "Dictionary of Word Origins" and "Dictionary of English Down the Ages" - between them, over 1000 pages of information about the origins and meanings of words and phrases in our language, selected because they have a story to tell that will fascinate the browser as well as satisfying the scholar and serious student. Each title describes the origins and meanings of the chosen word or phrase, giving alternatives and informed speculation where the exact facts are unclear and illustrating usage with modern quotations. Mini-essays scattered through the books enable the authors to expand on broader themes such as What Is an Idiom, The Old Curiosity Shop of Linguistics and Portmanteau Words.
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37,04 € 38,99 €

Dictionary of proverbs and their origins


In Dictionary of Proverbs and Their Origins, Linda and Roger Flavell trace the origins and histories of over 400 proverbs, detailing the changes of meaning and usage that have occurred throughout each proverb's life and offering literary examples dating back over 2,000 years. Entries have been selected because they have a tale to tell and because they are pithily, even wittily phrased, offering, as Cervantes put it, "short sentences drawn from long experience."
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9,45 € 9,95 €