"Русские проблемы в английской речи (слова и фразы в контексте двух культур)" — одновременно учебник, путеводитель по устному английскому языку и сборник упражнений. Книга...
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English for language snobs
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CastleAtingleEnglish for language snobs
A panda walks into a café. He orders a sandwich, eats it, then draws a gun and fires two shots in the air.
"Why?" asks the confused waiter, as the panda makes towards t...
"There are four tongues worthy of the world’s use", says the Talmud: “Greek for song, Latin for war, Syriac for lamentation, and Hebrew for ordinary speech.” Other authori...
How did English, 'treated for centuries as the inadequate and second-rate tongue of peasants' become the undisputed global language? How did words like shampoo, sofa and r...
Great Essays...The Schaum's Way.
Write the kinds of essays that will help you succeed in college and the professional world. Quickly and simply, this guide gives you cl...
They Say / I Say shows that writing well means mastering some key rhetorical moves, the most important of which involves summarizing what others have said (they say) to se...
Пособие для тех, кто желает легко и в непринужденной форме овладеть навыками изучения иностранных языков.
English is the collective work of millions of people throughout the ages. It is democratic, ever-changing and ingenious in its assimilation of other cultures. English runs...
From 'shotclog' a Yorkshire term for a companion only tolerated because he is paying for the drinks to Albanian having 29 words to describe different kinds of eyebrows, th...
A usage guide for writers and all lovers of language from Bill Walsh, language maven, copy editor at The Washington Post, and author of Lapsing into a Comma.
Calling al...
Mary Norris has spent more than three decades in The New Yorker's copy department, maintaining its celebrated high standards. Now she brings her vast experience, good chee...
«Русские проблемы в английской речи (слова и фразы в контексте двух культур)» — одновременно учебник, путеводитель по устному английскому языку и сборник упражнений. Книга...
You sit down to write a career-related email and then...you freeze.
You think: "How do I begin? And what's the best way to make my point?"
In his comprehensive guide, ...
<p>People speak different languages, and always have. The Ancient Greeks took no notice of anything unless it was said in Greek; the Romans made everyone speak Latin; and ...
An expat’s witty, insightful exploration of English and American cultural differences through the lens of language.
A lifelong Anglophile, Erin Moore was born and raise...
At the end of the day, when it comes to getting your head around clichés, everybody seems to be singing from the same hymn sheet. Clichés have become such a familiar part ...