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Who still says 'soccer'; why does 'Arsenal' sound so foreign; who was 'sick as a parrot' first; was Shakespeare the game's first clogger; and what makes footballers better wordsmiths than the Eskimos? The answers to all these and more are revealed in Football Talk, football's first linguistic odyssey. Peter Seddon explores how words came about to describe football kit, boots and balls; playing techniques, foul play, girl talk and team terminology; and the language of commentators and footie mags...

The origin of the names of many English towns, hamlets and villages date as far back as Saxon times, when kings like Alfred the Great established fortified borough towns to defend against the Danes. A number of settlements were established and named by French Normans following the Conquest. Many are even older and are derived from Roman placenames. Some hark back to the Vikings who invaded our shores and established settlements in the eighth and ninth centuries. Most began as simple description...

Using a time-tested approach that has helped millions of students around the world, Fundamentals of English Grammar blends direct grammar instruction with carefully sequenced practice to developspeaking, writing, listening, and reading skills. The fifth edition has been extensively revised to keep pace with advances in theory and practice, particularly from cognitive science. Now more than ever, teachers will find an extensive range of presentations, activities, and tasks to meet the spec...

Focus on Writing is an academic writing program that provides students with essential tools to master not only the key steps in the writing process, but also the grammatical structures, lexical knowledge, and rhetorical modes essential for academic writing. This five-level series progresses with students as they grow in confidence and ability from sentence level (Book 1) through paragraphs (Books 1-3) and essays (Books 3-5). Each unit leads writers step-by-step through the process of prew...

Navigate every situation in modern life with eloquence and grace with this curated list of words featuring witty analysis of their origins, meanings and practical applications. In On the Tip of My Tongue, logophile and television star Tom Read Wilson takes a delicious dive into the etymology and usage of all kinds of words, euphemisms and bon mots. Divided into sections spanning dating, personal development, show business, compliments, curses, complaining without being a Karen and more, discove...

This title provides English-learning pupils with a sound basis of the English grammar syllabus, building on pupils confidence learning a foreign language with grammatical knowledge in an easily accessible and understandable way.

These two volumes are about the forty-five surviving manuscripts and fragments that transmit, and sometimes illustrate, the texts of Chretien de Troyes. Here is presented, for the first time, a photographic corpus of those manuscripts that is as complete as possible and includes all the illustrations of the illustrated manuscripts, organized according to a new interpretation of their chronology and distribution. This visual material is complemented by a catalogue of all the extant manuscripts an...

Practice for children not yet working at the level needed for 11+ success. Bond English Up to Speed 10-11+ years includes: *15 Focus tests *carefully levelled questions designed to help acquire and reinforce techniques in all 11+ question types *4 Mixed papers containing a full range of question types *full test practice to help raise your child's potential *motivating progress chart, answers and ideas for improving scores *step-by-step support and advice. Bond is the number one series for...

In response to the silence that continues to shroud Austria's historical past, Austrian literature after 1950 wants to retrace an untold history that left its marks in mental schemata and cultural cliches. The question how literature can refer to the facts silenced by a political unconscious, the question of literary reference and reality description, lies at the core of Austrian literature since the 1950's. This book traces the development of contemporary Austrian fiction from the 1950s to the...

Prepárate para el examen de ciudadanía americana en español Este CURSO DE CIUDADANÍA AMERICANA está actualizado al cambio que se produjo en el Examen de Naturalización en diciembre 2020, formado por un nuevo test de 128 preguntas acerca de la historia, el gobierno y los valores cívicos estadounidenses y por una evaluación del dominio del idioma inglés.  EL NUEVO TEST DE CIUDADANÍA, HECHO FÁCIL: - Las 128 nuevas preguntas y respuestas del test actualizado. - Todas la preguntas y respuestas,...

Writing against Boundaries. Nationality, Ethnicity and Gender in the German-speaking Context presents a series of essays by prominent scholars who critically explore the intersection of nation and subjectivity, the production of national identities, and the tense negotiation of multiculturalism in German-speaking countries. By looking at a wide spectrum of texts that range from Richard Wagner's operas to Hans Bellmer's art, and to literature by Aras OEren, Irene Dische, Annette Kolb, Elizabeth L...

Topic-based practice questions for the 11+ exam. Bond English Assessment Papers 12+-13+ years includes: *10 carefully graded practice papers *comprehensive coverage of all key English skills *answers and tips available online *motivating progress chart *comprehensive parental advice *step-by-step support to help your child achieve 11 plus success. Bond is the number one series for 11 plus practice, with over 45 years of experience. Written by expert authors Bond Assessment Papers offer continu...

Nelson Comprehension Egypt Pupil Book is a comprehension scheme specifically designed for the Middle East and South Asian English-speaking schools market. It consists of six Pupil Books, one for each year group, and each split into fifteen units, each with a fiction, non-fiction or poetry manuscript and will be available from September 2008.

Topic-based practice questions for the 11+ exam. Bond English Assessment Papers 8-9 years includes: *20 carefully graded practice papers *comprehensive coverage of all key English skills *answers and tips available online *motivating progress chart *comprehensive parental advice *step-by-step support to help your child achieve 11 plus success. Bond is the number one series for 11 plus practice, with over 45 years of experience. Written by expert authors Bond Assessment Papers offer continuous...