How to Sound Clever: Master the 600 English Words You Pretend to Understand...When You Don't [Kõva köide]

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  • Formaat: Hardback, 224 pages, kõrgus x laius x paksus: 198x129x21 mm, Illustrations
  • Ilmumisaeg: 15-Sep-2010
  • Kirjastus: A & C Black Publishers Ltd
  • ISBN-10: 1408125099
  • ISBN-13: 9781408125090
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  • Formaat: Hardback, 224 pages, kõrgus x laius x paksus: 198x129x21 mm, Illustrations
  • Ilmumisaeg: 15-Sep-2010
  • Kirjastus: A & C Black Publishers Ltd
  • ISBN-10: 1408125099
  • ISBN-13: 9781408125090
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This book contains a collection of 600 words compiled by the author as words you hear all the time, read in newspapers and THINK you understand from the context, but you've probably never taken the time to look them up and learn their correct meaning.  Each entry is clearly defined and includes an example of usage. But unlike a regular dictionary, when you thumb through the pages of HOW TO SOUND CLEVER you'll immediately get hooked and think "oh, THAT's what it means!" With this entertaining and enlightening volume you'll be able to pepper your prose with intriguing nuance. By making these 600 useful words, like "agent provocateur" and "apparatchik", part of your vocabulary you'll be able to stand out in a crowd with your clear erudition!

 

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'This admirable book is a wholly welcome antidote to the semi-demi-literacy of the 21st century. Go out and buy it!' Colin Dexter 'Van den Bergh has produced a volume of words we all use, nod at and try to explain to other people - all with too little knowledge of their real meaning. It is time to claim back a semblance of literacy with this sublime lexicon.' The Field (December 2010)

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Entertaining way to improve your vocabulary Words/phrases explained clearly with example sentences so readers can see the word in context In the tradition of Who's Whose (over 10,000 copies in hardback) and Faux Pas (over 3,700 copies in hardback)
Hubert van den Bergh has worked in the City for the past decade. A language enthusiast, he was awarded an academic scholarship from Oxford University, where he studied Modern Languages.