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Don’t play the silly bugger in front of your mates! Take a deep dive into British language and culture with this “hilarious and entertaining” reference (Chicago Tribune). Brits and Americans dress the same, eat at the same chain restaurants, and pass music back and forth across the Atlantic, and our national leaders are practically conjoined twins. But the second the Brits open their mouths, all bets are off. So don’t dream of visiting the United Kingdom, dating a Brit, or truly understanding what Jude Law is saying without this handy, hilarious, and informative guide to Britspeak. With the cheekiness of Austin Powers and the tidbit quotient of Schott’s Miscellany, screenwriter Jonathan Bernstein’s collection of Cockney rhyming slang, insults culled from British television shows of yore, and regional and “high British” favorites provides hours of educational, enlightening, even life-saving hilarity. And if it doesn’t accomplish that, at least you’ll be aware that when a British citizen describes you as a “wally,” a “herbert,” a “spanner,” or a “bampot,” he’s not showering you with compliments. Knickers in a Twist is as indispensable as a London city guide, as spot-on funny as an episode of The Office, and as edifying as Born to Kvetch and Eats, Shoots and Leaves. “Indispensable.” —Vanity Fair “Will probably do more for revolutionizing the way you and your nearest and dearest address one another than any other book out this year . . . Often bring[s] an overt chuckle.” —Edge New YorkVer libro
History is often concentrated into short bursts of change, with long periods of shifting before and waves of alteration afterwards. Nowhere is this more obvious than the thirty year interregnum between the Enlightenment and the Industrial Revolution. In this period, three figures stand tall; Pitt, the elder stateman who saw the need for genuine constitutionalism; Burke, the consummate parliamentarian, speaking for the glory of empire; and Robespierre, the legendary and controversial frontman of the French Revolution. William Pitt The Elder speaks about the need for key changes to the body politic. The first speech here predates the interregnum, being from 1738, when he was merely thirty, and covers a key factor in Britain’s colonial problems for the next two centuries, being the complete internal corruption of the army. Edmund Burke represents the height of Royalist sympathy as the age of revolution gets underway. He speaks on the need for conciliation with America after the disaster of the Stamp Act and revolution, on the need to punish Warren Hastings for treating his Asian holdings as his own empire to fill with his own corruption, and on the end of an era with the passing of Marie Antoinette. Finally, the age of revolution, both industrial and political, has begun. Robespierre argues for the dignity of man; for rejecting the divinity of royal authority in favour of that of the human spirit; against the death penalty, as being below the dignity of a truly humanist state; on enemies, internal and external, who push the people to reject their own interests for those of the powerful. This is but a small selection of the man’s incredible output - in 1791 alone, he gave three hundred and twenty-eight speeches. Spitting bile and flame in his last speech, which closes this volume, Robespierre truly inaugurates the era when revolution against centuries-old powers brought their end, and their nations found their renewal.Ver libro
“The Philosophy of Style,” explored a growing trend of formalist approaches to writing. Highly focused on the proper placement and ordering of the parts of an English sentence, [Spencer] created a guide for effective composition. Spencer’s aim was to free prose writing from as much "friction and inertia" as possible, so that the reader would not be slowed by strenuous deliberations concerning the proper context and meaning of a sentence. [Wikipedia]Ver libro
Travel words and phrases in Vietnamese. 300 essential words and phrases and the 100 most common verbs. As a national language, Vietnamese is the official language used by everyone in Vietnam (90 million speakers). In the United States, Vietnamese is the fifth most spoken language, with over 2 million speakers. How to learn a language differently? Today, language learning is revolutionizing : you do not have to go to traditional language classes anymore. Our learning method : a selection of hundreds of phrases and essential words. You listen to them, you repeat them, and you speak. We rely on pronunciation, oral rehearsal, listening, combined with words, essential phrases, and a vocabulary list. 20% of the words are used 80% of the time. The end goal is to get a sufficient level in one language to be able to hold simple conversations, to be able to understand simple exchanges, deal with with everyday life and start exploring the new culture that opens up to you.Ver libro
Effektives Sprachenlernen mit Spaß, Spannung und Motivation. Compact Lernkrimi Hörbücher sind die ideale Kombination aus spannungsgeladenem Krimi-Hörgenuss und effektivem Sprachtraining. Die Kriminalgeschichte wird von Muttersprachlern gelesen und eignet sich hervorragend, um das Hörverständnis gezielt zu verbessern. Die Geschichte zum Mitlesen sowie zahlreiche textbezogene Übungen mit Lösungsteil und Glossar sind im kostenlosen Begleitbuch (im PDF-Format) enthalten. Englisch – Niveau B1 Zur Geschichte: Der berüchtigte Londoner Gangsterboss Stanley Cooper liegt tot in seinem Nachtclub. Was zunächst wie Selbstmord aussieht, stellt die Ermittler Evans und Checchino schon bald vor einige Rätsel. Schließlich hatte Cooper, dessen Syndikat mit Drogen, Sportwetten und Erpressung Geschäfte machte, zahlreiche Feinde. Und dann ist das noch der Lippenstiftfleck am Hemdkragen des Toten.Ver libro
Your Personal Conversational Survival Kit!Don't be afraid to speak German! Even if you can't always remember extensive vocabulary and complicated grammar, these indispensable phrases and expressions will help you carry on conversations in common situations. Learn these 50 essential phrases and expressions, and they will become your personal conversational survival kit!Features:Greetings and FarewellsIntroductions and CourtesiesGeneral KnowledgeOvercoming MiscommunicationAsking QuestionsVer libro
