The Oxford Dictionary of Phrase, Saying, and Quotation - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook The Oxford Dictionary of Phrase, Saying, and Quotation write by Elizabeth M. Knowles. This book was released on 1997. The Oxford Dictionary of Phrase, Saying, and Quotation available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Compiles over 10,000 quotations, proverbs, and phrases on over 350 themes, among them actors and acting, bores and boredom, elections, food and drink, kissing, madness, schools, taxes, the weather, and youth. Many are attributed, with reference to particular works, while others merely explain the meaning and sometimes the background. For example, a Carthaginian peace is a peace settlement that imposes very severe terms of the defeated side, and refers to the ultimate destruction of Carthage by Rome in the Punic Wars. A keyword index presents abbreviated versions to facilitate finding a particular, perhaps half remembered, quotation. Annotation copyrighted by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR
Oxford Dictionary of Phrase, Saying, and Quotation
Oxford Dictionary of Phrase, Saying, and Quotation - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Oxford Dictionary of Phrase, Saying, and Quotation write by Susan Ratcliffe. This book was released on 2006. Oxford Dictionary of Phrase, Saying, and Quotation available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Presents proverbs and sayings from across the world to apt and memorable phrases and quotations from across the centuries. This edition of an Oxford classic traces the links between treasured sayings in our language, and explains their varied origins. It includes a keyword index and allows cross referencing.
Concise Oxford Dictionary of Quotations
Concise Oxford Dictionary of Quotations - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Concise Oxford Dictionary of Quotations write by Susan Ratcliffe. This book was released on 2006. Concise Oxford Dictionary of Quotations available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Provides coverage of literary and historical quotations. An easy-to-use keyword index traces quotations and their authors, while the appendix material, including Catchphrases, Film Lines, Official Advice, and Political Slogans, offers further topics of interest.
The Little Oxford Dictionary of Quotations
The Little Oxford Dictionary of Quotations - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook The Little Oxford Dictionary of Quotations write by Susan Ratcliffe. This book was released on 2001. The Little Oxford Dictionary of Quotations available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. From Ambition to Youth, Health and Fitness to Technology, this little dictionary is packed full of more than 4,000 quotations on over 250 subjects. Arranged by theme and with an author index, this new edition contains simply the best quotations from three millennia. Fascinating andentertaining, it is guaranteed to amuse and delight.On Imagination'I'm up to my neck in the real world, every day. Just you try doing your VAT return with a head full of goblins.'Terry PratchettOn the Twentieth Century'The light may be fading on the 20th century, but the sun is still rising on America.'Bill Clinton
Little Oxford Dictionary of Proverbs
Little Oxford Dictionary of Proverbs - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Little Oxford Dictionary of Proverbs write by Elizabeth Knowles. This book was released on 2016-10-06. Little Oxford Dictionary of Proverbs available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Little Oxford Dictionary of Proverbs features over 2,000 proverbs and sayings from around the world, arranged across 250 subjects - from 'Books' and 'Borrowing' to 'Dreams' and 'Drink'. Each theme has a short introduction giving an overview of the proverbial treatment of the topic and each proverb is accompanied by information on its date, source, and meaning. Not only is this book a pleasure to browse but it is ideal for quick reference with its comprehensive index that makes it easy to find the exact phrase you're looking for. Beautifully produced and designed, it is the perfect gift for anyone who loves language. Drawing on Oxford's ongoing dictionary research and language monitoring, the second edition of this delightful book adds phrases that have come to prominence, or increased in popularity, since publication of the first edition, such as 'Never waste a good crisis' and 'Dress for the job you want, not for the job you have', which add a contemporary flavour to the selection of more traditional English proverbs, and the popular sayings used in the English-speaking world from Asia, Africa, Middle East, and many other cultures. Find phrases on all aspects of life in this fascinating little book.
