The English language is full of beauty and surprises. If you're a lover of the weird and wonderful, from fascinating etymology to the ten most overused and useless English phrases, this book isn't averse to a peppering of persiflage! Did you know: - pilots and air traffic controllers at major air international airports have to speak English - the hashtag symbol is an "octothorpe" - "bumfiddle" means to spoil a piece of paper or document - the word "noon" originally meant 3pm; the literal meaning of "bamboozle" is to make a baboon out of someone. This book contains a boatload of th Word Nerd - Michael Powell od authora Michael Powell a nakladatelství za skvělé ceny na e-shopu Martinus. cz.
| Autor |
Michael Powell |
| Jazyk |
anglický |
| Počet stran |
96 |
| Rok vydání |
2019 |
| Typ |
filmy |
| Nakladatelství |
Cassell Illustrated |
