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Better Vocabulary in 30 Minutes a Day offers a lively and entertaining method for adding a more impressive list of words to your everyday speech, and for learning how to use them effortlessly and accurately. Besides giving definitions, this invaluable guide also provides root meanings and elements of words so you can increase your vocabulary base by thousands of exciting new words and use them with aplomb in sentences.

Words on the Move opens our eyes to the surprising backstories to the words and expressions we use every day. Did you know that silly once meant "blessed"? Or that ought was the original past tense of owe? Or that the suffix -ly in adverbs is actually a remnant of the word like? And have you ever wondered why some people from New Orleans sound as if they come from Brooklyn?

This quiz is 100 questions. It is to test kids on their ability to apply what they have learned in English Grammar for Kids. It is a true-or-false answer format. It is assumed that the kids have a good knowledge of nouns, pronouns, adjectives, verbs, and adverbs.

Warm and witty, Mrs. G.P. makes grammar interesting with rhyming, wishful thinking, storytelling, and a champagne toast. You are cordially invited to join her for a spot of tea!

Planning a trip to Russia and need to learn Russian? Want to learn Russian fast, quick, and easy? Need a reference for your upcoming trip to Russia? Need grammar, spelling, or just pronunciation of a word in the Russian language? Want to know how to say common greetings in Russian? Or, do you just need a study guide? All the answers are just one click away!

Learn how to master proper spelling, pronunciation, definitions, and synonyms/antonyms through the use of these unique audio exercises. There are three levels (easy, medium, and difficult) that each consists of 10 powerful exercises covering 100 words each. You'll discover high-frequency words that have appeared in previous exams, increasing your chance for better test results!

Introducing COOP-HSPT Vocabulary 3000, the most comprehensive audio course for COOP-HSPT vocabulary on the market. Learn how to master proper spelling, pronunciation, definitions, synonyms, and antonyms through the use of these unique audio exercises. There are three levels (easy, medium, and difficult) that each consists of 10 powerful exercises covering 100 words each. You'll discover high-frequency words that have appeared in previous COOP-HSPT exams, increasing your chance for better test results!

Introducing ASVAB Vocabulary 3000: The most comprehensive audio course for ASVAB Vocabulary on the market. Learn how to master proper spelling, pronunciation, definitions, synonyms/antonyms through the use of these unique audio exercises. There are 3 levels (Easy, Medium and Difficult) that each consist of 10 powerful exercises covering 100 words each. You'll discover high-frequency words that have appeared in previous ASVAB tests, increasing your chance for better test results! All audio is carefully narrated by 2 professional voiceover artists for easy listening and quick learning. If you're preparing for the ASVAB, and want to get on the "fast track" to better results, then this audio course is for you!

A bonzer (p. 288) discussion of the strange but dinkum (p. 289) pedigree (p. 224) of the naughty (p. 202), nice (p. 212), and, sometimes, obscene (p. 217) English language. We live in a torrent of words — from radio and television, books and newspapers, and now from the internet. But, as Julian Burnside reminds us in this new edition of the bestselling Wordwatching, words are a source both of pleasure and power, and can be deployed for good or for ill.

Word Workout is a practical audiobook for building vocabulary - a graduated program featuring thousands of words that begins with those known by most college graduates and ascends to words known only by the most educated, intelligent, and well-read adults. This workout is a comprehensive program, chock-full of information about synonyms, antonyms, and word origins, and replete with advice on proper usage and pronunciation.

This audiobook will show you how to write and speak clear English. You will be able to communicate in English as a confident and responsible citizen of the World. You will write so well that it will be a pleasure to meet up with you and your page on the Internet. Good writing opens the door on our World.

A short and entertaining book on the modern art of writing well by New York Times bestselling author Steven Pinker Why is so much writing so bad, and how can we make it better? Is the English language being corrupted by texting and social media? Do the kids today even care about good writing?...

The severed hand, whether real or a ghostly thing, always tries to avenge the one who created it or find its way back to the rest of the corpse. Narrated by David Stifel.

Warum lernt im Ausland keiner Deutsch? Und das, obwohl die halbe Jugend Europas in Deutschland arbeiten will. Vielleicht, weil Deutsch wie eine Zementmischmaschine klingt? Oder wie berstendes Holz? Oder weil nicht mal der gemeine Muttersprachler weiß, wie er mit gefühlten 87 Fällen und 1087 Ausnahmeregelungen umgehen soll? Bastian Sick, der gefragteste Deutschlehrer der Nation, hat wieder zugeschlagen und liefert in Teil 5 der Dativ-Erfolgsreihe viele gute Gründe dafür, Deutsch zu lernen.

Absquatulate. Flumadiddle. Gongoozler. Squintifego. If you love words, you know the strange byways of memory or reverie that stumbling across a certain word or phrase will take you down. Chances are, you have never encountered words as unusual as those collected in this audiobook. You'll find definitions and parts of speech for each entry. And for each word, the author has also included a quotation to show how the word can be used in context. Amaze your friends with your selcouth vocabulary and indulge your inner logophile!

Workbook Three is meant to test your knowledge of the prepositions covered in the ESL guide 92 Powerful Prepositions and Examples. The exercises here are all multiple choice, with the answer mentioned directly after each multiple-choice problem. This method allows you to study the prepositions on your own.

To untangle the knot of interlocking meanings of these painted words, logophile and mythologist Phil Cousineau begins each fascinating word entry with his own brief definition. He then fills it in with a tint of etymology and a smattering of quotes that show how the word is used, ending with a list of companion words.

In its long history, the English language has had many lawmakers - those who have tried to regulate or otherwise organize the way we speak. The Lexicographer's Dilemma poses a pair of questions: What does proper English mean? And who gets to say what's right? Our ideas of correct or proper English have a history, and today's debates over the state of the language - whether about Ebonics in schools, the unique use of language in a South Park episode, or split infinitives in the Times - make sense only in historical context.

Like its predecessor, Vocabulary Energizers II builds vocabulary by presenting the fascinating histories behind those words we need for more effective communication and comprehension. Focusing on a core of 100 words and their back ground stories, the author links these words with hundreds of synonyms and antonyms.

This book builds vocabulary by presenting the fascinating histories behind those words we need for more effective communication and comprehension. Focusing on a core of 100 words and their background stories, the author links these words with hundreds of synonyms and antonyms. Greek and Latin word parts introduce additional words. Informative and amusing exercises reinforce the vocabulary entries.