Added by: Anonymous | Karma: | Non-Fiction, Dictionaries and Encyclopedias | 17 April 2013
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From A-line to yukata, from batik to yoke, The Visual Dictionary of Fashion explores and explains the many terms used in the fashion industry. Each term is defined and put in context to give the reader a clear understanding of fashion terminology. More than 270 common fashion terms are explained and illustrated, from practical day-to-day words such as lapel, pattern, and crewelwork to conceptual terms such as postmodernism. The Visual Dictionary of Fashion is like having a personal translator for rag-trade shop talk.
This is the Babylon version of full text of Simple English Wikipedia which contains 127,000 articles. A neat, colorful, and pleasant glossary. Less than 5000 words are used in it. Very good for language learners.
Why Do We Say...?: Words and Sayings and Where They Come from
Added by: Anonymous | Karma: | Linguistics, Dictionaries and Encyclopedias | 12 April 2013
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Why do we say a person is a 'wally'? Or makes money 'hand over fist'? Or is the 'spitting image' of someone else? Why is a 'loo' so called? Why do we 'take a rain-check'? Why shouldn't you 'teach your grandmother to suck eggs'? These are the sort of questions that normal dictionaries duck out of by saying 'orig. obsc.' or 'orig. uncert.' or 'orig. unknown'. The purpose of Why Do We Say . . . ? is to compare the many explanations on offer and to test them, even if in the end it serves to emphasize that in this field hard and fast conclusions are difficult to come by.
