The City in Slang: New York Life and Popular Speech
Added by: Maria | Karma: 3098.81 | Linguistics, Dictionaries and Encyclopedias | 18 October 2009
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The American urban scene, and in particular New York's, has given us a rich cultural legacy of slang words and phrases, a bonanza of popular speech. Hot dog, rush hour, butter-and-egg man, gold digger, shyster, buttinsky, smart aleck, sidewalk superintendent, yellow journalism, breadline, straphanger, tar beach, the Tenderloin, the Great White Way, to do a Brodie--these are just a few of the hundreds of popular words and phrases that were born or took on new meaning in the streets of New York.
Словарь содержит около 76 000 терминов по всем областям современной физики, как классическим, так и новейшим. Словарь предназначен широкому кругу научных работников, инженеров, преподавателей, студентов и переводчиков. Он может использоваться как учебное и справочное пособие в университетах, институтах и колледжах для освоения учащимися английской научной терминологии
Издание содержит более 25 000 слов, словосочетаний, научно-технических и общелингвистических терминов. Варианты наиболее точного перевода проиллюстрированы примерами из оригинальной литературы.
The Classical World: The Epic History of Greece and Rome
Added by: lucius5 | Karma: 1660.85 | Non-Fiction, Dictionaries and Encyclopedias, Other | 10 October 2009
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The classical civilizations of Greece and Rome dominated the world for centuries and continue to intrigue and enlighten us with their inventions, whether philosophy, politics, theatre, athletics, celebrity, science or the pleasures of horse racing. Robin Lane FoxÂ’s spellbinding history spans almost a thousand years of change, from the foundation of the worldÂ’s first democracy in Athens to the Roman Republic and the Empire under Hadrian.
