Dictionaries

You will never be lost for words in your travels around Turkey again! Your ideal pocket-sized travel companion and the accompanying free ebook will ensure that you can say what you need in Turkish with ease and confidence. Reliable, portable and easy-to-use, this phrasebook is an indispensable travel companion as you deal with the situations that crop up every day on holiday; from finding a chic hotel, or hiring a car to explore the countryside, to choosing a local delicacy from the menu, and, of course, setting up your wifi. With helpful travel information and cultural tips, plus a 3000-word dictionary, make sure you don't go anywhere without this little book - an essential guide to speaking and understanding Turkish when travelling in Turkey.

This is the reissued Colour Oxford Thesaurus - now in an attractive new format. This thesaurus offers the most accurate and up-to-date coverage of essential, everyday vocabulary, with over 140,000 synonyms and antonyms based on evidence from the Oxford English Corpus, a unique databank comprising hundreds of millions of words of English. Thesaurus entries are easy to use, with the most useful synonyms given first. The centre section gives guidance on how to get the most out of your thesaurus. Discover more on oxforddictionaries.com, Oxford's hub for dictionaries and language reference.

This concise edition of the definitive 3-volume Dictionary of European Proverbs constitutes a fascinating collection of proverbs in 29 languages. The entries are arranged alphabetically according to the English equivalent, allowing the reader to identify common trends easily and quickly. * All proverbs listed in original language * 29 European languages featured * Includes all proverbs in current use * Thoroughly checked by language specialists to ensure accuracy. The Concise Dictionary of European Proverbs is based on over 40 years in-depth research by the compiler. It is an essential reference source for linguists, ethnologists and folklorists, and of interest to anyone wanting to know about the origins, development and current usage of the proverb. Emanuel Straussis a world-renowned expert on proverbs.

The most wide-ranging, comprehensive, and up-to-date dictionary of archaeology available. Over 4,000 entries cover the terms encountered in academic and popular archaeological literature, in lectures, and on television. Topics covered include artefacts, techniques, terminology, people, sites, and periods, and specialist areas such as industrial and maritime archaeology. The second edition is fully revised and updated, now including 150 new entries on archaeological sites, terms, movements, and people, plus extended coverage of archaeological resource management and archaeological theory. The dictionary's primary focus is on Europe, the Old World, and the Americas, as these are the regions where archaeology has become an established academic and vocational subject, but it includes key archaeological sites around the world. A quick-reference section covers chronological periods around the world, Egyptian rulers and dynasties, Roman rulers and dynasties, rulers of England to AD 1066, and principal international conventions and recommendations. New to this edition, recommended web links for over 100 entries are updated on the Dictionary of Archaeology companion website.

"Critical Dictionary" is an ambitious cornucopia of thoughts, images, and illustrations from online art magazine criticaldictionary.com, in addition to newly commissioned work. The title alludes to the mock dictionary that philosopher Georges Bataille edited for "Documents" in 1929 and 1930. Like this famous precedent, "Critical Dictionary" aims to puncture pretension, bringing words and their reference.

For those times when “you blackguard!” just won’t do, Sinister Wisdom supplies an amazing array of crude, vulgar, offensive, scurrilous, lewd, and otherwise unprintable denunciations. Organized thematically and translated into more than 69 languages, it contains an alphabetical listing of every conceivable (and inconceivable) slur and insult, from comments on mothers' peculiar anatomy and hobbies, to suggestions on where to go and how, to observations on how others spend their solitary moments. Appendices cover blasphemies, bodily functions, sexual deviations, and variations on “yo mama!”

Gekonnte Bosheiten aus den letzten zweihundert Jahren Geistesgeschichte, die nicht unbedingt Trost spenden, dafür aber das diebische (intellektuelle) Vergnügen bereiten, trefflich provokativ und zersetzend formuliert zu sein - vom Stichwort "Abendland" bis "Zynismus". Eine vorbehaltlose und doch spielerische Verbeugung vor der radikalen Einsicht in das tief Fragwürdige der Schöpfung und des Menschen.

Où l'on apprend que Los Angeles sera engloutie par les eaux dans un siècle, que la France est le premier producteur de sucre de betterave et les États-Unis de tueurs en série, que les réserves naturelles d'or seront épuisées dans quatorze ans, que nous avons un risque sur sept de mourir du cancer et un sur quinze millions d'une piqûre d'abeille, que la discipline universitaire comptant le plus grand nombre d'étudiants vierges est les mathématiques, que lorsqu'une équipe rouge rencontre une équipe bleue, la rouge gagne quatre fois plus souvent, que le gothic black metal n'a rien à voir avec le deathcore, et mille autres choses indispensables. Parce qu'un bon dessin vaut mieux qu'un long discours, Datavision propose une nouvelle science visuelle de l'information. David McCandless est le pape de cette discipline en plein essor.

Con nuevas voces y acepciones, y normas ortograficas completamente actualizadas. El diccionario mas completo para alumnos de secundaria y bachillerato, util tambien para toda la familia. Un diccionario elaborado por la Real Academia Espanola, con el respaldo de las Academias de America. Un diccionario moderno y actual: todas sus entradas y acepciones han sido redactadas de nueva planta con criterio tambien nuevo. Un diccionario normativo, que tambien aporta informacion abundante sobre el uso de las palabras. Incluye apendices especiales con las nuevas reglas academicas de ortografia, los modelos de conjugacion y la lista de los numerales. ENGLISH DESCRIPTION The most current and up-to-date dictionary backed by the Royal Academy of Spanish Languages. This second edition adds a series of new words and meanings as well as updated academic orthographical norms. Over 40 thousand words and phrases representative of today s Spanish-speaking population. The most commonly used Anglicism s. Clear and precise definitions, written in easy-to-understand terms. Numerous examples of use. Information on basic grammar and pronunciation of challenging words. The most frequently used synonyms and related terms. Principal abbreviations and acronyms. Includes a completely updated appendix with the current

NOVO A nova edição Dicionário Editora de Grego-Português vem colmatar a necessidade de um dicionário de grego atualizado no mercado editorial e já se encontra adaptada à nova ortografia portuguesa. ATUAL Cerca de 60 000 entradas do léxico grego de uso corrente e terminologia técnica e científica. COMPLETO Cerca de 213 000 traduções de acordo com a nova ortografia, cerca de 120 000 expressões, provérbios e exemplos ilustrativos, informação gramatical diversificada e transcrição fonética de todos os vocábulos. Esta obra inclui ainda anexos de Siglas e Vocabulário Geográfico e Gramática do Grego. INDISPENSÁVEL Destinada a estudantes, tradutores e profissionais das mais diversas áreas, esta obra é uma valiosa ferramenta de trabalho e um auxiliar de estudo imprescindível para o desempenho académico e profissional com vista ao domínio da língua grega. Editada pela Porto Editora, especialista em dicionários.