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The Meaning of Tingo - And Other Extraordinary Words from Around the World

English · Hardback

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Drawing on the collective wisdom of over 280 languages, this book is arranged by theme so that you can compare attitudes all over the world to such subjects as food, the human body and the battle of the sexes. Here, you find not only those words for which there is no direct counterpart in English, but also those that sound confusingly the same.

Product details

Authors Adam Jacot de Boinod
Publisher Penguin Books Uk
 
Languages English
Product format Hardback
Released 30.09.2005
 
EAN 9780140515619
ISBN 978-0-14-051561-9
No. of pages 209
Dimensions 137 mm x 185 mm x 22 mm
Subjects Education and learning
Non-fiction book > Dictionaries, reference works > Phrase books

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