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English for Fun. Niveau B1-C1 (GER) - Weltliteratur; Originalversion; Englisch lernen - 14519

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So macht Englischlernen Spaß!
Was ist ein »boondoggle«, ein »kerfuffle« oder ein »squeegee«? Wussten Sie, dass Löwen als Rudel besonders stolz sein müssen (»a pride of lions«) und Eulen im Verbund direkt ein Parlament bilden (»a parliament of owls«)? Dieses Bändchen versammelt Lustigkeiten der englischen Sprache und erklärt Wortspiele, Zungenbrecher, verunglückte Übersetzungen und mehr. Eine sprachliche Kuriositätensammlung, ansprechend illustriert von Rosalie Kletzander.
Erscheint in umfassender Überarbeitung auf der Höhe der Zeit.
Niveau B1-C1 (GER)

Sprachen: Englisch, Deutsch

List of contents

Foreword: English Can Be Fun!That Sounds Funny ...Funny-Sounding Words - Elephant's at the Rubbity: Rhyming Slang - "Hasta luego cocodrilo" - Tongue Twisters - Wishy-Washy, Arty-Farty - Smash, Bang, Crash, Plop! - Cows Moo, Do You? - What Snew with You?Questionable QuotesFamous Last Words - Bushisms - More Crazy Things People Have Said - Headlines - Bumper Stickers - Silly Signage - Classified Ads - Church Bulletin Typos - Accident Reports - Company Condoms - Pearls of Wisdom - Murphy's LawTranslations and Other MisunderstandingsHelpful Information for English-Speaking Tourists ... - F---Ing Kinky - Marketing TroublesColourful LanguageColours - Colour Your World with Idioms - Drunk As a Skunk? No. Sick As a Dog! - Welches Tier gehört zu dir? - Animal Idioms - Collective Nouns - Tidbits - Common Yiddish Words - Let's Play Ball - Colourful Comparisons ... Aussie Style - Just as an aside ...Let's Get SillyBooks That Were Never Written - Kids' Riddles + Jokes - Slightly More Sophisticated ... Being IndirectEuphemisms - Be Careful What You SayWord PlayAnagrams - Spoonerisms - That's a Pun, Son ... - "Can you give me the ... ahh, ummm, the ...?" - Playful Punctuation - Persuasive Punctuation - A Proverb for Every Occasion ...A PoemThe English LanguageRules for Writers - Conjugating Very Irregular Verbs - Ghoti and Chips? - I Am So Gruntled! - Word Pairs - X Marks the Spot - Proposals for English Language Reform - Making Simple Things Complicated - How to Say Nothing at All, yet Sound Competent - What Academic Writing Really Means ...The Great Generational Detector Communication QuestionnaireGamesFor Further FunEditorische Notiz

About the author

Ruth Kletzander leitet am Internationalen Institut SDI in München den Sprachbereich Englisch.Andrew Williams leitet am Internationalen Institut SDI in München den Sprachbereich Englisch.

Summary

So macht Englischlernen Spaß!

Was ist ein »boondoggle«, ein »kerfuffle« oder ein »squeegee«? Wussten Sie, dass Löwen als Rudel besonders stolz sein müssen (»a pride of lions«) und Eulen im Verbund direkt ein Parlament bilden (»a parliament of owls«)? Dieses Bändchen versammelt Lustigkeiten der englischen Sprache und erklärt Wortspiele, Zungenbrecher, verunglückte Übersetzungen und mehr. Eine sprachliche Kuriositätensammlung, ansprechend illustriert von Rosalie Kletzander.


Erscheint in umfassender Überarbeitung auf der Höhe der Zeit.

Niveau B1-C1 (GER)

Product details

Assisted by Rosalie Kletzander (Illustration), Ruth Kletzander (Editor), Williams (Editor), Andrew Williams (Editor)
Publisher Reclam, Ditzingen
 
Languages English
Product format Paperback / Softback
Released 10.02.2024
 
EAN 9783150145197
ISBN 978-3-15-014519-7
No. of pages 182
Dimensions 110 mm x 5 mm x 150 mm
Weight 95 g
Illustrations 14 Abb.
Series Reclams Universal-Bibliothek
Subjects Education and learning > Adult education/adult education classes > Self-tuition materials (language)

Sprache, Englisch, Sprachunterricht, Weltliteratur, Humor, Crash, Lernen, Anthologie, Sammelband, Klassenlektüre, Schullektüre, Games, Lektüre, Anthologien (nicht Lyrik), Linguistik, Fremdsprachentext, Kreuzworträtsel und Wortspiele, Fremdsprachen, English, Textsammlung, Literatur Klassiker, Schulausgabe, Originalversion, Englisch-Unterricht, Colours, Son, smash, headlines, bang, Niveau B1–C1 (GER), Funny-Sounding Words, Let’s Get Silly, “Can you give me the ahh, Word Pairs, Company Condoms, Kids’ Riddles + Jokes, How to Say Nothing at All, Silly Signage, Colourful Comparisons Aussie Style, Helpful Information for English-Speaking Tourists, Be Careful What You Say, Bushisms, Accident Reports, Animal Idioms, Proposals for English Language Reform, Do You, Rules for Writers, Word Play, Colourful Language, Bumper Stickers, More Crazy Things People Have Said, Playful Punctuation, Let’s Play Ball, Tidbits, Questionable Quotes, That’s a Pun, Ghoti and Chips, Drunk As a Skunk No. Sick As a Dog!, The Great Generational Detector Communication Questionnaire, For Further Fun, Elephant’s at the Rubbity: Rhyming Slang, ummm, Editorische Notiz, Anagrams, A Poem, yet Sound Competent, Arty-Farty, A Proverb for Every Occasion, Pearls of Wisdom, Slightly More Sophisticated, Tongue Twisters, Classified Ads, Just as an aside, F---Ing Kinky, Translations and Other Misunderstandings, X Marks the Spot, Collective Nouns, Euphemisms, What Snew with You, Conjugating Very Irregular Verbs, Colour Your World with Idioms, Books That Were Never Written, Famous Last Words, I Am So Gruntled!, Welches Tier gehört zu dir, Cows Moo, The English Language, Marketing Troubles, Making Simple Things Complicated, Common Yiddish Words, “Hasta luego cocodrilo”, the ”, Spoonerisms, What Academic Writing Really Means, Murphy’s Law, Plop, Wishy-Washy, Being Indirect, Persuasive Punctuation, Church Bulletin Typos

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