Gordon Jarvie

Gordon Jarvie, 2009

From credit crunch to golden parachute, barking up the wrong tree to storm in a tea cup in this book, Gordon Jarvie explains all you need to know about these and 3,000 other common English idioms. Packed with nuggets of fascinating information, the Bloomsbury Dictionary of Idioms traces the origins of these phrases, explains meanings and gives examples of up-to-date usage. Ideal for word buffs and English students alike, this book will help all users of English to mind their (linguistic) ps and qs. Подробнее

Bloomsbury Grammar Guide: Grammar Made Easy

Gordon Jarvie, 2007

Grammar, the structure of a language, is often the subject of confusion. «The Bloomsbury Grammar Guide» is an easy-to-use handbook which provides the answers. Updated and revised throughout, the new edition is essential reading for all writers and readers of our increasingly dynamic and global language. It contains: words, phrases, sentences and clauses; punctuation — where and how to use everything from the colon to the slash; figures of speech and literary devices; and, common errors — an A-Z list of easily confused words. Подробнее

Gordon Jarvie

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Художественная литература

Фантастика

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Детская литература

Юмор. Комиксы.

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Эротика и секс (18+)

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