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Synopsis
Provides pronunciations in American English, etymologies, definitions, and sample usage for words, expressions, and phrases from foreign sources, with more than 4,500 entries that include frequently used terms, prefixes and suffixes, words in the news, and the specialized languages of cooking, religion, and other fields. Simultaneous.
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About the Author
Martin H. Manser has been a professional reference book writer and editor since 1980. He is the author of The Facts On File Guide to Good Writing, The Facts On File Guide to Style, and The Facts On File Dictionary of Classical and Biblical Allusions. His other books include the Zondervan Dictionary of Bible Themes, Macmillan Dictionary of the Bible, and Learner's Dictionary of English Idioms. He lives in England.
From School Library Journal
Grade 7 Up—The more than 4500 words and expressions in this update of the 2002 edition are those that are used unchanged, or almost unchanged, from their source language. Notable among the 500 new entries are fresh adoptions such as sudoku and an increased number of prefixes and suffixes. Entries include idioms (the French homme moyen sensual, "the man in the street"); scientific terms (the Latin nucleus, "kernel"); gastronomic terminology (the Italian farfalle, "butterflies"); religious terms (swami, from the Sanskrit for "master" or "lord"); legal and political terms (apparatchik, from the Russian for "political machine"), and many other words and phrases. The short entries include an American-English pronunciation guide; the language of origin; the part of speech; a direct translation; the meaning as used in English; and, in many cases, an illustrative quote. Cross-references guide readers where a word may have alternate spellings. Some entries are obscure but many are words that are heavily used. Though a helpful listing by tongue shows that English has been influenced by many different languages, including some "smaller" ones (Narragansett, Basque), it also serves to illustrate bias, as it is obvious that Latin, French, German, and Italian dominate. Still, this is a captivating title to browse.—Henrietta Thornton-Verma, School Library Journal
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