The Chambers Dictionary - Rilegato

Chambers Harrap Pub. Ltd

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ISBN 10: 055010237X ISBN 13: 9780550102379

Casa editrice: Chambers Harrap Pub Ltd, 2011

Riassunto

With more than 470,000 words, phrases and meanings, an up-to-date reference of the English language covers old and new words, the commonplace and the unusual--including recent developments in science, technology and contemporary culture-with information on idioms, pronunciation, etymologies and thousands of references.

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"Chambers is the one I keep at my right hand" (Philip Pullman)

"The Chambers Dictionary stands out like a baroque mansion in a city of faceless concrete" (Melvyn Bragg)

"To look up a word in Chambers is to be able to unpack its meaning and also to marvel at its compactness . . . . Chambers is an open door to words at their wittiest, most rooted, most revealing, and most powerful" (Ali Smith)

"This fossicking for undiscovered jewels is, of course, one of the chief pleasures of a dictionary . . . A page a day keeps the doddypolls at bay " (Jeremy Paxman)

"Chambers is the kind of dictionary with which people who like to play with words begin to feel an affinity. Its vocabulary is so vast and variegated that crossword fans find it a valuable resource." (livemint.com, The Wall Street Journal)

"We shall not rest until every Independent reader is saying to him or herself, 'I wonder what 'humdudgeon' means. I must just go and look it up.'" (John Walsh, Irish Independent)

"Scrabble players have traditionally used The Chambers Dictionary . . . . Never has cursing been so creative" (The Guardian)

"Chambers is the best one-volume dictionary from the wrong side of the Atlantic" (First Things Journal)

"authority and reliability" (Telegraph)

'The 12th edition of The Chambers Dictionary is the most useful and diverting single-volume work-hoard available. It's somehow good to know that a zizel is a chipmunk' (The Telegraph, Mark Sanderson's Book of the Year)

Descrizione del libro:

The dictionary for word lovers

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• Editore: Chambers Harrap Pub Ltd
• Data di pubblicazione: 2011
• ISBN 10: 055010237X
• ISBN 13: 9780550102379
• Rilegatura: Copertina rigida
• Numero di pagine: 1848