The Greeks Had A Word For It

Author : Andrew Taylor
Publisher : Random House
ISBN 13 : 147352637X
Total Pages : 208 pages
Book Rating : 4.72/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Greeks Had a Word For It written by Andrew Taylor and published by Random House. This book was released on 2015-10-01 with total page 208 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Do you ever search in vain for exactly the right word? Perhaps you want to articulate the vague desire to be far away. Or you can’t quite convey that odd urge to go outside and check to see if anyone is coming. Maybe you’re struggling to express there being just the right amount of something – not too much, but not too little. While the English may not have a word for it, the good news is that the Greeks, the Norwegians, the Dutch or possibly the Inuits probably do. Whether it’s the Norwegian forelsket (that feeling of euphoria at the start of a love affair) or the Indonesian jayus (a joke so poorly told and so unfunny that you can’t help but laugh), this delightful smörgåsbord of wonderful words from around the world will come to the rescue when the English language fails. Part glossary, part amusing musings, but wholly enlightening and entertaining, The Greeks Had a Word For It means you’ll never again be lost for just the right word.

Author : Bernard Cullon Taylor
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780771301445
Total Pages : 42 pages
Book Rating : 4.48/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Greeks Had a Word for it written by Bernard Cullon Taylor and published by . This book was released on 1984 with total page 42 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Barry Unsworth
Publisher : W. W. Norton & Company
ISBN 13 : 9780393321487
Total Pages : 196 pages
Book Rating : 4.87/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Greeks Have a Word for it written by Barry Unsworth and published by W. W. Norton & Company. This book was released on 2002 with total page 196 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Two men traveling from England disembark in Greece from the same boat. How their lives will accidentally and frighteningly intersect is the subject of this novel. Kennedy, an Englishman of no fixed address, is looking for a teaching job in what he hopes will be a Greek paradise. An opportunist who finds himself falling in love - or at least lust - he orchestrates a scam that will have some intended - and some thoroughly unintended - consequences. Mitsos is returning to Greece after many years away. An unresolved family tragedy awakens again, from the ghosts of his parents' deaths and the brutal wartime politics of Greek against Greek.

Author : Barry Unsworth
Publisher : Arrow
ISBN 13 : 9780090012503
Total Pages : 223 pages
Book Rating : 4.0X/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Greeks Have a Word for it written by Barry Unsworth and published by Arrow. This book was released on 1967 with total page 223 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Bernard C. Taylor
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780807780183
Total Pages : 42 pages
Book Rating : 4.89/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Greeks Had a Word for It written by Bernard C. Taylor and published by . This book was released on 1973-01-01 with total page 42 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 320 pages
Book Rating : 4.14/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The University Monthly written by and published by . This book was released on 1872 with total page 320 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 124 pages
Book Rating : 4.25/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Greeks Had a Word for Them written by and published by . This book was released on 1931 with total page 124 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Richard Claverhouse Jebb
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 460 pages
Book Rating : 4.11/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Attic Orators from Antiphon to Isaeos written by Richard Claverhouse Jebb and published by . This book was released on 1893 with total page 460 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

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Total Pages : 958 pages
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Download or read book The Philosophical Works of Francis Bacon written by and published by . This book was released on 1905 with total page 958 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Alexander Tulloch
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ISBN 13 : 9781851245055
Total Pages : 0 pages
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Download or read book It's All Greek written by Alexander Tulloch and published by . This book was released on 2019 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Most of us are aware that words such as geometry, mathematics, phobia and hypochondria derive from ancient Greek, but did you know that marmalade, pirate, sketch and purse can also trace their linguistic origins back to the Athens of 500 BCE? This book offers a word-by-word look at the influence of Greek on everyday words in English, telling the stories behind the etymological developments of each example and tracing their routes into modern English via Latin and European languages. It also explains connections with ancient Greek culture, in particular mythology, politics and warfare, and includes proverbs and quotations from Greek literature. Taken together, these words show how we are deeply indebted to the language spoken in Athens 2,500 years ago for the everyday vocabulary we use when conducting our daily business.