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Author
Publisher
Annick Press
Pub. Date
c2004
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 6.6 - AR Pts: 3
Physical Desc
84 p. : col. ill. ; 25 cm.
Language
English
Description
Slang experts Lexie and Edmund present the origins and meanings of more than five hundred slang words, broken out by categories such as sports, work, movies, and food.
Author
Pub. Date
2008
Language
English
Formats
Description
If you were dropped into the middle of Managua, Mexico City, or Miami, would you know how to speak not only the language, but also the lingo? In The Street-Wise Spanish Survival Guide, the reader who is already familiar with Spanish will discover the banter and metaphor (both polite and rude) that enrich the spoken language as it is really used, hints on avoiding embarrassing mistakes in grammar, and a list of dreaded false cognates. Full of...
Author
Publisher
W. W. Norton & Company
Pub. Date
[2020]
Physical Desc
278 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
"Tracking an underground language from one family's obsession to the outcasts who spoke it in order to survive. Centuries ago in middle Europe, a coded language appeared, scrawled in graffiti and spoken only by people who were "wiz" (in the know)--vagrants and refugees, merchants and thieves. This hybrid language was rich in expressions for police, jail, or experiencing trouble, such as "being in a pickle." And beginning with Martin Luther, German...
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