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English Made Easy Volume Two: A New ESL Approach: Learning English Through Pictures

Jonathan Crichton · Tuttle Publishing
Pages: 192
Format: Print book

This is a fun and user-friendly way to learn EnglishEnglish Made Easy is a breakthrough in English language learning - imaginatively exploiting how pictures and text can work together to create understanding and help learners learn more productively. It gives beginner English learners easy...
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Practice Makes Perfect English Verb Tenses Up Close

Mark Lester · McGraw-Hill
Pages: 168
Format: Paperback

Solve the mysteries of English verbs Practice Makes Perfect: English Verb Tenses Up Close puts the spotlight on this tricky grammar trouble spot. It boasts plenty of opportunities for practicing your language skills, as well as extensive examples based on a conversational style that will...
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Veni, Vidi, Vici

Eugene Ehrlich · Harpercollins
Pages: 307
Format: Paperback

As entertaining as it is addictive and informative, VENI, VIDI, VICI has more than 1,000 Latin words and phrases to help you intelligently insult, compliment, or comment on anything at all. This book contains more than 1,000 Latin words and phrases, with a direct translation, actual meaning...
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Collins German Unabridged Dictionary, 8th Edition

HarperCollins Publishers Ltd. · Collins Reference; 8 Blg Una edition
Format: Book

The richest resource for German studyComprehensive and authoritative, including the latest words and phrases from contemporary German and EnglishKey phrases, idioms, and set grammatical structures are highlighted to help you understand more complex entriesCulture boxes explain the origins...
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Barron's German-English Pocket Dictionary: 70,000 words, phrases & examples presented in two sections: American style English to German -- German to English

Barron's Educational Series Inc. · Barron's Education Series
Pages: 1051
Format: Print book

This updated and revised bilingual dictionary is pocket-sized and easy to use. Students can slip it into backpacks and travelers can fit it in carry-on bags for air travel or satchels for use at their destinations. Abridged from Barron's comprehensive, full-size Bilingual Dictionary,...
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Bilingual By Choice: Raising Kids in Two

Virginie Raguenaud · Nicholas Brealey
Pages: 201
Format: Paperback

More and more people-hundreds of millions around the world-are living in bilingual homes. In the U.S. alone, more than 54 million people over the age of 5 speak a language other than English at home. Yet once children enter school, the pull toward one language becomes stronger and maintaining...
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Beginning Biblical Hebrew: A Grammar and Illustrated Reader

John A Cook · Baker Academic
Pages: 90
Format: Paperback

This innovative textbook by two leading experts in Biblical Hebrew combines the best of traditional grammars, new insights into Hebrew linguistics, and a creative pedagogical approach. The material has been field tested and refined for more than a decade by the authors, who are actively...
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Gilgamesh's Snake and Other Poems

Gharīb Iskandar · Syracuse University Press
Pages: 103
Format: Print book

The Epic of Gilgamesh is perhaps the greatest surviving work of early Mesopotamian literature. According to legend, Gilgamesh built the city walls of Uruk, modern-day Iraq, to protect his people from external threats. Although the epic records events from more than four thousand years ago,...
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Common American Phrases in Everyday Contexts, 3rd Edition

Richard Spears · McGraw-Hill
Pages: 309
Format: Paperback

A useful guide to everyday American English to help you understand meanings and avoid difficulty in translation In this new edition of Common American Phrases in Everyday Contexts, noted lexicographer Richard A. Spears shares with you 1,900 of the most common phrases and colloquial expressions...
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