You may have to Search all our reviewed books and magazines, click the sign up button below to create a free account.
Provides pronunciation, definition, and usage for a thousand useful vocabulary words
Provides definitions and histories for unusual and unfamiliar English words, and includes examples of their use
None
A rigorously researched, wickedly witty, and eminently useful collection of over 5,000 Briticisms (and Americanisms).
Provides information about British pronunciation, punctuation, and word use in comparison to American styles.
Provides American equivalents for nearly five thousand Briticisms and explains the history of each expression
Provides definitions and histories for unusual and unfamiliar English words, and includes examples of their use
Defines, describes the etymology, and provides examples in context for essential vocabulary words.
Whether you are traveling to Great Britain or just want to understand British popular culture, this unique dictionary will answer your questions. British English from A to Zed contains more than 5,500 British terms and their American equivalents, each with a short explanation of the term’s history and an example of its use. The appendixes provide valuable supplemental material with differences between British and American pronunciation, grammar, and spelling as well as terms grouped in specific areas such as currency, weight, and numbers. This dictionary will help you unravel the meanings of: • Berk (idiot) • Bevvied up (drunk) • Crisps (potato chips) • Erk (rookie) • To judder (to shake) • Noughts and crosses (tic-tac-toe) • And more! George Bernard Shaw famously said that the British and Americans were “two peoples separated by a common language.” This book bridges that gap.