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How to Sound Clever: Master the 600 English Words You Pretend to Understand...When You Don't

How to Sound Clever: Master the 600 English Words You Pretend to Understand...When You Don't

by HubertVanDenBergh (Author)

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    Hardcover 2010

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Synopsis

How to Sound Clever explains the etymology of 600 key words you really ought to know, but haven't had the time to look up in the dictionary. Each entry features an etymological description as well as useful example phrases so that readers can quickly see the correct context for each word. Anecdotes and witty illustrations appear throughout to make a book that is entertaining and will help the reader to boost their vocabulary. An ideal gift and a useful book for everyone have to hand when they come across a word you should know, but don't. Colin Dexter has described How to Sound Clever thus: 'This admirable book is a wholly welcome antidote to the semi-demi-literacy of the 21st century. Go out and buy it!'

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Format: Hardcover
 Pages: 224
 Publisher: A & C Black Publishers Ltd
Published: 15 Sep 2010
ISBN 10: 1408125099
ISBN 13: 9781408125090
Book Overview: Entertaining way to improve your vocabulary Words/phrases explained clearly with example sentences so readers can see the word in context In the tradition of Who's Whose (over 10,000 copies in hardback) and Faux Pas (over 3,700 copies in hardback)

Media Reviews
'This admirable book is a wholly welcome antidote to the semi-demi-literacy of the 21st century. Go out and buy it!' Colin Dexter 'Van den Bergh has produced a volume of words we all use, nod at and try to explain to other people - all with too little knowledge of their real meaning. It is time to claim back a semblance of literacy with this sublime lexicon.' The Field (December 2010)
Author Bio
Hubert van den Bergh has worked in the City for the past decade. A language enthusiast, he was awarded an academic scholarship from Oxford University, where he studied Modern Languages.