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Why You Say It: The Fascinating Stories Behind Over 600 Everyday Words and Phrases

by Webb Garrison

ISBN 13: 9781595552990

Format: Paperback (356 pages)
Publisher: Thomas Nelson Publishers
Published: 16 Mar 2010

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Essential Academic Vocabulary: Mastering the Complete Academic Word List

by Helen Huntley

ISBN 13: 9780618445424

Format: Paperback (256 pages)
Publisher: Thomson Heinle Houghton Mifflin ELT
Published: 05 Jul 2005

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Usage and Abusage: How to Pick the Right Words and Avoid the Wrong Ones in Speech and Writing (American English Edition): A Guide to Good English

by Eric Partridge

ISBN 13: 9780393317091

Format: Paperback (389 pages)
Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
Published: 17 Dec 1997

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Straight from the Fridge, Dad: A Dictionary of Hipster Slang

by Max Decharne

ISBN 13: 9780767908405

Format: Paperback (208 pages)
Publisher: Crown
Published: Nov 2001
Other Format: Paperback

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I Love It When You Talk Retro: Hoochie Coochie, Double Whammy, Drop a Dime, and the Forgotten Origins of American Speech

by Ralph Keyes

ISBN 13: 9780312606404

Format: Illustrated (320 pages)
Publisher: St. Martin's Griffin
Published: 02 Feb 2010

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Brave New Words: The Oxford Dictionary of Science Fiction

by Jeff Prucher

ISBN 13: 9780195387063

Format: Paperback (384 pages)
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Published: 23 Apr 2009

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Word Myths: Debunking Linguistic Urban Legends

by David Wilton

ISBN 13: 9780195375572

Format: Illustrated (240 pages)
Publisher: Oxford University Press, U.S.A.
Published: 06 Nov 2008
Other Format: Illustrated

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Smart Words: Vocabulary for the Erudite and Those Who Wish to Be

by Mim Harrison

ISBN 13: 9780399534645

Format: Paperback (208 pages)
Publisher: Perigee Books
Published: 04 Nov 2008

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Say Chic: A Collection of French Words We Can't Live without

by Jeremy Leven, Francoise Blanchard

ISBN 13: 9781416561842

Format: Paperback (144 pages)
Publisher: Scribner
Published: 15 Sep 2008

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Common Phrases: And Where They Come from

by Myron Korach,John Mordock

ISBN 13: 9781599213071

Format: Paperback (202 pages)
Publisher: Lyons Press
Published: 17 Jul 2008

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100 Words for Lovers

by American Heritage Dictionaries

ISBN 13: 9780547212579

Format: Illustrated (128 pages)
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt (HMH)
Published: 01 Jul 2009

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Word Origins And How We Know Them: Etymology for Everyone

by Anatoly Liberman

ISBN 13: 9780195387070

Format: Illustrated (336 pages)
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Published: 13 Apr 2009

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