Краткое описание: «Английский шутя» включает в себя около двухсот английских и американских анекдотов, текст которых не подвергся никакому упрощению и, таким образом, содержит большое количество широко употребляющейся лексики и множество разговорных оборотов современного английского языка.

Краткое описание: В русском правописании много трудностей, среди которых не последнее место занимает написание в словах одной или двух подряд букв "н". Словарь содержит более 20 тысяч слов и их грамматических форм, таящих в себе опасность неправильного написания. В него включены слова всех частей речи, а также имена собственные.

Краткое описание: What exactly is slang? It's difficult to define slang perfectly, but here are a few of its characteristics: - Slang is informal, less serious, often non-standard English. - Slang often comes from a group of people who are familiar with the terms and use them with each other. - Slang is often used for uncomfortable topics (sex and bodily functions) or criticisms/insults, to say these things in a more playful or less direct way.

Краткое описание: Словарь включает около 400 единиц - эмоциональных лексических конструкций, ярких, образных выражений и их аналогов на английском языке. Словарь поможет правильно выбрать и к месту употребить образное слово или выражение, что способствует сближению и взаимопониманию деловых партнеров в различных областях.

Краткое описание: Словарь содержит более 42 000 аббревиатур и сокращений по информационным и компьютерным технологиям, а также по смежным областям знаний (электроника, радиотехника, связь и др.). Кроме того, в него включены наиболее распространѐнные общеупотребительные сокращения. Для широкого круга читателей, переводчиков, студентов, научных работников и технических специалистов

Краткое описание: If you're like most students, you've had at least eight courses by now in how to write papers-and you still freeze up at some point between beginning and end in almost every paper you're assigned. You know that it's dumb to have credits subtracted for being hasty or late, yet you still deliberately postpone the inevitable until you're smack up against a due date.

Краткое описание: Once upon a time spelling was taught with rules and drills and students didn't get out of grade school until they could correctly spell most of the 1,500 or so words in most vocabularies. But in the twentieth century, two changes took place. First of all, everyone's vocabulary increased tremendously through extended education and universal access to radio, TV, and the movies.

Краткое описание: How to Say It is a practical, easy-to-use book that tells you what to say and how to say it. Its flexible approach helps you fashion compelling letters in little more time than it takes to handwrite or type them. Although an impressive amount of business and social interaction takes place today over the telephone and fax, by e-mail, or in person, the well-written letter remains a staple of business success and one of the strongest connecting links between human beings.

Краткое описание: In this, the eleventh edition of Paragraphs and Essays, the surf writer, gallantly perched on a pencil, once more celebrates the “flow of writing.” Like waves at a beach, writing is cyclical, moving forward and backward and forward again. The surf writer will always be searching for the “perfect wave,” meaning the best possible expression. The recursive movement of writing and rewriting is the essence of good writing. Instruction in this book - comprehensive, flexible, relevant, and stimulating - is predicated on that systematic, relentless revision.

Краткое описание: The Great Writing series uses clear explanations and extensive practical activities to help students write great sentences, paragraphs, and essays. Each book contains a wide variety of writing models in carefully selected rhetorical styles that provide practice in working with the writing process to develop a final piece of writing. Great Writing 2: Great Paragraphs introduces the process of paragraph development and teaches how to generate ideas and write within a variety of rhetorical patterns.