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"At the end of the twentieth century, scientists understand better than ever before the scope of the Universe and its origins; the variety of objects it contains, from quasars and pulsars to galaxies; and the inner workings of our own Sun. But such has been the pace of progress, especially in the past couple of decades, that the story has been fragmented, with no single, user-friendly guide to present the broad sweep as well as the detailed discoveries." "Companion to the Cosmos tells the whole story of the Universe and the people who made the discoveries." "The Companion begins with an extended introduction in which Gribbin sets out the present state of knowledge and explains the key discoveries of twentieth century cosmology: the Universe is evolving and growing. The main section of the book, an A-Z encyclopedia, is a mixture of lengthy feature articles on major subjects (for example, black holes, gravity, our Galaxy, life in the Universe, supernovae), shorter entries, and biographies of the scientists. In the final section, "Timelines," cosmological discoveries are set out alongside key dates in general history and the history of science, from the time of the ancient astronomers of Greece up to the present day."

De auteur koppelde 2600 erotische trefwoorden en uitdrukkingen aan bijna net zoveel citaten uit de Nederlandstalige literatuur die bedoelde woorden bevatten.

Making Sense of Japanese is the fruit of one foolhardy American's thirty-year struggle to learn and teach the Language of the Infinite. Previously known as Gone Fishin', this book has brought Jay Rubin more feedback than any of his literary translations or scholarly tomes, "even if," he says, "you discount the hate mail from spin-casters and the stray gill-netter."

To convey his conviction that "the Japanese language is not vague," Rubin has dared to explain how some of the most challenging Japanese grammatical forms work in terms of everyday English. Reached recently at a recuperative center in the hills north of Kyoto, Rubin declared, "I'm still pretty sure that Japanese is not vague. Or at least, it's not as vague as it used to be. Probably."

The notorious "subjectless sentence" of Japanese comes under close scrutiny in Part One. A sentence can't be a sentence without a subject, so even in cases where the subject seems to be lost or hiding, the author provides the tools to help you find it. Some attention is paid as well to the rest of the sentence, known technically to grammarians as "the rest of the sentence."

Part Two tackles a number of expressions that have baffled students of Japanese over the decades, and concludes with Rubin's patented technique of analyzing upside-down Japanese sentences right-side up, which, he claims, is "far more restful" than the traditional way, inside-out.

"The scholar," according to the great Japanese novelist Soseki Natsume, is "one who specializes in making the comprehensible incomprehensible." Despite his best scholarly efforts, Rubin seems to have done just the opposite.

Previously published in the Power Japanese series under the same title and originally as Gone Fishin' in the same series.

Speels lexicon van termen uit de christelijke kerkgeschiedenis.

Verklaring van 127 woorden die afgeleid zijn van historische personen.

Tsjakka, amai, aju paraplu!, dûh!, boeie, wat dacht je wat!, awel zulle, poehee, toedeledokie, chapeau!, wat krijgen we nou?, effe dimme, beng! - het zijn allemaal uitropen waarmee iemand min of meer spontaan een emotie tot uitdrukking brengt. Die emotie kan variëren van uiterst positief (halleluja) tot uiterst negatief (zeg maar dag met het handje!), van opperste verrassing (niet te filmen!) tot uiting van vrees voor onheil (nu zul je het hebben), van een vraag (wat krijgen we nou?) tot antwoord (in orde!). In dit boek worden ze verzameld en beschreven, zulke algemeen ingeburgerde uitroepen en min of meer vaste formules die een emotie uitdrukken. Wat ze letterlijk betekenen, doet er vaak niet eens toe, het gaat er vooral om hoe ze worden gebruikt, met welk doel en vanuit welk gevoel. Door middel van veel citaten uit kranten en literatuur laat dit boek zien van welke uitroepen taalgebruikers zich bedienen. Hiermee geeft het een boeiend kijkje in de keuken van de taal, waarin uit de meest primaire gevoelens de meest directe taalvormen opbruisen.

Overzicht van anglicismen, amerikanismen, gallicismen en germanismen in het Nederlands taalgebruik.

Leo Rosten has created a sweeping survey of that delicious amalgam of Yiddish and English that has made such an enormous impact wherever English is spoken or understood.

Compiled by Henry George Liddell and Robert Scott and first published in 1843, revised and augmented throughout by Jones, McKenzie and many scholars, with a 1968-supplement. Preface 1925, Postscript 1940, note 1968, followed by Aids for the reader, such as a list of authors and works, a list of abbreviations and methods of reference (45pp.). The lexicon itself contains 2042 pp., the supplement another 153pp. 

Belangrijke afkortingen op politiek, militair, sociaal, economisch, verkeers-, internationaal en kerkelijk terrein in binnen- en buitenland

This is the reissued Oxford Chinese Mini Dictionary - now in an attractive new format. This small dictionary offers the most accurate and up-to-date coverage of essential, everyday vocabulary with over 15,000 words and phrases and 20,000 translations. Entries on both sides of the dictionary are given in Pinyin and simplified Chinese characters for Mandarin Chinese. Easy-to-use colour design and a centre section of useful words and expressions listed by topic make this dictionary ideal for travel and quick reference. Includes 3 months' access* to Oxford Language Dictionaries Online at oxfordlanguagedictionaries.com *Terms and conditions apply; please see www.oxforddictionaries.com/access for information.

The revised English - Swahili Dictionary is a contemporary and easy - to - use reference book for all users whose mother tongue is Swahili. It not only gives detailed help with new scientific terms but also deals with difficult words in a simple way.

This unique dictionary contains:
Words
More than 10,000 headword entries, including new scientific vocabulary
Meanings
30,000 definitions
Examples of use
Hundreds of phrases and sentences to show how words are used in their perspective
Usage
Correct grammatical structures and usage
Illustrations
More than 300 illustrations including a map of East Africa
IT terminology
Many computer terms have been translated into Kiswahili for the first time
Study pages
Short history of Swahili, proverbs, shapes and sizes,