"Esme is born into a world of words. Motherless and irrepressibly curious, she spends her childhood in the Scriptorium, an Oxford garden shed in which her father and a team of dedicated lexicographers are collecting words for the very first Oxford English Dictionary. Young Esme's place is beneath the sorting table, unseen and unheard. One day a slip of paper containing the word bondmaid flutters beneath the table. She rescues the slip and, learning...

From one of America's most beloved and bestselling authors, a wonderfully useful and readable guide to the problems of the English language most commonly encountered by editors and writers.
What is the difference between “immanent” and “imminent”? What is the singular form of graffiti? What is the difference between “acute” and “chronic”? What is the former name of “Moldova”? What is the...

Presents a pictorial bilingual dictionary of over 22,000 words in Spanish and English organized by subjects and disciplines such as astronomy, science, sports, games, architecture, and clothing.

80,000 entries and 130,000 translations with nearly 5,000 new translations and hundreds of new words and phrases added across a variety of fields. Bidirectional with extensive coverage of Latin American Spanish. Expanded coverage of more than 700 core vocabulary entries. Abundant examples of words used in context clarify shades of difference between words. Perfect for teachers, students, travelers, and language learners of all skill levels.