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Author : David Burke
Release : 2007
Genre : Spanish language
Kind : eBook
Book Rating : 926/5 ( reviews)
Book Synopsis Street Spanish : slang dictionary and thesaurus by : David Burke
Download or read book Street Spanish : slang dictionary and thesaurus written by David Burke. This book was released on 2007. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : David Burke
Release : 1999-04-28
Genre : Foreign Language Study
Kind : eBook
Book Rating : 348/5 ( reviews)
Book Synopsis Street Spanish Slang Dictionary & Thesaurus by : David Burke
Download or read book Street Spanish Slang Dictionary & Thesaurus written by David Burke. This book was released on 1999-04-28. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: ?Tus antepasados eran nobles? !Me estas tomando el pelo! (trans.): Your ancestors were royalty? You're pulling my leg! (lit.): Your ancestors are royalty? You're taking my hair! !La comida en este restauraniete esta para chuparse los dedos! (trans.): The fod in this restaurant id delicious! (lit.): The food in this restaurant is to suck one's fingers! While asking for directions, if a native speaker of Spanish were to tell you not to "eat your coconut" (comerse el coco) just because some "large onion" (cebollon) told you that your destination was "in the fifth pine tree" (en el quinto pino), you may not know whether to continue on your way or just give up and turn back -- that is, unless you've read David Burke's latest book in his Street Spanish series. The Street Spanish Slang Dictionary & Thesaurus offers English equivalents and usage tips for over one thousand Spanish terms, including slang words, idioms proverbs, colloquialisms, and vulgarities. It also offers an extensive thesaurus of naughty Spanish slang synonyms for common English words and phrases -- all destined to make you feel like an insider in no time.
Author : David Burke
Release : 1997-10-09
Genre : Foreign Language Study
Kind : eBook
Book Rating : /5 ( reviews)
Book Synopsis Street Spanish 1 by : David Burke
Download or read book Street Spanish 1 written by David Burke. This book was released on 1997-10-09. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: If a native Spanish speaker were to tell you that the pez gordo (fat fish) met a merengue (meringue) with lots of pasta (noodles) who is going to become his media naranja (half an orange), you may not know whether to offer your condolences or your congratulations — that is, unless you’ve read this first book in David Burke’s Street Spanish series. Street Spanish 1 lets you quickly become an insider by presenting some of the most popular slang terms used throughout the many Spanish-speaking countries. With the help of entertaining dialogues, word games and drills, crossword puzzles, and word searches, you’ll finally be able to understand the everyday language used on the street, in homes, offices, stores, and among family and friends.
Author : Mary McVey Gill
Release : 2001-06-28
Genre : Foreign Language Study
Kind : eBook
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Book Synopsis Streetwise Spanish Dictionary/Thesaurus by : Mary McVey Gill
Download or read book Streetwise Spanish Dictionary/Thesaurus written by Mary McVey Gill. This book was released on 2001-06-28. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Presents a listing of five thousand idiomatic terms and slang expressions in Spanish, grouped alphabetically within more than 150 thematic categories; each with an English translation and example sentence.
Author : David Burke
Release : 1998-04-17
Genre : Foreign Language Study
Kind : eBook
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Book Synopsis Street Spanish 2 by : David Burke
Download or read book Street Spanish 2 written by David Burke. This book was released on 1998-04-17. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: If a native Spanish-speaker were to say to you, "You’re taking my hair!" (¡Me estás tomando el pelo!), you may not know how to respond…unless, of course, you’ve read David Burke’s newest book on Spanish idioms, Street Spanish 2. Then you’d know that this common expression is equivalent to the American idiom, "You’re pulling my leg!" Street Spanish 2 will lead you through an exciting domain of imaginative and popular Spanish idioms by the use of dialogues, vocabulary lessons, entertaining word drills and games including crossword puzzles, fill-ins, find-a-word charts, and dictations. A comprehensive glossary rounds out this fact- and fun-filled guide.
