Roots of Happiness: 100 Words for Joy and Hope from Britain’s Most-Loved Word Expert by Susie DentRequirements: .ePUB reader, 62 mbOverview: Susie Dent, bestselling author, broadcaster and word expert, is on a mission to find light in the deepest, darkest corners of our language. It takes just a short browse through the dictionary to spot […]
Susie Dent’s Weird Words by Susie DentRequirements: .ePUB reader, 10.0 MBOverview: A funny and entertaining way to discover more about the history and meaning of language. SUSIE DENT’S WEIRD WORDS takes children on a rip-roaring tour through some of the most astonishing and sometimes quite revolting origins of English words. As Susie Dent knows, even […]
Susie Dent’s Weird Words by Susie DentRequirements: .ePUB reader, 10mbOverview: Susie Dent is here to take children on a rip-roaring tour through some of the most astonishing, amusing and sometimes quite revolting backgrounds of English words. Did you know, for instance, that ‘fizzle’ originally meant to break wind silently? Over time, it came to describe […]
Word Perfect: Etymological Entertainment For Every Day of the Year by Susie DentRequirements: .MP3 reader, 604.1 MB Overview: Welcome to a year of wonder with Susie Dent, lexicographer, logophile, and longtime queen of Countdown’s Dictionary Corner.From the real Jack the Lad to the theatrically literal story behind stealing someone’s thunder, from tartle (forgetting someone’s name […]
Word Perfect: Etymological Entertainment For Every Day of the Year by Susie DentRequirements: .ePUB, .PDF reader, 3 MBOverview: Welcome to a year of wonder with Susie Dent, lexicographer, logophile, and longtime queen of Countdown’s Dictionary Corner. From the real Jack the Lad to the theatrically literal story behind stealing someone’s thunder, from tartle (forgetting someone’s […]