1000 Words To Expand Your Vocabulary

1000 Words To Expand Your VocabularyBroaden your vocabulary, boost your word power and delve into the English language with the 1,000 words in this fascinating book. The Oxford English Dictionary contains 175,000 words in common usage and yet linguists estimate that a vocabulary of 3,000 is sufficient to cover ninety five per cent of common usage in speech and print. Where have all those other words gone? The English language is a giant sponge, absorbing words from a multitude of

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a penetrating critique of technological society

the pirates fire up the cannons

Often what seems plausible in the imagination fails in execution

Bosch and Haller must nail a sadistic killer once and for all

It’s her famous genius mother’s idea to send her to ultra-expensive

we can become paralysed by fear

Edgar Rice Burroughs' 1914 pulp fantasy epic comes to life

from the beloved Pulitzer Prize-winning author of Empire Falls

Anne and Timmy the dog as they try to celebrate Mother's Day with Aunt Fanny

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and successful face transplant