The Facts On File Dictionary of Foreign Words and Phrases.pdf

THE FACTS ON FILE DICTIONARY OF

Foreign Words

and Ph ra s e s

SECOND EDITION

THE FACTS ON FILE DICTIONARY OF

Foreign Words

and Ph ra s e s

SECOND EDITION

MARTIN H. MANSER

Associate Editors: David H. Pickering

Alice Grandison

The Facts On File Dictionary of Foreign Words and Phrases, Second Edition

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Manser, Martin H.

The Facts on File dictionary of foreign words and phrases / Martin H. Manser ; associate

editors: Alice Grandison and David H. Pickering. — 2nd ed / Martin H. Manser ; associate

editors: Alice Grandison and David H. Pickering.

p. cm. — (Writers library)

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN-13: 978-0-8160-7035-0 (alk. paper) 1. English language—Foreign words and

phrases—Dictionaries. I. Pickering, David, 1958– II. Grandison, Alice. III. Facts

on File, Inc. IV. Title. V. Title: Dictionary of foreign words and phrases.

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