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Dictionary of English Down the Ages by Linda Flavell
19.99 AUD
Category: Reference
Throughout history, events great and small have left their mark on the way we speak. Columbus' discovery of America introduced to Europe new foodstuffs such as chilli and chocolate and the words that described them. The Normans gave us the feudal system and curfews, while the flourishing of Dutch art in ...Show more
Dictionary of Proverbs and Their Origins by Linda Flavell
19.99 AUD
Category: Reference
Did you know that if the cap fits refers to the traditional jester's cap with bells on it so anyone wearing such a cap could be expected to do something foolish? Or that the ancient Greeks believed that it was camels rather than elephants that never forgot? The Spanish writer Cervantes defined a proverb ...Show more
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