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Once an English interpreter for the Chinese government
but they desperately wanted a son to complete their family
ISBN10: 8027339693
Horovitz was recently decorated as Commandeur dans l'Ordre des Arts et des Lettres
Word Origins: The Hidden Histories of English Words from A to Z FAM053000 Once an English interpreter forThe average contemporary English speaker knows 50,000 words. Yet stripped down to its origins, this apparently huge vocabulary is in reality much smaller, derived from Latin, French and the Germanic languages. It is estimated that every year, 800 neologisms are added to the English language: acronyms (nimby), blended words (motel), and those taken from foreign languages (savoir faire). Laid out in an A Z format with detailed cross references, and
