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From "lamebrain" to "feet of clay," a heaping handful of English idioms, similes, metaphors, and other colorful turns of phrase.
I have been a Podiatrist for forty years. Over those years my patients have said things about their feet that usually caused me to write a cute joke or pun. This book is a collection of jokes that I've culled, pertaining to feet and other various topics.
"I’m not hanging noodles on your ears." In Moscow, this curious, engagingly colorful assertion is common parlance, but unless you’re Russian your reaction is probably "Say what?" The same idea in English is equally odd: "I’m not pulling your leg." Both mean: Believe me. As author Jag Bhalla demonstrates, these amusing, often hilarious phrases provide a unique perspective on how different cultures perceive and describe the world. Organized by theme—food, love, romance, and many more—they embody cultural traditions and attitudes, capture linguistic nuance, and shed fascinating light on "the whole ball of wax." For example, when English-speakers are hard at work, we’re "nose to the grindstone," but industrious Chinese toil "with liver and brains spilled on the ground" and busy Indians have "no time to die." If you’re already fluent in 10 languages, you probably won’t need this book, but you’ll "get a kick out of it" anyhow; for the rest of us, it’s a must. Either way, this surprising, often thought-provoking little tome is gift-friendly in appearance, a perfect impulse buy for word lovers, travelers, and anyone else who enjoys looking at life in a riotous, unusual way. And we’re not hanging noodles from your ear.
Understanding Formulaic Language: A Second Language Acquisition Perspective brings together leading scholars to provide a state-of-the-art, interdisciplinary account of the acquisition, processing, and use of formulaic language. Contributors present three distinct but complementary perspectives on the study of formulaic language – cognitive/psycholinguistic, socio-cultural/pragmatic, and pedagogical – to highlight new work as well as directions for future work. This book is an essential resource for established researchers and graduate students in second language acquisition and pedagogy, corpus and cognitive linguistics, psycholinguistics, sociolinguistics, and pragmatics.
Originally published: Berkeley, Calif.: Optima Books, c2000.
Join the Meyer family as they uproot their lives and heed God’s call to serve in a variety of stimulating overseas mission fields. Your heart will be warmed by the powerful challenges they encounter. Get to know each family member as they experience exciting adventures in both difficult and delightful circumstances while learning to place steadfast trust in God’s providence. The story begins in Africa, transitions to Lebanon and back to Africa with other countries in-between. Encounter the desolation of war but enjoy the natural beauty beyond. Soar with the summiting of two of Africa's highest peaks and sigh with the tragedies. Savor the safaris. Cry with the heartbreaks. Each character travels undulating paths packed with trials but filled with surprises. Learn of intriguing cultures, customs and cuisines interwoven with history, geography, ornithology and zoology. Numerous Biblical passages lace this book and are set to practical, heart-felt applications.
Having lost himself in extreme sports since the death of his wife, sculptor Tim Overleigh joins a team of men bent on climbing the Godesh Ridge in Nepal in order to stop his downward spiral, only to find what was supposed to be a journey based in Tibetan mysticism to be an experiment in terror.
Lexi King has switched over to a parallel universe, due to a freak glitch, and finds herself the chief suspect in her husbands' murder. Except she doesn't have a husband, the other version of herself here did. Lexi must eliminate herself from police enquiries, to avoid getting arrested before she can attempt to switch back to her correct universe. She is assisted by Nathan, a hospital porter, who studies the phenomenon of parallel universe travelling. But will they be able to find the killer in time? What if it is Lexi? And will Nathan be able to help Lexi switch back across to her universe?