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Cassell's Colloquial Spanish: A Handbook of Idiomatic Usage, Including Latin-American Spanish
Cassell's Colloquial Spanish A Handbook of Idiomatic Usage Including Latin-American Spanish Author:Arthur Bryson Gerrard Cassell's Colloquial Spanish is one of a newly revised series of handbooks which provide convenient and fascinating coverage of modern languages, and of the pitfalls and difficulties inherent in colloquial, colourful, or idiomatic usage. Written with knowledge and enthusiasm, each book is not only a valuable source of refere... more »nce but also an entertaining and absorbing portrait of the current state of the language. Among the areas covered are:
* common words with no exact equivalent in English: detailed guidance is given
* false friends: the dangerous words which look similar to English words but mean something slightly - or very - different
* spoken language: common usage which differs from written forms
* levels of meaning: including guidance on words you may hear but should only use with care - or not at all
* special language: including the idiom of polite formalities and telephones, and special vocabularies
First published in 1953 as "Beyond the Dictionary in Spanish" and revised in 1972 under the same title, this third and completely revised edition was published in 1980 under a new title, "Cassell's Colloquial Spanish: A Handbook of Idiomatic Usage, Including Latin-American Spanish".« less