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The American poet and essayist Ralph Waldo Emerson described the English language as "the sea which receives tributaries from every region under heaven." With more than 4,000 entries, this dictionary explains the meanings and origins of terms that have entered the English lexicon from foreign tongues. Drawn from the fields of language and literature, religion, law, politics and economics, music, entertainment, and cuisine, entries include a definition...

Drawing from Chinese, Japanese, Italian, Yiddish, French, German, and Balinese languages, Rheingold offers an unusual cross-cultural word book introducing colorful, not easily translatable terms that deal with a variety of concepts. In topical chapters of words about human relationships, sex, beauty, politics, religion, and emotions, he describes both the narrow and broader meanings of foreign idioms that usually condense sentences, even paragraphs,...

A dictionary of words and phrases regularly encountered in 20th-century British and American English, with words and phrases from more than 40 languages.

"Dictionary of Jewish Usage: A Guide to the Use of Jewish Terms is a unique and much needed resource to the way many Hebrew, Yiddish, and Aramaic words and meanings are used by English speakers. Sol Steinmetz draws upon his years of experience as an editor of dictionaries, as well as his lifelong study of Jewish history, traditions, and practices, to lead the reader through the essentially uncharted territory of Jewish usage." "Dictionary of Jewish...

Everybody eats, so being able to let people know in American Sign Language (ASL) that you're hungry and what you want to eat is very useful. This video shows a Sign language conversation about what to have for lunch

Not everything you're trying to sign is conveyed with your hands. Body language and facial expressions can communicate just as much information as American Sign Language (ASL), as this video shows.

Most people who learn American Sign Language (ASL) look forward to signing with others. When you meet someone for the first time, you want to introduce yourself. This video illustrates how you can greet someone in ASL.

Ohh! Did you know that exclamations in all languages tell the listener how you feel about a subject? American Sign Language (ASL) is no different. Wow! Like English, ASL exclamations show how strongly you feel or don't feel about something, and they're pretty easy to learn. Cool!