The Penguin dictionary of foreign terms and phrases
By: revised and edited by Eugene Ehrlich ; based on the original edition of C.O. Sylvester Mawson
Series: Penguin reference books; Penguin reference books
Publisher: Penguin; Penguin UK
Published: 1993
Place of publication: Harmondsworth
Language: eng
Number of pages: 411
ISBN-13: 9780140512946
Subjects: English language; Dictionaries; Foreign words and phrases; Mots étrangers; Expression écrite; Expression orale; Expressions idiomatiques; Dictionnaires; Fremdwort; Wörterbuch; NEW WORDS; TERMS AND PHRASES; ENGLISH LANGUAGE; DICTIONARIES
Other titles: Mot juste
Description: This is a dictionary of foreign-language terms, words, mottos and phrases used in English speech and writing. Languages range from Aramaic and Greek to Russian and Swahili, from Hebrew and Sanskrit to Tagalog and Yiddish. The book also has a full English index.
Notes: Originally published entitled Le Mot Just: London : Viking, 1988. - Based on Harper dictionary of foreign terms, 3rd ed. New York : Harper & Row, 1988.

Includes index.