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Celebrating its twentieth anniversary and over 115,000 copies sold, here is the essential, entertaining guide to speaking Spanish like a native, with a new preface by the author.

Table of Contents
  • Foreword and Forewarning
  • Acknowledgments
  • Introduction
  • 1. Ten Ways to Avoid Being Taken for a Gringo
  • 2. Minding Your Verbal Manners
  • 3. Tricksters
  • 4. Our Fellow Human Beings
  • 5. The Secret Life of Verbs
  • 6. The Twilight Zone
  • 7. Sixty-four Verbs, Up Close and Personal
  • 8. Cranking Up Your Spanish
  • 9. Snappy Answers
  • 10. Invective and Obscenity
  • 11. Which Is Which?
  • 12. Say It Right
  • 13. Spanish Roots
  • 14. The Big Mix
  • Appendix A. Spanish’s Anglicisms and Barbarisms
  • Appendix B. Nuances, Translation Tips, and Words and Phrases Influenced by English
  • Appendix C. English’s “Hispanisms”

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    Publisher: University of Texas Press
    Publication Date: 20/01/2015
    ISBN13: 9780292761933, 978-0292761933
    ISBN10: 0292761937
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    Description

    Book Synopsis
    Celebrating its twentieth anniversary and over 115,000 copies sold, here is the essential, entertaining guide to speaking Spanish like a native, with a new preface by the author.

    Table of Contents
    • Foreword and Forewarning
    • Acknowledgments
    • Introduction
    • 1. Ten Ways to Avoid Being Taken for a Gringo
    • 2. Minding Your Verbal Manners
    • 3. Tricksters
    • 4. Our Fellow Human Beings
    • 5. The Secret Life of Verbs
    • 6. The Twilight Zone
    • 7. Sixty-four Verbs, Up Close and Personal
    • 8. Cranking Up Your Spanish
    • 9. Snappy Answers
    • 10. Invective and Obscenity
    • 11. Which Is Which?
    • 12. Say It Right
    • 13. Spanish Roots
    • 14. The Big Mix
    • Appendix A. Spanish’s Anglicisms and Barbarisms
    • Appendix B. Nuances, Translation Tips, and Words and Phrases Influenced by English
    • Appendix C. English’s “Hispanisms”

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