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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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