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  • Speake, Jennifer  (7)
  • Luckhurst, Roger  (2)
  • Oxford : Oxford University Press  (5)
  • Oxford : Oxford Univ. Press  (4)
  • Englisch  (9)
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  • 1
    Online Resource
    Online Resource
    Oxford : Oxford University Press
    ISBN: 9780191799440
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource
    Edition: 6. edition
    Series Statement: Oxford Reference Online Premium
    DDC: 398.92103
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    Keywords: Englisch ; Sprichwort ; Wörterbuch ; Online-Publikation ; Wörterbuch ; Wörterbuch ; Wörterbuch
    URL: Volltext  (URL des Erstveröffentlichers)
    URL: Volltext  (URL des Erstveröffentlichers)
    URL: Volltext  (URL des Erstveröffentlichers)
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  • 2
    ISBN: 9780198734901
    Language: English
    Pages: xiv, 383 Seiten
    Edition: Sixth edition
    Series Statement: Oxford quick reference
    Parallel Title: Online-Ausg. Oxford dictionary of proverbs
    DDC: 398.9/21/03
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    Keywords: Proverbs, English Dictionaries ; Proverbs, American Dictionaries ; Wörterbuch ; Wörterbuch ; Englisch ; Sprichwort ; Englisch ; Sprichwort ; Wörterbuch
    Abstract: This unique and authoritative dictionary contains over 1,100 of the most widely used proverbs in English, utilizing the latest research from Oxford Dictionaries to source them. This edition has been thoroughly revised and updated, broadening the cultural range of the proverbs selected, and covering sayings of international origins. With a strong emphasis on concisely explaining the meaning of the proverbs described, the dictionary also provides additional examples of usage, and includes a fascinating history for many entries. Arranged in A-Z order and with a useful thematic index, A Dictionary of Proverbs is ideal for browsing and perfectly suited for quick reference. Look up your old favourites, learn punchy new expressions to get your point across, and find the answer to that crossword clue. It is never too late to learn: find proverbs relevant to every aspect of life in this entertaining and informative collection
    Note: First published as "The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Proverbs", edited by John Simpson,1982 , Previously co-edited with John Simpson , Literaturverzeichnis: Seiten 357-359
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  • 3
    Online Resource
    Online Resource
    Oxford : Oxford University Press
    ISBN: 9780191799440
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (XIV, 383 pages)
    Edition: Sixth edition
    Series Statement: Oxford reference online
    Parallel Title: Erscheint auch als The Oxford dictionary of proverbs
    DDC: 398.9/21/03
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    Keywords: Proverbs, English Dictionaries ; Proverbs, English ; Dictionaries ; Wörterbuch ; Wörterbuch ; Englisch ; Sprichwort ; Englisch ; Sprichwort ; Wörterbuch
    Abstract: This revised collection covers the most widely used proverbs in English, drawing on the resources of the Oxford Dictionaries team for the most up-to-date research. The new edition adds many sayings that have gained currency in recent years, such as 'better out than in' and 'if you can't be good, be lucky'. Explanations have been added or expanded for hundreds of proverbs, and examples of usage updated.
    Note: Previous edition: 2008. - Includes bibliographical references and index. - Description based on online resource; title from home page (viewed on September 22, 2015)
    URL: Volltext  (lizenzpflichtig)
    URL: Volltext  (lizenzpflichtig)
    URL: Volltext  (lizenzpflichtig)
    URL: Volltext  (lizenzpflichtig)
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  • 4
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    Book
    Oxford : Oxford Univ. Press
    ISBN: 9780198718802 , 0198718802 , 9780199698714 , 0199698716
    Language: English
    Pages: xiv, 321 S , Ill , 22 cm
    DDC: 398.41094109034
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    Keywords: Parapsychology and archaeology History 19th century ; Superstition History 19th century ; Blessing and cursing ; Mummies ; Blessing and cursing in literature ; Mummies in literature ; Orientalism History 19th century ; Popular culture History 19th century ; Great Britain Social life and customs 19th century ; Ägypten ; Mumie ; Geschichte ; Englisch ; Literatur ; Mumie ; Orientalismus
    Abstract: A quirky history that offers a new way of understanding the myth of the mummy's curse. Roger Luckhurst provides a startling path through the cultural history of Victorian England and its colonial possessions
    Note: First edition: 2012 , Includes bibliographical references and index
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  • 5
    Book
    Book
    Oxford : Oxford University Press
    ISBN: 9780199698714
    Language: English
    Pages: xiv, 321 Seiten , Illustrationen
    DDC: 398.41094109034
    Keywords: Fantasy fiction History and criticism ; Mummies in literature ; Mummies in mass media ; Mummy films History and criticism ; Popular culture ; Ägypten ; Ausgrabung ; Mumie ; Fluch ; Geschichte 1850-1950 ; Englisch ; Horrorliteratur ; Ägypten ; Mumie ; Geschichte 1850-1950
    Description / Table of Contents: King Tut and the dead earlThomas Douglas Murray and 22542 (the 'unlucky mummy) -- Walter Herbert Ingram and the coffin of Nesmin -- Egypt in London I: immersive-exotic spaces -- Egypt in London II: the exhibitionary universe -- The curse tale and the Egyptian gothic -- Rider Haggard among the mummies -- Evil eyes, punitive currents and the late Victorian magic revival.
    Note: Literaturverzeichnis: Seiten 287-310
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  • 6
    Online Resource
    Online Resource
    Oxford : Oxford Univ. Press
    ISBN: 9780191727740
    Language: English
    Pages: Online-Ressource
    Edition: 5. ed.
    Series Statement: Oxford reference online premium
    Parallel Title: Erscheint auch als
    DDC: 398.92103
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    Keywords: Proverbs, English ; Proverbs, English Dictionaries ; Proverbs, English ; Dictionaries ; Datenbank ; Datenbank ; Englisch ; Sprichwort ; Wörterbuch
    Abstract: This unique and authoritative collection contains over 1,100 of the most widely-used proverbs in English with research drawing on the Oxford English Corpus, the world's largest language databank. Lively and compelling, this book is filled with favourites - old and new - and with the fascinating history of each proverb through the ages.
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  • 7
    Online Resource
    Online Resource
    Oxford : Oxford Univ. Press
    ISBN: 9780191727740 , 9780199539536
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource
    Edition: 5. ed.
    Series Statement: Oxford reference
    DDC: 398.2103
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    Keywords: Proverbs, English Dictionaries ; Sprichwort ; Englisch ; Wörterbuch ; Wörterbuch ; Wörterbuch ; Englisch ; Sprichwort
    Abstract: Dictionary contains most widely used proverbs in English. It also features expanded coverage of foreign language proverbs currently in use in English, with an emphasis on examples of usage, including the earliest written evidence of its use.
    Note: Published to Oxford Reference: 2009
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  • 8
    Book
    Book
    Oxford : Oxford Univ. Press
    ISBN: 0198608942
    Language: English
    Pages: XII, 375 S.
    Edition: 4. ed., reissued in paperback
    Series Statement: Oxford paperback reference
    Former Title: Frühere Ausg. u.d.T. The concise Oxford dictionary of proverbs
    DDC: 398.92103
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    Keywords: Englisch ; Sprichwort ; Wörterbuch
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  • 9
    Book
    Book
    Oxford : Oxford University Press
    ISBN: 0198608942
    Language: English
    Pages: XII, 375 S.
    Edition: 4th ed., reiss. in paperback
    Series Statement: Oxford paperback reference
    DDC: 398.92103
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    Keywords: Proverbs, English Dictionaries ; Sprichwort ; Englisch ; Wörterbuch ; Wörterbuch ; Wörterbuch ; Wörterbuch ; Wörterbuch ; Englisch ; Sprichwort
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