The Well Spoken Thesaurus: The Most Powerful Ways To Say Everyday Words And Phrases
The Ultimate Guide to Powerful LanguageIf you’ve ever fumbled while trying to use a big word* to impress a crowd, you know what it’s like to* be poorly spoken. The fear of mispronouncing or misusing complex words is real and leaves many of us consigned to the lower levels* of the English...
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The Ultimate Guide to Powerful LanguageIf you’ve ever fumbled while trying to use a big word* to impress a crowd, you know what it’s like to* be poorly spoken. The fear of mispronouncing or misusing complex words is real and leaves many of us consigned to the lower levels* of the English Language.The secret to eloquence, however, lies in simplicity—the ability to use ordinary words in extraordinary ways.The Well-Spoken Thesaurus is your guide to eloquence, replacing the ordinary with the extraordinary. While a common thesaurus provides only synonyms as mere word-for-word equivalents, The Well-Spoken Thesaurus is filled with* dynamic reinventions of standard words and phrases.*lofty word, pretentious word*know what it is to*lower reaches, lower echelons*awash in, instilled with, dense with, rich in
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Format: paperback
ISBN:
9781402243059 (1402243057)
Publish date: February 1st 2011
Publisher: Sourcebooks
Pages no: 391
Edition language: English
There are some people who speak so elegantly, and you can't quite put a finger on why, or how. This book posits that it's as easy as substituting a few of your common utterances with more poetic equivalents. There are a lot of "that's brilliant!" moments, but there were a few suggested phrases that ...