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This dictionary explores the relationship between the literal and the nonliteral (idiomatic and metaphorical) language of the cooking and eating of food. Each entry contains a description of the historical background of each of the two types of language, and the works that record the terms.

Food --- Aliments --- Dictionnaires anglais

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An essential reference companion for anyone with an interest in energy, including scientists, consultants, journalists, economists, educators, students and policy-makers.

Power resources --- Ressources énergétiques --- Dictionaries. --- Dictionnaires

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This lavishly illustrated new dictionary written by an experienced writer and consultant on astronomy provides an essential guide to the universe for amateur astronomers of all ages. Around 1300 carefully selected and cross-referenced entries are complemented by hundreds of beautiful colour illustrations, taken from space missions, the Hubble Space Telescope, and other major observatories on Earth and in space. Distinguished stellar illustrator Wil Tirion has drawn 20 new star maps especially for inclusion here. A myriad of named astronomical objects, constellations, observatories and space missions are described in detail, as well as biographical sketches for 70 of the most luminous individuals in the history of astronomy and space science. Acronyms and specialist terms are clearly explained, making for the most thorough and carefully assembled reference resource that teachers and enthusiasts of astronomy will ever need.

Astronomy --- Astronomie --- Dictionaries --- Pictorial works --- Dictionnaires anglais --- Ouvrages illustrés

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Detailed accounts of the lexical constituent of any language, to which the grammatical array of rules is added in order to produce correct utterances, are a must in applied linguistic description, as only they allow the thorough retrieval of information contained therein. In the case of ‘dead’ languages or dialects, works of this nature are even more necessary, as there is no possibility of elliciting information from natives. This is the case of Andalusi Arabic, practised in the Iberian Peninsula between the eighth and seventeenth centuries and a vehicle of an interesting folk literature, in prose and poetry, as well as of some legal deeds and personal letters with historical allusions of great value. These materials have been surveyed since the nineteenth and mainly during the twentieth century; however, the interest for such studies appears to have abated in recent decades, while a definitive assessment of their contribution to linguistics, literature and history has not yet been produced. Therefore, this dictionary will be helpful to scholars working on those fields from both the viewpoints of Western European and Western Islamic studies. L’étude détaillée du lexique de n’importe quelle langue, à laquelle il faut systématiquement ajouter la somme des règles grammaticales, est une condition nécessaire à une description linguistique appliquée et la seule façon de bien pouvoir comprendre les textes; à plus forte raison, dans le cas de langues ou de dialectes morts, puisqu’on ne peut plus interroger de locuteurs natifs: tel est le cas de l’arabe andalou, utilisé dans la Péninsule Ibérique entre le huitième et le dix-septième siècle, qui a permis la diffusion d’une littérature populaire en prose et en vers très riche et intéressante, ainsi que des documents légaux et des lettres personnelles contenant parfois des informations d’une grande valeur historique. Ces matériaux ont été étudiés pendant le dix-neuvième siècle et surtout le vingtième siècle, mais on a remarqué une certaine diminution des efforts dans ce domaine, de telle sorte qu’un inventaire définitif de ces connaissances pour la linguistique, la littérature et l’histoire de cette période en l’Europe Occidentale n’est pas encore atteinte. Ce dictionnaire sera donc très utile à tous ceux qui s’occupent de ces aspects de notre civilisation, des deux points de vue: occidental et islamologique.

Arabic language --- Semitic languages --- French. --- Dialects --- Arabe (Langue) --- Dictionaries. --- Dictionaries --- Dialectes --- Dictionnaires --- Dictionnaires français --- Árabe --- Dialectos --- Diccionarios

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Lexicon of Environmental Law, les définitions du droit de l’environnement , contains terms found in international instruments together with clear, authentic, objective and easily understandable definitions of them. For human beings and for the planet, environmental law is fundamental and so important that all environmental documents should be understood by anyone, old and young, educated and uneducated, expert and non-expert. Yet many environmental law conventions, declarations, instruments, volumes and papers are extremely hard to comprehend or are easily misunderstood because certain expressions and terms are not clearly defined, or are written in such a way that only those familiar with UN jargon can understand them. Dr. Cédric Viale created a useful lexicon for those who face such difficulty in understanding UN environmental law documents and other texts. The volume is easy to use, yet rich in detail, and will be an indispensable tool for practitioners, researchers and students of environmental law. Le Lexicon of Environmental Law, les définitions du droit de l’environnemen t contient des termes utilisés dans les instruments ainsi que leurs définitions claires, objectives et aisément compréhensibles. Pour les êtres humains et pour la planète, le droit de l’environnement est fondamental et si important que tous les documents sur l’environnement doivent être compris par tous, vieux et jeune, diplômé ou non, expert ou débutant. De nombreuses conventions, déclarations, documents sont extrêmement difficiles à comprendre ou portent facilement à l’incompréhension parce que, notamment, des mots et expressions ne sont pas clairement définis ou simplement écrits de telle façon que seuls les familiers du jargon onusien peuvent comprendre. Le Docteur Cédric VIALE a produit ce dictionnaire pratique pour ceux qui doivent affronter des difficultés de compréhension du droit de l’environnement. Ce volume est facile à utiliser, riche en détails et deviendra l’instrument indispensable pour les praticiens, les chercheurs, les étudiants, les traducteurs, les avocats, … en environnement et en droit de l’environnement.

Environmental law --- English language --- French language --- Environment law --- Environmental control --- Environmental protection --- Environmental quality --- Environmental policy --- Law --- Sustainable development --- French. --- English. --- Law and legislation --- Germanic languages --- Environnement --- Anglais (Langue) --- Français (langue) --- Droit --- Dictionnaires --- Terminologie --- Dictionnaires français --- Dictionnaires anglais