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Short glossary of literary terms

Short Glossary of literary terms an article that offers an introduction to the short dictionary of literary terms, a free …

A Christmas story. Ella Gray. A Christmas Story from an Australian Christmas collection: stories, sketches, essays by James Francis Hogan …

English collocations words, an analysis of this important aspect of the language with rules, examples and references to the main …

English phrasal verbs, an analysis of this important aspect of the language with rules and examples, plus some useful links …

English, Greek and Latin, an article that explains how much the English language has been influenced and modified by the …

American slang is the body of words and expressions frequently used by or intelligible to a rather large portion of …

English is a Germanic language, with a grammar and a core vocabulary inherited from Proto-Germanic. However, a significant portion of …

John Florio quotes, proverbs and aphorisms. If this done it may please you, as I wish it may, and I …

He is of no age, nor any religion or party or profession. His works come out of the unfathomable depths …

All men who repeat a line from Shakespeare are William Shakespeare. Jorge Luis Borges, Labyrinths: Selected Stories and Other Writings …