Adam Makkai Libros

Small enough to fit in purse or pocket, this dictionary presents approximately 2,500 American-English idiomatic words and expressions with their meanings. "In one's element" ... "nail down" ... "off base" and most other American idioms are composed of simple words that somehow take on brand-new meanings when they are combined. Here's a handy reference guide to them all for ESL students, foreign travelers in North America, and anybody with an interest in language usage. Expressions are listed alphabetically, identified according to their part of speech, and categorized as formal, informal, slang, or literary. Each expression is defined and supplemented with an illustrative sentence.

Includes Slang, Proverbs, Cliches—Each Defined and IllustratedOVER 4,000 COMMONLY-USED AMERICAN IDIOMATIC EXPRESSIONSCompletely Up-to-DateExcellent for Foreign SpeakersEqually valuable for Students of American English

Contemporary Hungarian Poetry is a direct continuation of the seven hundred-year old tradition that was so admirably presented by Professor Adam Makkai and his associates in Volume 1 of this unique collection. Whereas Hungary's poets of old were following the Miracle Stag's westward flight, it is no exaggeration to say that contemporary Hungarian poets have found their place in World Literature. Hungarian poetry's contemporaneity reflects lasting values, whether a poet still uses rhymes as do György Faludy and sometimes Győző Határ, or writes free verse without punctuation, as is the custom in the West. Makkai's lucid, challenging introduction and the concise biographies before each author's work continue the remarkable tradition begun in Volume 1. This volume, together with the second revised edition of Volume 1, belongs in the collection of every lover of poetry, comparatist, poet and translator, who wishes to see the world's best minds seek the common language of Liberty, Equality and Fraternity on Earth.

Hungarian, English (translation)

Book by Makkai, Adam