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《英式英语A到Z》是一本英式日常英语的全面指南。本书按字母顺序，列出了超过5500个英式英语“专享”的词汇/表达以及与之相关的美式英语词汇/表达。此版收录了数百的新条目，探讨了英式英语的语言、发音、标点、文体、用法和文化，还包含了一个关于度量单位、汽车术语、板球术语等的特别部分。不管是对于普通读者、游客、语言爱好者抑或是从事英美语言（词汇）对比的人，本书都是既有趣又权威的参考。

British English A to Zed is a comprehensive guide to everyday English spoken on the other side of the Atlantic. General readers and language lovers alike will have immediate access to an alphabetical listing of more than 5,500 "Briticisms" and their correlating "Americanisms" in this volume. Featured in this edition are several hundred new entries; lively discussions of British language, pronunciation, punctuation, style, usage, and culture; and special sections on units of measure, automotive terms, cricket terms, and more. For readers, travelers, and Anglophiles everywhere, this entertaining and authoritative resource is a cultural delight.
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目录 Contents
前言 Foreword
初版前言 Preface to the First Edition
凡例 Explanatory Notes
介绍 Introduction
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B
C
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Y
Z
附录 Appendices
附录一 Appendix I: General Differences between British and American English
附录二 Appendix II: Glossaries and Tables
索引 Index

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