How to Sound Really Clever: 600 Words You Need to Know by Van Den Bergh, offres Hubert

Outfoxed by words like condign, Zelig-like and agitprop? Unsure of the true meanings of nonplussed, disinterested and gauntlet? How to Sound Really Clever explains over 600 words you really ought to know but havent had the time to look up in the dictionary.



In this sequel to the bestselling How to Sound Clever, author Hubert van den Bergh brings together more words that have made him raise an admiring eyebrow when hearing them trip off other peoples tongues, or smile when seeing them in newsprint.

Hubert van den Bergh has worked in London for offres the past decade. A language enthusiast, he read French and Linguistics at Oxford University. He is the author of How to Sound Clever (Bloomsbury, 2010) and is a regular contributor to the Daily Telegraph.