Hubert Van Den Bergh: 3 books
How to Sound Cultured
Master The 250 Names That Intellectuals Love To Drop Into Conversation
Language: English
Release Date: November 5, 2015
'Damn, all my cheating secrets revealed. In book form' Stephen Fry
Which philosopher had the maddest hairstyle? Which novelist drank 50 cups of black coffee every day? What on earth did Simone de Beauvoir see in Jean-Paul Sartre?
How to Sound Cultured offers a wry and yet profoundly...
How to Sound Really Clever
600 Words You Need to Know
Language: English
Release Date: September 12, 2013
How to Sound Really Clever explains and illustrates over 600 words that can outfox us, such as 'condign', 'Zelig-like' and 'agitprop'. This is the sequel to the successful How to Sound Clever (2010) which taught you 600 words you really ought to know but haven't had the time to look up in the dictionary.
Each...
How to Sound Clever: Master the 600 English words you pretend to understand…when you don't
Master the 600 English words you pretend to understand...when you don't
Language: English
Release Date: September 15, 2010
How to Sound Clever explains the etymology of 600 key words you really ought to know but haven't had the time to look up in the dictionary. Each entry features an etymological description as well as useful example phrases so that readers can quickly see the correct context for each word. Anecdotes...