BOOKS Flashcards
a book that is part of a series of books
volume
a new book that has sold a great number of copies
best-seller
the original copy of a book or article before it is printed
manuscript
a book, magazine, newspaper, or document in which information or stories are published
a publication
a book, play, or film that has an exciting story, often about solving a crime
a thriller
a printed copy of something that is examined and corrected before the final copies are printed
proofs (bozze)
a story about a crime and the attempt to discover who committed it
whodunnit
a single book, newspaper, record, or other printed or recorded text of which many have been produced
a copy
a book with a cover made of thick paper
a paperback (tascabile)
a book that has a stiff cover
hardback edition (con copertina rigida)
to read or consider something quickly in order to understand the main points, without studying it in detail
to skim (leggere per sommi capi)
to avoid sth
to skip
to look quickly at the pages of a magazine, book, etc
to flip through sth (sfogliare)
to try to find a piece of information by looking in a book or on a computer
to look sth up
to read small parts of a book or magazine
to dip into sth (dare una letta)
to look at, or tell someone else to look at, a book or similar record in order to find information and help
to refer (sb) to sth. (consultare)
to look through a book or magazine without reading everything
to browse
to spend a lot of time and effort doing something boring or difficult, especially reading a lot of information
to wade through sth (sciropparsi)
to read through something, especially in order to find the part you are interested in
to peruse
read all the way through from the beginning to the end
to read from cover to cover
a short text at the beginning or end of a book where the writer names people or other works that have helped in writing the book
acknowledgements
a separate part at the end of a book or magazine that gives extra information
appendix
a list of the books and articles that have been used by someone when writing a particular book or article
bibliography
a short description of a book, film, etc., written by the people who have produced it, and intended to make people want to buy it or see it
blurb (testo della quarta di copertina)
the articles or parts contained in a magazine or book, with the number of the page they begin on
contents (INDICE)
a statement that says in whose honour something has been written
dedication
a list of the answers to the questions in an exercise or test
a key
a note printed at the bottom of a page that gives extra information about something that has been written on that page
footnotes
the picture that faces the page of a book with the title on
frontispiece
an alphabetical list, with meanings, of the words or phrases in a text that are difficult to understand
glossary
the order in which a series of events happened, or a list or explanation of these events in the order in which they happened
chronology
an alphabetical list, such as one printed at the back of a book showing which page a subject, name, etc. is on
index
a long printed story about imaginary characters and events
a novel
a type of thin book with large pages and a paper cover that contains articles and photographs and is published every week or month
a magazine
a book that contains a list of words in alphabetical order and explains their meanings
a dictionary
a book or set of books containing many articles arranged in alphabetical order that deal either with the whole of human knowledge or with a particular part of it, or a similar set of articles on the internet:
encyclopaedia
a book containing maps
atlas
a book that gives information for visitors about a place, such as a city or country
a guidebook
