Compiti di Natale - Reading 2 Flashcards
is a written record of what you have done each day. It is also a publication containing academic articles, published at regular intervals, e.g. every three months.
A Journal
written record of a person’s own life, typically by a politician or military figure.
Memoirs / memwa:z/
a book or set of books containing articles arranged in alphabetical order, dealing with the whole of human knowledge or part of it.
An encyclopedia
a collection of, for example, poems or short stories by different authors.
An anthology
usually a technical book with instructions
A manual
a book that records events, times, etc., for example, all the journeys made by a lorry or ship.
A logbook
difficult to stop once you’ve started;
It’s compulsive reading (formal)
A books you just can’t put down. [informal]
contained ideas that no one else had yet thought of or discussed at that time
ahead of its time.
a reflection of that time
a product of its time
not complex; slightly negative connotation
lightweight
nice to read in bed
bedtime reading
difficult to read
heavy going
become involved/ engage with
get into it
number of people who read them
readership
