If you want to craft your own inspired jewelry, but don't know how to start, Links will show you how your family and friends, nature, color and even just the ingredients of your bead box can influence deeply meaningful jewelry creations. Once you know where to look, creative inspiration can be found in every corner of your life and translated into beautiful bracelets, necklaces, earrings and pins. Find your own personal links with: <ul> <li>More than 50 beautiful step-by-step projects and variations, each with its own story of the author's inspiration, from the sweetly sentimental Mother's Love Pin and Choker to the naturally elegant Sun and Shadow Necklace. <li>A user-friendly techniques and materials section, giving you all the skills you need to get started making jewelry today. <li>Creative Connections featuring insight from other artists and Creative Challenges from the author for bonus inspiration. Let Links be your guidebook on a journey to create beautiful, storytelling jewelry that is all your own!
]]>Mixing genders, inverting subjects and objects, and trusting falsos amigos (a.k.a., false cognates) are just a few of the blunders English-speaking Spanish-language learners commonly make. In Correct Your Spanish Blunders, veteran Spanish teacher Jean Yates identifies these and other common trouble spots and clearly explains the reasons behind them. Learners discover how grammar patterns of Spanish differ from those of English and why trying to translate word for word, structure for structure, from English, can lead to big trouble.
Beginning Spanish students learn to break bad habits and correct their mistakes, while developing a much more natural feel for Spanish language patternsand have fun doing it!with the help of:<ul> <li>More than 1,000 highlighted examples of common blunders to avoid <li>Numerous examples and practical exercises <li>Quick-reference panels for checking correct tense forms <li>A "Hall of Shame" compendium of bad errors to recognize and correct
]]>Providing an ideal, easily accessible, instructional guide to one of the two most popular foreign languages taught in the United States, this new Utterly Confused self-study handbook is ideal for both students and adults looking for a user-friendly introduction to their language studies. Based on the highly successful Utterly Confused format, this guide introduces beginners, in a unique conversational style and format, to the basic pronunciation, grammar, and vocabulary needed for effective communication.
]]>Perfect Phrases in Spanish for Construction gives you more than 500 vital words and phrases specific to working on commercial and residential job sites, with translations spelled out phonetically so you can say what you need to say immediately.
Space the wall studs sixteen inches apart. Clave los montantes a una distancia de dieciséis pulgadas. (KLAH-beh lohs mohn-TAHN-tess ah oo-nah dee-STAHN-s'yah deh d'yeh-see-SACE pool-GAH-thahs)
Put up the walls. Pare las paredes. (PAH-reh lahs-pah-REH-thess)
Use the bulldozer. Use la niveladora. (OO-seh lah nee-bell-ah-THOR-ah)
Learn the Spanish words and phrases for: exchanging pleasantries • interviewing potential employees • discussing pay rate and taxes • giving instructions • terminating an employee • establishing work hours • explaining safety and emergency procedures • praising good work
With Perfect Phrases in Spanish for Construction, you can overcome the language barrier and develop a more comfortable, productive environment at your worksite.
]]>Perfect Phrases in Spanish for Household Maintenance and Child Care gives you more than 500 vital words and phrases specific to working in the home, with translations spelled out phonetically so you can say what you need to say immediately.
For example:
Give the baby a bath. Dale un baño al/(a la) bebé (DAH-leh oon BAHN-yoh ahl/(ah lah) beh-BEH)
Put the newspapers in the recycle bin. Ponga los periódicos en esta canasta para el reciclamiento. (PONG-gah lohs peh-ree-OH-thee-kohs en eh-stah kah-NAH-stah pah-rah el reh-see-clah-M'YEN-toh)
Clean the windows. Limpie las ventanas. (LEEMP lahs ben-TAH-nahs)
Learn the Spanish words and phrases for: exchanging pleasantries * interviewing potential employees * discussing pay rate and taxes * giving instructions * terminating an employee * establishing work hours * explaining safety and emergency procedures * praising good work
With Perfect Phrases in Spanish for Household Maintenance and Child Care, you can overcome the language barrier and develop a more comfortable, productive environment in your home.
]]>Perfect Phrases in Spanish for Gardening and Landscaping gives you the necessary phrases to communicate with your Spanish-speaking employees--no prior knowledge of Spanish needed! The book features more than 500 vital words and phrases specific to the gardening and landscaping fields, with translations spelled out phonetically so you can say what you need to right away. From interviewing potential employees to discussing wages and every subject in between, Perfect Phrases in Spanish for Gardening and Landscaping will help you conquer the language barrier in the workplace, leading to increased productivity and a more collaborative environment.
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