English Quickies [antikvár]

!Dear Reader,Do you know what a Quickie is ? Well, just ahout anything you can do, have or enjoy quick-ly and within a short time. One could say a Quickie is the contrary to a full-length programme, an all-in treatment with extrás, a complete course or a great somebody's collected works.I found the Quickies contained in this book in English newspapers, tucked away in the odd column, among readers9 letters or advertisements or splashed across the front page. Those weird and so utterly English littie stories which I call Quickies at least are what the English press claims to be: true, inforrnative, eniertaining. At the same time they are what the English press does not claim tőbe: harmless and innocent. They even can afford to be funny. And that9s why I like them and pass them on to you. English Quickies is designed for use in schools and uni-versities. Since text-book stuff can sometimes be rather dull I thought this material might give you a bit of fun and provide a wide rangé of topics at the same time. It should, therefore, appeal to students and teachers as well as all friends of the English language. At the end of the book you find a glossary of words and phrases which, I thought, would come in handy. What it contains are such words and idioms which you might have to look up in a dictionary. But what a bother to take a big