Table of Contents

Foreword and Forewarning; Acknowledgments; Introduction 1. Ten Ways to Avoid Being Taken for a Gringo; 2. Minding Your Verbal Manners; 3. Tricksters; 4. Our Fellow Human Beings; 5. The Secret Life of Verbs; 6. The Twilight Zone; 7. Sixty-four Verbs, Up Close and Personal; 8. Cranking Up Your Spanish; 9. Snappy Answers; 10. Invective and Obscenity; 11. Which Is Which?; 12. Say It Right

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About the Author

Joseph J. Keenan is a journalist, editor, and environmentalist who has lived and worked in Latin America since 1984.

Reviews

" ...a breakthrough ...indispensable reading for any non-native speaker of Spanish ..." William F. Harrison, co-author of Spanish Memory Book: A New Approach to Vocabulary Building