Kirk-Greene, Christopher (Walter Edward)
KIRK-GREENE, Christopher (Walter Edward)
KIRK-GREENE, Christopher (Walter Edward). British, b. 1926. Genres: Language/Linguistics. Career: Assistant d'anglais, Lycee Berthollet, Annecy, France, 1948-49; Assistant Master 1949-86, and Head of Modern Languages Dept., 1962-78, Eastbourne College, Sussex. Publications: An Advanced French Vocabulary, 1958; Sixty Modern French Unseens, 1963; Les Mots Amis et Les Faux Amis, 1968; Lisez! Regardez! Repondez!, 1973; A First Book of French Idioms, 1973; Lectures Modernes, 1975; French False Friends, 1981 (as NTC's Dictionary of Faux Amis, 1990); Modern French Passages for Translation, 1984; Colloquial French, 1992; French Idioms and Expressions, 1997. Address: 7 South Cliff, Eastbourne, Sussex BN20 7AF, England.
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