An illustrated compendium of untranslatable words from around the world. From }goya{, the Urdu word to describe the suspension of belief in good storytelling, to the Hawaiian }pana po'o{, which describes the act of scratching your head to remember something, it's full of surprises Did you know that the Japanese have a word to express the way sunlight filters through the leaves of trees? Or, that there's a Swedish word that means a traveller's particular sense of anticipation before a trip? This book includes a collection full of surprises that will make you savour the elusive, untranslatable words that make up a language.
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