LAS LENGUAS INGLESA Y ESPAÑOLA de Delfín Carbonell

  A Phraseological Journey Ediciones del Serbal, Barcelona, published my A Phraseological Dictionary, English and Spanish in 1995. Two years later, I was invited by the eminent philologist and theologian Xesús Ferro Ruibal to speak about it at the I Coloquio Galego de Fraseoloxía in Santiago de Compostela — a great honor and a memorable occasion. But even then, I knew the work could go further. I sought a comprehensive dictionary of parallel idiomatic phrases in both English and Spanish. When the contract with Serbal expired in 2000, I chose not to renew it, determined to widen the scope and improve the book in every dimension. Other writing projects intervened, as often happens — man proposes and God disposes — but the idea never left me. Finally, in 2020, I found the uninterrupted time to spit in my hands, roll up my sleeves, and return to the task. Since then, I have worked four to five hours a day, Sundays and holidays included, and the dictionary has grown immensely: from...