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Collins French Concise Dictionary, 4e (HarperCollins Concise Dictionaries) (English and French Edition) (Paperback)

Collins French Concise Dictionary, 4e (HarperCollins Concise Dictionaries) (English and French Edition)

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Customer Feedback “…good dictionary…my knowledge of French was several decades old and this is helping me get up to date with more modern colloquialisms.” P Smith, Luton.
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Practical, user-friendly, comprehensive The Collins French Concise Dictionary offers up-to-date coverage of contemporary French—from reality TV to text message, internaute to malbouffe New two-color format allows easy access to the entry word you are looking for Special entries throughout highlight various aspects of French life and culture Exclusive keyword feature provides additional help with translating the most essential vocabulary Extra help with grammar: Extensive examples are given for grammatical constructions and idiomatic usage Step-by-step guide to French grammar includes hundreds of examples

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McGraw-Hill’s Dictionary of American Idoms and Phrasal Verbs (Kindle Edition)

McGraw-Hill's Dictionary of American Idoms and Phrasal Verbs

Learn the language of Nebraska . . .and 49 other statesWith more entries than any other reference of its kind, McGraw-Hill-s Dictionary of American Idioms and Phrasal Verbs shows you how American English is spoken today. You will find commonly used phrasal verbs, idiomatic expressions, proverbial expressions, and cliches. The dictionary contains more than 24,000 entries, each defined and followed by one or two example sentences. It also includes a Phrase-Finder Index with more than 60,000 entries.

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The most comprehensive, in-depth guide to common American idioms and phraseology available The hardest part of getting the hang of a language is making sense of its idioms. From proverbial expressions such as “a stitch in time saves nine,” to idioms such as “dead ringer,” to such common verbal phrases as “put out” and “take on,” these colorful constructions, so abundant in American English, seem to serve no other purpose than to f (more…)

Merriam-Webster’s Collegiate Dictionary (Laminated Cover) (Merriam-Webster’s Collegiate Dictionary (Laminated)) [Bargain Price] [Hardcover]

Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Dictionary (Laminated Cover) (Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Dictionary (Laminated))

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*Starred Review* The first Merriam-Webster’s Collegiate Dictionary (M-W) was published in 1898, and the tenth edition had a copyright date of 1993. The eleventh edition brings many new words, a CD-ROM, and a free one-year subscription to Merriam-Webster Collegiate.com, which includes the text of the dictionary as well as the Collegiate Thesaurus, Collegiate Encyclopedia, and Merriam-Webster’s Spanish-English Dictionary.Now for the numbers. M-W has a paper file of 15,700,000 citations from which their lexicographers chose 10,000 new words, for a total of 165,000 entries and 225,000 definitions. There are 100,000 “changes” from the tenth edition. Users asked for more usage examples and idioms and phrases, so there are now 40,000 examples and a “significant” increase in idioms. There are 91,000 pronunciations, 33,000 etymologies, 2,700 illustrative quotations, 650 foreign words and phrases, and 700 illustrations.As the world rushes on, so does the time taken (more…)

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