Collins Cobuild Dictionary of Phrasal Verbs

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COLLINS COBUILD Dictionary of Phrasal Verbs All teachers and students of English recognize the problems of understanding phrasal verbs and of using them appropriately. Phrasal verbs are an essential part of everyday communication, and mastery of them promotes more effective language use. Drawing on the COBUILD database, this dictionary gives detailed help in a simple, straightforward way. It shows how phrasal verbs are actually used, with plenty of real examples. Synonyms and antonyms are included, as well as stylistic guidance. The layout, similar to the other successful COBUILD learners' dictionaries, sets out the syntactic patterns of each verb clearly in an extra colurnn. • Over 3000 phrasal verbs • Over 12000 examples • Over 2000 synonyms and antonyms A unique particles index deals with the adverbs and prepositions used in phrasal verb combinations. It gives the regular patterns associated with each of the particles, their common meanings, and the phrasal verbs where the particles have those meanings. COBUILD is the Collins Birmingham University International Language Database. At the University of Birmingham an editorial team has worked for eight years using extensive computer facilities to examine the patterns of use in millions of words of modern English text. This detailed analysis of the language gives all learners an accurate and informative picture of how English is really used today. Vissza