Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary of Current English

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50 000 headwords and derivatives 11 000 idiomatic expressions 100 000 items with phonetics 50 000 illustrative phrases and sentences 1 000 illustrations
Advanced Learner's Dictionary has achieved international recognition as the indispensable practical reference book to English-as a foreign or second language. An English dictionary that will be useful to the foreign user must be more than an occasional reference for spelling difficulties, pronunciations and the meanings of difficult or new vocabulary; a knowledge of how to select vocabulary for particular contexts and how to put the words together in the correct order is most important. This dictionary is the only one which provides detailed information of this kind. It makes an active contribution to written and oral work in the same way that a textbook does and provides the student with an excellent opportunity for private study.
The dictionary provides a unique wealth of information and guidance on sentence patterns and... Tovább

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50 000 headwords and derivatives 11 000 idiomatic expressions 100 000 items with phonetics 50 000 illustrative phrases and sentences 1 000 illustrations
Advanced Learner's Dictionary has achieved international recognition as the indispensable practical reference book to English-as a foreign or second language. An English dictionary that will be useful to the foreign user must be more than an occasional reference for spelling difficulties, pronunciations and the meanings of difficult or new vocabulary; a knowledge of how to select vocabulary for particular contexts and how to put the words together in the correct order is most important. This dictionary is the only one which provides detailed information of this kind. It makes an active contribution to written and oral work in the same way that a textbook does and provides the student with an excellent opportunity for private study.
The dictionary provides a unique wealth of information and guidance on sentence patterns and usage, including notes on common errors and on comparative structures. The inclusion of numerous phrases and sentences to illustrate structures and contexts is a very important feature of the text. Idiomatic expressions and collocations, with which English abounds and which theforeign userfinds mostdifficultto handle, have also been given careful attention. Stylistic values and specialist English registers are recorded, as are American spellings, meanings and pronunciation.
Over a thousand illustrations are included since pictorial representation can often achieve more than a written explanation. Many are grouped in common themes with the careful labelling of individual parts to increase their didactic value.
A S Hornby has brought to the task his unrivalled experience as a teacher, textbook writer and lexicographer. He has been helped by other specialists in the teaching and academic fields and has taken into account comments on earlier editions of the book from regular correspondents throughoutthe world. Vissza