This comprehensive modern English-Indonesian dictionary, the first to be published in the United States, contains approximately 25,000 headwords. Following the most up-to-date lexicographical principles, it includes modern idioms and slang, and provides extensive illustrative examples in sentences and phrases. It also contains many abbreviations, technical terms, and cross references, especially to irregular verb form's and noun plurals. Although intended primarily for Indonesian users, the dictionary will be helpful to speakers of English who wish to know the Indonesian equivalent of an English word or phrase. It complements the authors' previously published work described below.

Contains over 4,900 definitions. Includes a guide to pronunciation, stresses, and tone changes as well as useful phrases and proverbs.

With the rapid growth of the Spanish-speaking population worldwide, this comprehensive communicator has become an indispensable resource for healthcare students and professionals everywhere. The Fourth Edition has been designed to give easier and faster access to nearly 23,000 comprehensive medical terms, technology-related medical terms, and medical abbreviations, plus definitions, translations, tips on pronunciation, signs and symptoms of common disorders, practical phrases used in daily communication with patients, and much more.

Access to thePoint website featuring audio pronunciation glossary with Spanish audio, image bank, and appendices formatted as PDFs

The Oxford German Dictionary provides authoritative coverage of German and English with over 320,000 words and phrases, and 520,000 translations. Essential grammatical information and language usage notes are provided for both languages. This edition of the Oxford German Dictionary includes cultural notes, providing interesting and helpful information on life in the German- and English-speaking world. In addition, there are boxed notes offering help with language usage and construction, and a centre section covering essential correspondence with sample letters, emails, CVs and resumes, and sections on using the telephone and writing text messages. The colour design and ultra-clear layout make it even easier to find the translation you are looking for. This is an essential reference tool for all serious students of German at university level and beyond, and for those who need an authoritative and comprehensive guide to German.

The quickest way to study the essential German words and the perfect companion to titles in the ever-popular Easy Learning German range. With all the latest German spellings included, Collins Easy Learning German Vocabulary is designed for learners of German of all ages, whether you are learning at school, in an evening class, for business or to go on holiday. Easy to use: Collins Easy Learning German Vocabulary gives you all the words and phrases you need in order to communicate effectively in natural German. Easy to read: clear layout and handy vocabulary sections ensure that you find what you are looking for quickly and easily. Easy to understand: example phrases show you how German is really used. Other titles in the Easy Learning range include: Collins Easy Learning German Dictionary, Collins Easy Learning German Grammar, Collins Easy Learning German Grammar and Practice and Collins Easy Learning German Verbs.

This new edition of the Oxford Portuguese Mini Dictionary offers up-to-date coverage of all the essential day-to-day vocabulary with over 40,000 words and phrases, and 60,000 translations. With a handy phrasefinder, this dictionary is easy to use and ideal for travel and quick reference. This small dictionary offers the most accurate and up-to-date coverage of essential, everyday vocabulary with over 40,000 words and phrases and 60,000 translations. Easy-to-use design and a centre section of useful words and expressions listed by topic make this dictionary ideal for travel and quick reference. It has also been throughly updated with the latest Portuguese spelling reform changes. The dictionary is based on Brazilian Portuguese with extra information where European Portuguese is different.

Your best first reference to the French language

As you begin studying the French language, you must have a reliable bilingual dictionary with the basic words you need, not the advanced terms you don't. With "McGraw-Hill's French Student Dictionary" you'll find what you need quickly and easily--without being overwhelmed with text.

This book features: 3,500 essential words, each with grammatical information, easy-to-use pronunciation guide, verb conjugation (when appropriate), and an example sentence Numerous subentries to explain shades of meaning and idiomatic expressions related to the principal entries A collection of grammar tips and hints, including common mistakes to avoid Helpful appendices of useful information such as common names in French, weights and measures, maps, numbers, and more

Begin your language learning with the authoritative "McGraw-Hill's French Student Dictionary" at your side. It provides a perfect complement to your French studies.

Since its publication in 1995, the German Technical Dictionary has established itself as the definitive resource for anyone who needs to translate technical documents between German and English.
This new edition has been substantially revised to reflect the technological environment of the 21st century. The revised edition contains over 75,000 entries, of which over 5,000 are new, with many new entries in the areas of:
* the internet and telecommunications
* bio-technology and the new genetics
* new developments in health technology
Throughout this dictionary continues to benefit from the features that made the first edition so valuable, including accurate translations in British and American English and an attractive, durable and easy to use layout.

This dictionary consists of some 25,000 headwords in both French and English, drawn from all the major areas in the field of environmental technology including: air quality control, analysis, sampling and measurement, environmental policy and legal instruments, environmentally related safety engineering, general environmental management, marine pollution, noise pollution and control, soil contamination and remediation, water pollution and wastewater treatment, water supply and drinking water, and waste treatment and management.

This volume consists of headwords in both German and English, including abbreviations. Terms are drawn from the whole range of modern applied science and technical terminology. Expertly compiled by an international team of subject terminologists, 65 subject areas are covered, including in-depth treatment of the more established subject areas such as: mechanical engineering, transport, production engineering, electrical engineering, chemistry, computer technology, data processing, physics, electricity, construction, food technology, railway engineering and automotive engineering. The book also provides coverage of rapidly developing subject areas such as: photography, waste management, pollution, energy sources, marine pollution, telecommunications, chemical engineering, water supply engineering, artificial intelligence, fuelless energy sources, packaging, air transport engineering, ergonomics, space technology, optics, electronics, wave physics, nuclear technology, quality assurance and safety engineering.

Autenrieth's "Homeric Dictionary" has long been the best and most complete student's guide to the language and antiquities of Homer. All the 9,000 words used in the "Iliad" and "Odyssey" are listed with their grammatical forms. The illustrations depict details of life, from warfare and navigation to houses, costume and sacrificial rites. Everything needed for a basic understanding of the Homeric poems is provided in the briefest possible compass.

"The most useful Greek lexicon for the beginner, in some respects more helpful even than its two larger brothers."--Joseph B. Solodow, Stanford University

Endorsed by academics worldwide, the Oxford Arabic Dictionary is the most authoritative English-Arabic / Arabic-English dictionary ever published. Based on real modern evidence and computational analysis of hundreds of millions of words of both English and Modern Standard Arabic (the standardized variety of Arabic used in writing and in most formal speech), the dictionary boasts more than 130,000 words and phrases and 200,000 translations. This up-to-date resource has been designed for both Arabic and English native speakers and includes the latest vocabulary from computing, business, the media, and the arts, across both languages. The organization and layout have been designed for maximum clarity and ease of use. The most commonly used sense of each word is shown first, helping you to identify and understand the correct meaning, and more than 70,000 real-life example phrases help you interpret meaning and usage accurately. All Arabic text is shown with vowels to aid the learner of Arabic in pronunciation and comprehension and the Arabic-English section of the dictionary is usefully organised by root, which are listed alphabetically. The dictionary is also packed with extra features including tables of Arabic verbs, Arabic numbers, dates, and years, and irregular English verbs. Produced using the unique dictionary resources of Oxford University Press with an international team of expert advisors, the Oxford Arabic Dictionary is a ground-breaking work, essential for any serious student of Arabic and English, as well as academics, professionals, business people, teachers, and translators.

This is a new and fully updated edition of the Paperback English Tigrigna dictionary, offers over 738 pages of definitions. It covers all the words you need for everyday use in Tigrigna, The words have been carefully selected after consulting a database of newspapers and Tigrigna contemporary literature. The author has also made the definitions clearer than before. This portable and affordable dictionary is perfect for general reference at home, at school, or in the office. Tigrinya, also spelled Tigrigna is an ancient Semitic language spoken by the Tigray-Tigrinya people in central Eritrea. It is one of the main working languages in the country. It is also spoken in the Tigray Region of Ethiopia and among groups of emigrants from these regions worldwide, including some of the Beta Israel now living in Israel. There are nearly five million speakers of Tigrigna today.

This handbook contains a classified list, with English equivalents, of 1500 words in common use among classical Greek historians, orators and philosophers. One hundred of these are dealt with at greater length in a supplement, which also focuses on a number of crucial idioms. The aim of the book is that learners drilled in these words over the course of a semester or two should find that they can read the texts of such authors as Thucydides, Plato and Demosthenes with a high degree of fluency. An alphabetical index is provided.

The firecracker series describes the experiences of four members of the Firecracker Team. Their travels take them to Cape Town, Gauteng and Durban where they find excitement, fun and sometimes danger around every corner. These are fast-paced adventures with plenty fo dialogue, humour and action. Suitable for readers between the ages of 10 and 14.

English summary: English summary: Between 900 and 1500 C.E., the knowlegde of Indian alchemy was codified in a group of Sanskrit texts that deal with the ideas and the methods of this scientific tradition. The dictionary explains about 400 technical terms and names of substances that are mentioned in these texts. Apart from translations of central passages of the alchemical treatises the dictionary offers an extensive collection of text references, which makes it possible to examine the intellectual cross-links in the alchemical tradition in detail. The dictionary is supplemented by a thematic introduction in the alchemical terminology and by indices of Sanskrit terms as well as of text references and topics. Dutch description: Zwischen 900 und 1500 n. Chr. wurde das Fachwissen der indischen Alchemie in einer Reihe von Sanskrit-Texten gesammelt, die detaillierte Einblicke in das Ideengebaude und die Methodik dieser wissenschaftlichen Tradition liefern. Das vorliegende Woerterbuch behandelt rund 400 Spezialbegriffe und Substanznamen, die in alchemistischen Sanskrit-Texten erwahnt werden, und umfasst damit einen Grossteil der verfahrenstechnischen und materialwissenschaftlichen Terminologie der altindischen Alchemie. Neben zahlreichen UEbersetzungen und Rekonstruktionszeichnungen liefert das Woerterbuch auch eine umfangreiche Sammlung von Textverweisen, die es erstmals ermoeglicht, die intellektuellen Abhangigkeiten innerhalb der alchemistischen Tradition im Detail zu verfolgen. Abgerundet wird das Woerterbuch durch eine thematisch gegliederte Einleitung in die indische Alchemie und durch ausfuehrliche Indizes, die den schnellen Zugriff auf Sanskrit-Begriffe, Textstellen und Themen erlauben. Dutch description: Zwischen 900 und 1500 n. Chr. wurde das Fachwissen der indischen Alchemie in einer Reihe von Sanskrit-Texten gesammelt, die detaillierte Einblicke in das Ideengebaude und die Methodik dieser wissenschaftlichen Tradition liefern. Das vorliegende Woerterbuch behandelt rund 400 Spezialbegriffe und Substanznamen, die in alchemistischen Sanskrit-Texten erwahnt werden, und umfasst damit einen Grossteil der verfahrenstechnischen und materialwissenschaftlichen Terminologie der altindischen Alchemie. Neben zahlreichen UEbersetzungen und Rekonstruktionszeichnungen liefert das Woerterbuch auch eine umfangreiche Sammlung von Textverweisen, die es erstmals ermoeglicht, die intellektuellen Abhangigkeiten innerhalb der alchemistischen Tradition im Detail zu verfolgen. Abgerundet wird das Woerterbuch durch eine thematisch gegliederte Einleitung in die indische Alchemie und durch ausfuehrliche Indizes, die den schnellen Zugriff auf Sanskrit-Begriffe, Textstellen und Themen erlauben.