The Oxford English-Urdu Dictionary is the bilingual edition of The Concise Oxford Dictionary, which is the world's most authoritative lexicon. It offers Urdu equivalents of almost 125,000 English words and expressions as well as illustrative sentences (with their Urdu translations) to convey the exact meaning of the word or idiom. The dictionary also includes a guide for pronunciation using the International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA).

The dictionary is especially well suited for everyday use by tourists, students, and business people. Edited especially for those what want concise and easily accessible translations, it is a truly bilingual dictionary- equally useful for both English and Polish speakers.

What do you call a paper bag in Scots? How would you describe a dull day in Scots? This comprehensive dictionary of words and phrases is for all who want to use the Scots language. * A unique dictionary, with 15,000 English-Scots entries * Many examples showing Scots in use * Clear layout, easily understood entries

For more than forty years, the Haugen Norwegian - English Dictionary has been regarded as the foremost resource for both learners and professionals using English and Norwegian. With more than 60,000 entries, it is esteemed for its breadth, its copious grammatical detail, and its rich idiomatic examples. In his introduction, Einar Haugen, a revered scholar and teacher of Norwegian to English speakers, provides a concise overview of the history of the language, presents the pronunciation of contemporary Norwegian, and introduces basic grammatical structures, including the inflection of nouns and adjectives and the declension of verbs. This title features more than 60,000 Norwegian words and their English equivalents. It includes more grammatical information than any other Norwegian - English dictionary. Both Bokmal and Nynorsk are included. It covers phonemic transcriptions. It provides extensive coverage and explanation of Norwegian idioms and word usage, including examples from standard and archaic speech, dialects, proverbs, literature, and professional texts. It contains common abbreviations, place names, proper names, and cultural references. It presents extensive coverage of verb phrases.

Jaschke's classic work, first published in 1881 and still invaluable to students, is now reprinted in paperback for the first time. The dictionary is essential for textual interpretation, particularly of Buddhist philosophy. Sanskrit equivalents are provided.

This dictionary provides English definitions of approximately 50,000 Vietnamese words, morphemes, compound words, and phrases. It is ideal for students of Vietnamese as well as travelers and businesspeople.

The British army in 1879 was small and professional. Men enlisted for twelve years of service and had to be between eighteen and twenty-five years old, fit and unmarried. On the 4th of July 1879, the Zulu army moved in to attack the British. There, in the very heart of King Cetshwayo's royal military homesteads, the Zulu people were decimated by the concentrated firepower of Lieutenant-General Lord Chelmsford's men, at the battle of Ulundi.

The most practical and concise bilingual Russian and English Dictionary. Contains 30,000 definitions for the 20,000 main entries.The choice of vocabulary in this dictionary is especially appropriate for students, tourists, and business people. The word list includes the words that are most often used in normal conversational speech.

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.

This dictionary contains more than 50,000 up-to-date entries and related phrases and idioms; words with irregular forms and more than 200 illustrations. Like our other Bilingual Dictionaries, this has been specially compiled for learners of English, teachers, translators and general readers. The English base of the dictionary, taken from the Oxford Students Dictionary, has been adapted for Indian readers. A wide range of scienti?c and technical vocabulary has been included. Words from current usage, including Indian English have been added. Detailed meanings and synonyms in English and Bengali have been provided. Words like calorie, camera, dashboard, and X-ray which do not have equivalent Bengali words have been explained by detailed de?nitions. Many words such as computer, multimedia, software and smart card have been written out in Bengali to show that such words have now been included in the language. The Bengali translation is simple and re?ects the current usage of the language. A pronunciation guide using the International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA) along with their Bengali equivalents is given for help in pronunciation. A list of su?xes and pre?xes translated in Bengali and a list of all verbs with irregular forms have been added to the appendix for advanced learners of English.

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.

Compact and easy to use, this handy guide includes travel and language tips plus a two-way mini-dictionary, so you'll never be stuck for the right word. It is arranged by topic in clear, colour-coded sections, and offers phrases for every eventuality. Its simple-to-read format allows you to build your own sentences and develop your language skills. Also featuring a comprehensive menu-reader and pronunciation guide, it is the ideal companion to any trip.

224-page book.

Also available in this series: Arabic, French, German, Greek, Italian, Mandarin Chinese, Polish, Portuguese, Russian, Spanish, Turkish.

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

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.