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For more than sixty years, "The University of Chicago
Spanish-English Dictionary" has set the standard for concise
bilingual dictionaries. Now thoroughly revised to reflect the most
current vocabulary and usage in both languages, this dictionary
enables users to find the precise equivalents of the words and
phrases they seek. Completely bilingual, the dictionary focuses on
two contemporary international languages, American English and a
worldwide Spanish rooted in both Latin American and Iberian
sources. The sixth edition has been updated with six thousand new
words and meanings selected for their frequency of use, rising
popularity, and situational necessity. In order to best represent
the dynamic and increasingly connected cultures of three
continents, this edition features enhanced coverage of the
vocabulary associated with four areas of increasing global
importance: medicine, business, digital technology, and sports.
Clear, precise, and easy to use, "The University of Chicago
Spanish-English Dictionary" continues to serve as the essential
reference for students, travelers, businesspeople, and everyone
interested in building their linguistic proficiency in both Spanish
and English.
Padraic O'Farrell gathered a rich harvest of wise sayings from the
Irish countryside, the lips of great men - such as Shaw, Wilde,
Synge and Swift - and the unspoilt fount of Irish folklore and
legend. Whenever Irish people congregate, however long removed from
a rural environment, gems of wisdom are to be heard in their
conversation. This appealing new hardback edition will be popular
with tourists and locals alike, who are looking for a pithy
statement such as: * The wrath of God has nothing on the wrath of
an Irishman outbid for land, a horse or a woman. * A hair on the
head is worth two on the brush. * The family that has no skeleton
in the cupboard has buried it instead. * Dead men tell no tales but
there's many a thing learned in a wake-house. * Put an Irishman on
a spit and you'll soon have two Irish men turning him.
The home of trusted Korean dictionaries for everyday language
learning. A handy Korean to English and English to Korean
dictionary. Offering learners at home, school and in the office
extensive and up-to-date coverage of Korean and English in a
compact, portable format. Designed for all levels of language
learner, this is the ideal text for anyone who needs a wealth of
reliable information in a portable format. contains all the
everyday words and phrases used in today's Korean and English that
you will need to know an easy-to-use and reliable dictionary the
clear layout ensures that you can quickly find the information you
need all Korean words, phrases and translations are transcribed
using the revised Korean romanization system - ideal for beginners
French Visual Dictionary Learn French more quickly with pictures!
You're more likely to remember something when you see it. So this
Visual Dictionary helps you speed up your language learning by
including a full-color photo with every term, letting you build
your French vocabulary faster. Whether you want to get ahead in a
class or dream of chatting with the locals on that long-planned
trip to Paris, this book is what you need! Organized around themes
such as simple conversation, food and dining, essential
accommodations, and more, it can be your secret weapon. Inside
Navigating a city Shopping and dealing with money Dining out
Handling emergencies
The Dictionary has been compiled to meet the need for a reference
work on the stress and morphology of Russian personal names. It is
intended primarily for students and teachers of Russian. It can
also be useful to others--radio and television announcers,
government officials, scientists, research workers, librarians--who
find it necessary to pronounce Russian personal names. Long out of
print, the Dictionary is the only work that gives adequate rules
for determining the stress of most Russian surnames. The Dictionary
not only indicates stress for a large group (23,000) of surnames;
it also describes the general rules that enable users to determine
the stress of surnames not listed. It fully describes the
declension of surnames, with their stress shifts and lists the most
frequently given names and their basic diminutives. New to the
Cambridge edition is a practical, user-friendly guide to declension
and stress that students will particularly appreciate. The
bibliography has been updated, and there is additional coverage of
transliteration systems.
The term 'SerboCroatian' denotes a South Slavic language with
several varieties. These varieties are spoken in areas that
compromised the former Yugoslavia. People living in Serbia and
Montenegro now usually call their language 'Serbian'. People living
in Croatia now usually call their language 'Croatian'. People
living in Bosnia and Hercegovina now usually call their language
'Bosnian'. The varieties of SerboCroatian, as used by educated
speakers, are mutually intelligible in the same manner as the
varieties of English are mutually intelligible. The dictionary is a
guide for speakers of SerboCroatian who are learning English at any
level, and for speakers of English who are studying SerboCraoatian
at an advanced level. Professional translators have called earlier
editions of this work and its companion volume 'the ultimate
authority'.
It's never a good idea to be overly-relient on technology while
traveling! Look up words quickly and easily with this great
travel-sized Japanese dictionary. Intended for use by tourists,
students, and businesspeople traveling to Japan, Periplus Pocket
Japanese Dictionary is an essential tool for communicating in
Japanese and a great way to learn Japanese. It features all the
essential Japanese vocabulary appropriate for beginning to
intermediate students. It's handy pocket format and easy-to-read
type will make any future trip to Japan much easier. In addition to
being an excellent English to Japanese and Japanese to English
dictionary, Pocket Japanese Dictionary contains important notes on
the Japanese language, Japanese grammar and Japanese pronunciation.
All Japanese words are written in the Romanized form as well as
Japanese script (hiragana and katakana) and characters (kanji) so
that in the case of difficulties, the book can simply be shown to
the person the user is trying to communicate with. Designed for
English speakers this Japanese dictionary contains: The 13,000 most
commonly used words in the Japanese language The latest computer,
mobile, internet and social media terms Romanized Japanese and
Japanese script (kanji and kana) English-Japanese and
Japanese-English sections An introduction to and history of the
Japanese language Information on Japanese grammar A guide to
pronouncing Japanese correctly
This is the first Old French-English dictionary of its kind to
provide a comprehensive reference tool for a broad range of
English-speaking users. In the form of a compendious but manageable
single volume, it is designed for both the general and specialist
reader of Old French texts including students, scholars,
philologists and historians. The dictionary is based on a large and
varied number of texts up to c.1350, starting from the 'classics'
of medieval French literature and extending through all the genres:
epic, romance, religious, moral, didactic and allegorical texts,
lyric poetry, drama, humour and satire, as well as non-literary
historical, political and legal documents. The aim has been to
include a wide range of variant spellings as well as the main
dialectal forms to help the anglophone user in particular. Detailed
definitions and grammatical functions are provided, together with
common phrases with their translations.
"Senior moment." "Think outside the box." Idioms like these
can't be understood just from the words that make them up. The
"American Heritage(R) Dictionary of Idioms" explores the meanings
of idioms, including phrasal verbs such as "kick back, " proverbs
such as "too many cooks spoil the broth, " interjections such as
"tough beans, " and figures of speech such as "elephant in the
room." Since the publication of the first edition 15 years ago,
author Christine Ammer has made extensive revisions that reflect
new historical scholarship and changes in the English language.
This second edition defines over 10,000 idiomatic expressions in
greater detail than any other dictionary available today. English
language learners will find this dictionary especially useful.
A Dictionary of European Anglicisms documents the spread of English
in Europe. It provides the first exhaustive and up-to-date account
of British and American English words that have been imported into
the main languages of Europe. English, which imported thousands of
words from French and Latin (mainly after 1066), is now by far the
world's biggest lexical exporter, and the trade is growing as
English continues to dominate various fields ranging from pop music
to electronic communication. Several countries have monitored the
inflow of anglicisms and some have tried to block it. But language,
as lexicographers have always found and as this book demonstrates
once more, respects neither boundary nor law. The dictionary not
only shows which words have been exported where, but how the
process of importation can change a word's form and function,
sometimes subtly, at others remarkably as in the transformation of
painkiller to Bulgarian 'jack of all trades'. The book provides a
systematic description of the lexical input of English into
Icelandic, Norwegian, Dutch, German, Russian, Polish, Croatian,
Bulgarian, French, Spanish, Italian, Romanian, Finnish, Hungarian,
Albanian, and Greek. Each entry has a brief definition of the loan
word, followed by information on its history and distribution;
variations in its spelling, meaning, and pronunciation; its route
of transmission if not direct from English; its degree of
acceptance and usage restrictions; and its native equivalents and
derivatives. Grids showing distribution patterns across Europe
accompany many of the entries. The Dictionary of European
Anglicisms is a scholarly tour de force [French: imported early
nineteenth century] and the result of a prodigious research effort
across Europe masterminded and directed by Manfred Gorlach. It is a
unique resource for comparative analysis and the study of
linguistic variation and change. It will fascinate linguists and
word-watchers of all persuasions.
This Large Print Book Carries the Seal of Approval of N.A.V.H. No more struggling with the fine print, thanks to Webster's New World Portable Large Print Dictionary ...which has all the outstanding features of other Webster's New World dictionaries, including clear, precise definitions Based on the acclaimed Webster's New World Dictionary, Fourth College Edition, this is the most up-to-date and handy large print dictionary available, offering * Over 35,000 entries * Precise definitions * Syllable breaks, accents, and pronunciation for difficult words * Clear, highly readable type With its authoritative, current, and accessible information in a compact, easy-to-use format, Webster's New World Portable Large Print Dictionary is the one dictionary you can use anywhere-in the office, in the classroom, at home...and all the places in between.
The Cambridge Dictionary of American Idioms unlocks the meaning of thousands of idiomatic phrases used in contemporary American English. More than 5000 idioms – from don’t go there and living large to more bang for the buck and hit the nail on the head – are clearly defined, with full-sentence examples of use.Based on the 500-million-word Cambridge International Corpus, a database of current written and spoken English, the Cambridge Dictionary of American English is the last word on American idioms.• explains more than 5000 idioms commonly used in spoken and written American English• clear definitions written using the 2000-word Cambridge American Defining Vocabulary• full-sentence examples show how idioms are really used• usage and origin notes expand on the definitions• ample cross-references • topic index assists learners in finding idioms related to health, money, feelings, truth and many more subjects • ideal for classroom use or for personal reference.
Clear, precise definitions deliver the words you need to enable
quick and easy understanding. The book allows readers to speak and
write accurately as IPA pronunciations are abundant.
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