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This is an elementary level dictionary, aimed at beginners learning Classical Greek at school or university. It covers over 20,000 words and phrases, and gives translations for over 4,000 English words. In addition, it offers a table of irregular verbs, a list of numerals, and a guide to pronunciation, providing the ideal, authoritative introduction to Classical Greek.
Dictionary and learning guide for IT terms,
English-Spanish-English. Diccionario y guia de aprendizaje de
terminos de informatica, ingles-espanol-ingles. A guide to learn
the most frequently used IT terms. Learn just a few terms every
day, and soon you will be acquainted with the most common IT
terminology in English and Spanish. Una sencilla guia con la que
pueda familiarizarse con los terminos de informatica que mas
frecuentemente se utilizan. Si se aprenden tres o cuatro terminos
cada dia, en poco tiempo aprendera los terminos de informatica mas
comunmente utilizados en ingles y espanol.
Dictionary and learning guide for environmental terms,
English-Spanish-English. Diccionario y guia de aprendizaje de
terminos ambientales, ingles-espanol-ingles. A guide to learn the
most frequently used ENVIRONMENTAL terms. Learn just a few terms
every day, and soon you will be acquainted with the most common
environmental terminology in English and Spanish. Una sencilla guia
con la que pueda familiarizarse con los terminos ambientales que
mas frecuentemente se utilizan. Si se aprenden tres o cuatro
terminos cada dia, en poco tiempo aprendera los terminos
ambientales mas comunmente utilizados en ingles y espanol.
Dictionary of medical terms, English-Spanish-English. Diccionario
de terminos medicos, ingles-espanol-ingles. A guide to learn the
most frequently used MEDICAL terms. Learn just a few terms every
day, and soon you will be acquainted with the most common medical
terminology in English and Spanish. Una sencilla guia con la que
pueda familiarizarse con los terminos MEDICOS que mas
frecuentemente se utilizan. Si se aprenden tres o cuatro terminos
cada dia, en poco tiempo aprendera los terminos medicos mas
comunmente utilizados en ingles y espanol.
This is the first history of dictionaries of English for foreign learners, from their beginnings in Japan and East Asia in the 1920s to the present day. Anthony Cowie describes the evolution of the major titles, and their fight for dominance of what soon became an enormous market. He shows how developments in lexical and grammatical theory, especially in the field of phraseological analysis, crucially affected the content and structure of ELT dictionaries. He provides a critical account of the corpus-based research at the heart of contemporary dictionary compilation.
This book is the "greatest hits" compilation of more than 100
Russian books, journals, papers, and articles. It contains more
than 12,000 key Russian economic, legal, medical, military,
political, scientific, and sociological terms and colloquial
phrases. It also contains important abbreviations. One look will
convince you, the student or interpreter, of the value of this work
Swahili is spoken by over 50 million people. This dictionary is a
handy tool for anyone traveling in Africa where Swahili is commonly
spoken. It contains over 4000 words, a section on frequently used
words and phrases, a pronunciation guide, a verb conjugation table,
and some interesting Swahili proverbs.
An Egyptian Hieroglyphic Dictionary, a two volume set written by
Egyptian expert E.A. Wallis Budge, is quite simply one of the most
comprehensive and detailed dictionaries of Egyptian hieroglyphs
with English to accompany it. The series includes a detailed
Introduction by the author with key words and glyphs, a
bibliography of works used to help with translation and research,
glyphs organized alphabetically by the Egyptian alphabet with
accompanying words and English translations, tables of hieroglyphs
with phonetic and numeric values and accompanying translations, and
an Index of both English and Egyptian words. Volume I includes the
introduction, bibliography, a list of characters separated by
subject and organized by table, and letters "A" through "KH" or
"KHA" of hieroglyphs and translations. SIR ERNEST ALFRED THOMPSON
WALLIS BUDGE (1857-1934) was born in Bodmin, Cornwall in the UK and
discovered an interest in languages at a very early age. Budge
spent all his free time learning and discovering Semitic languages,
including Assyrian, Syriac, and Hebrew. Eventually, through a close
contact, he was able to acquire a job working with Egyptian and
Iraqi artifacts at the British Museum. Budge excavated and
deciphered numerous cuneiform and hieroglyphic documents,
contributing vastly to the museum's collection. Eventually, he
became the Keeper of his department, specializing in Egyptology.
Budge wrote many books during his lifetime, most specializing in
Egyptian life, religion, and language.
This Pocket Dictionary of Biochemistry is the most comprehensive
Engli sh-German/German-English dictionary on the international
market. More than 30,000 entries and subentries with some 50,000
translations and a n extent appendix with abbreviations provide
users with an unrivaled c overage of biochemistry and related
bioscientific areas. The dictionar y excels through a harmonious
synthesis of biochemical and general bil ingual dictionaries,
making it the ideal choice for users from both sc ientific and
linguistic fields. Unlike other, more basic technical dic
tionaries, Birkh#userFs Pocket Dictionary of Biochemistry is marked
by a first class linguistic and lexicographic treatment and offers
addit ional features, such as syllabification and pronunciation,
that help i n achieving a very high user friendliness and user
satisfaction. In th e English-German part British terms have been
included in addition to American terms, thus making it possible to
find entries from either la nguage.
Dictionary of legal terms, English-Spanish-English. Diccionario de
terminos juridicos, ingles-espanol-ingles.
5000-WORD ENGLISH-GERMAN VOCABULARY
The use of this 5000 word German vocabulary will allow you to
understand simple texts and will give you much needed confidence in
everyday conversation. Used in combination with a grammar course,
it will aid in your ability to correctly compose many phrases. When
watching German films, you will begin to hear and understand more
and more words and phrases. This guide will assist you in attaining
a higher level of German that will finally allow you to say: "I can
speak German "
T&P Books vocabularies are intended to help you learn,
memorize and review foreign words The dictionary contains over 5000
commonly used words Recommended as additional support material to
any language course Meets the needs of both beginners and advanced
learners Convenient for daily use, reviewing sessions and
self-testing activities Allows you to assess your current
vocabulary This book can also be used by foreign learners of
English
Special features of T&P Books bilingual vocabularies: Words
are arranged according to their meaning, not alphabetically Content
is presented in three columns to facilitate the reviewing and
self-testing processes Each theme is composed of small blocks of
similar lexical units The vocabulary offers a convenient and simple
transcription for each foreign word
This revised edition (August 2013) contains 155 topics:
Basic Concepts, Numbers, Colors, Months, Seasons, Units of
Measurement, Clothing & Accessories, Food & Nutrition,
Restaurant, Family Members, Relatives, Character, Feelings,
Emotions, Diseases, City, Town, Sightseeing, Shopping, Money,
House, Home, Office, Working in the Office, Import & Export,
Marketing, Job Search, Sports, Education, Computer, Internet,
Tools, Nature, Countries, Nationalities and more ...
Our German collection includes also vocabularies of 3000, 7000
and 9000 words. All these titles are available as printed books and
e-books. For more information please visit www.tpbooks.com. If you
have any question, suggestion or feedback, please contact us:
[email protected]
German dictionary, German vocabulary, German phrasebook,
learning German, basic German, books in German, German language
This Dictionary provides students, pastors, and others with an invaluable source of word meanings and English glosses for the entire vocabulary of the Greek New Testament. In addition to reflecting the complete range of semantic uses and nuances, it identifies the part of speech, lists cognate key words, notes principal parts for each verb, and cites the NT reference for each word used only once.
This internationally acclaimed dictionary is widely used as a key
reference tool by language professionals. With over 300,000 words
and phrases, and half a million translations, and packed full of
grammatical and usage information for both languages, it is the
most authoritative Spanish bilingual dictionary available.
Developed through consultation with academic advisors, its editors
have used the latest technology to search millions of words of
web-based text identifying the most recent additions to Spanish and
English, and changes in usage. Thousands of new words and updated
translations have been added in Spanish and English, covering
subjects from politics and industry to technology and ecology. A
clear colour layout and a new entry menu help you to navigate
longer entries and make the text accessible and easy to use.
Additional material ideal for students on their year abroad, or
those working in Spanish or English, has been expanded and updated,
including language of bank accounts, letters and CVs, to texting
and telephoning, and much more. New and updated cultural notes
teach you more about life in Spanish- and English-speaking
countries.
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