Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary of Current English

by A. S. Hornby (Author), Jonathan Crowther (Primary Contributor)

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  Paperback
  1995

  $3.25

  This book is intended for students of English as a foreign language. Phonetics Editor:: Ashby, Michael;

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  Paperback
  1989

  $3.25

  This thoroughly revised and updated new edition of the standard dictionary for advanced learners of English contains 57000 words and phrases, with thousands of new words, increased coverage of phrasal verbs, idioms and American English, greater focus on pronunciation and stress, as well as appendices on irregular verbs, punctuation, weights and measures, etc. The edition also provides notes to clarify points of semantic or grammatical difficulty, and an introduction in simple English for the student plus a higher-level foreword for the teacher or lecturer. The work will be of benefit to advanced students of English, for students reading and studying contemporary textbooks, literature, newspapers and periodicals, for non-native teachers of advanced-level English and for non-native lecturers in English studies.

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  Hardcover
  1995

  $3.25

  This updated edition, in addition to a wide lexical coverage, an abundance of useful examples, and detailed information on grammar and usage, offers a number of new features which makes the dictionary even more authoritative and helpful to users. These include: use of the unparalleled information contained in the British National Corpus of Spoken and Written British and American English; a simple defining style, restricted to a carefully-chosen vocabulary of 2800 common words; and 16 language study pages, covering important aspects of English such as verbs, nouns, and vocabulary.