OXFORD CONCISE SCHOOL DICTIONARY - Tapa dura

Features cover with annotated extract to give guidance on level, suitability, and content with new text for the market-leading school dictionary range. BL40,000 words and phrases BLComprehensive coverage of new words eg. air bag, alternative energy BLInformation boxes give word families, usage, langauge and grammar notes BLWord origins give history of language BLPronunciation guides help with unusual words eg. depot (say dep-oh), conscientious (say kon-she-en-shus) BLIdiomatic phrases and expressions fully defined BLLabels (formal/informal, in science fiction, in grammar) encourage accurate use of language BLUp-to-date example sentences and phrases show how words are used in context BLNo confusing abbreviations BLIntroduction shows how to use the dictionary BLAppendices include weights and measures and countries and peoples list

This work features annotated extract to give guidance on level, suitability, and content with new text for the market-leading school dictionary range. It contains: 40,000 words and phrases; comprehensive coverage of new words eg. air bag, alternative energy; Information boxes that give word families, usage, language and grammar notes; Word origins that give history of language; Pronunciation guides that help with unusual words eg. depot (say dep-oh), conscientious (say kon-she-en-shus); Idiomatic phrases and expressions fully defined; Labels (formal/informal, in science fiction, in grammar) that encourage accurate use of language; Up-to-date example sentences and phrases that show how words are used in context; No confusing abbreviations; Introduction that shows how to use the dictionary; and Appendices that include weights and measures and countries and peoples list.