A new edition of America's best-selling dictionary! This laminated, plain-edged version features more than 225,000 clear and precise definitions, 700 illustrations, and more than 10,000 new words and meanings. Special sections include a Handbook of Style.
Applying to college is the culmination of years of hard work late-night study sessions, grueling SAT preparation, and hours of dedication to extracurricular activities. It’s also a process that often overwhelms both students and parents. In this collection of insightful, candid advice from college-counseling guru Joyce Slayton Mitchell, students and parents will find the core information they need to confidently research colleges, write essays, fill out applications, make sense of financial aid and interviews, and, most important, win the heart of many a college admissions dean. Completely revised and updated with thorough coverage of the new SATs, a new chapter on April decisions, and attention to institutional priorities, WINNING THE HEART OF THE COLLEGE ADMISSIONS DEAN is your guide to navigating the college selection and application process with sanity and hope. 作者简介： JOYCE SLAYTON MITCHELL is Director of College Advising at the Nightingale-Bamford School in New York City. Mitchell serve
Now including the most important new words and phrases in English and Russian, the Collins Russian Gem Dictionary offers accurate and reliable coverage of today’s language. In addition, the most common words have been given more detailed treatment in order to make them easier for the user to understand and translate. New to this edition are special entries on life and culture in Russia, Britain, and the United States, and an indispensable glossary of business words in Russian and English. Presented in a handy, portable format, and with a clear, user-friendly layout, the Collins Russian Gem Dictionary is the indispensable reference tool for office, home, travel, and study.
At long last, The New Well-Tempered Sentence rescuespunctuation from the perils of boredom, with wholly originalexplanations of the rules of punctuation, whimsical graphics, andutterly unforgettable characters (yes, characters in a grammarbook). Gordon teaches you clearly and simply where to place a commaand how to use an apostrophe. Gradually, as you master the elusiveslashes, dots, and dashes that give expression to our mostperplexing thoughts, you will find yourself in the grip of abizarre and bemusing comedy of manners. Witty, saucy, and utterlyunforgettable, The New Well-Tempered Sentence is a must-have foranyone who has ever despaired of opening a punctuation handbook butwhose sentences despair without one.
Collins Gem English Dictionary is the world's most popular small dictionary. First published in 1902, it has remained a firm favourite with its handy size, ease of use, and comprehensive coverage. Using Collins Word Web, the world's largest language database, this new edition incorporates the very latest changes in the language. / New words for 2005 / Clear definitions / Spelling and grammar tips / Help with pronunciation All this promises to keep Collins Gem English Dictionary at the top for another century.
Fully updated for 2009, and with a brand-new, user-friendly design, this edition is full of exciting new features to help learners become fluent in English, including cutting-edge software to build vocabulary faster. Never be lost for words again Access the ultimate language support whenever you need it-in class,at home,online,on the go!
"The Penguin Pocket Thesaurus" offers a vast range of synonyms for a whole host of words in A-Z order - ranging from the everyday to the comparatively obscure. Invaluable and up-to-date, this is the ideal portable reference book for anyone stuck for precisely the right word or phrase, whatever the occasion.
Edited by Bryan A. Garner, the world’s leading legal lexicographer, Black’s Law Dictionary, 8th Edition is now better than ever! The new 8th Edition has more than 43,000 definitions, plus almost 3,000 quotations. Alternative spellings or equivalent terms and expressions are provided for more than 5,300 terms and senses, serving a thesaurus-like function. The extensive appendix on legal abbreviations is a major addition. It’s the first time such a comprehensive guide has been included in a modern law dictionary, and is an invaluable aid to the legal researcher. -17,000 more definitions than the 7th Edition -Newly enhanced with West Key Numbers for research reference -Includes changes made since the creation of the department of Homeland Security -Almost 3,000 quotations from authorities drawn from sources over at least five centuries -More than 1,000 law-related abbreviations and acronyms are defined -Extensive appendix on legal abbreviations -Faculty recommended
An all-new edition of the essential dictionary for children grades 3-5, ages 8-11, with more than 36,000 entries. Expanded usage sentences and phrases include over 1,300 quotes from classic and contemporary children's literature. Additional features include hundreds of new, colorful illustrations, photographs, and diagrams: word history and synonym paragraphs; pronunciation paragraphs for each letter; child-friendly usage hints; and Greek and Latin word root paragraphs to aid spelling and vocabulary building. Special sections include geographical terms, signs and symbols, word roots, and a list of literary works used in the text.
The first visual dictionary to incorporate dictionary-scale definitions. - More than 20,000 clear and concise terms - 6,000 full-colour, highly detailed illustrations - 17 chapters outlining subjects from astronomy to sports - Ideal for teachers, parents, translators, and students. 作者简介： Mike Bundlie started his first company at age nine, typing manu*s for fiction authors. While in high school he started his second company, MiraView Design, with clients such as Harvard Medical, the Mayo Clinic, Pizza Hut, and numerous celebrities. After moving to L.A., Mike's client list included the Los Angeles Times, Universal Studios, PBS, and many leading actors and directors. There, he and Kevin O'Donnell began collaborating on educational entertainment properties for kids.
Indispensable pour ma?triser la langue fran?aise et enrichir sonvocabulaire, le Dictionnaire analogique permet de trouver le motjuste dans tous les domaines. Autour de 3000 mots-clés, tout levocabulaire associé. Les nuances d'emploi. De nombreusesillustrations encyclopédiques pour découvrir les mots spécialisés.Un index de 15000 mots.
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Emphasizing contemporary Latin American Spanish (and American English), Merriam-Webster's latest dictionary offers concise definitions for more than 80,000 words and phrases. Special sections cover the conjugation of Spanish verbs, common Spanish and English abbreviations, and a few basic tips on Spanish grammar. One nice feature is the clear explanation on the back cover for how to "read" an entry. Random House's Latin-American Spanish Dictionary (1997) shares some similar traits and a similar audience and is in the same price range. Webster's covers 20,000 more words and phrases than does Random House's and gives more frequent plural and masculine/feminine endings, but it provides less depth, fewer regional differences, and fewer informal definitions than Random House's does. If you can only afford one Latin American Spanish dictionary, buy Random House's; otherwise, Webster's is recommended for circulating collections in public and academic libraries.AJohn Charles, Scottsdale P.L., AZ Copyrigh
The new second edition of the Collins COBUILD English Usage has been specially designed for upper-intermediate and advanced students and teachers of English. Its comprehensive coverage of different areas of the English language helps learners to use the language naturally and effectively. Collins COBUILD English Usage has been thoroughly revised and updated to make it easier to use, and to include hundreds of new, updated examples, taken directly from the Bank of English corpus. The new edition offers mproved coverage of American English, numerous warning notes highlighting particular problems and graded lists of words to help learners build their active vocabulary. Presented in a clear, user-friendly style, and with logically organized Usage, Grammar and Topics sections, the Collins COBUILD English Usage gives you three books in one and is the indispensable reference tool for learning English today.
Need a rhyme but can’t spare the time? Want to make your jingles tingle or crack the code to the ode? The Penguin Pocket Rhyming Dictionary is an indispensable companion for anyone who writes verse—from professionals to amateurs. This clearly arranged and easy-to-use guide offers an astonishingly wide range of rhymes for words, no matter how common or obscure. Contains a list of rhymes for more than 34,000 words and provides concise explanations of unusual words Distinguishes between close rhymes and less exact ones Includes separate sections for one-, two-, or three-syllable rhymes
This new edition of a perennial best seller is comprehensive, authoritative and completely up-to-date. Clear, concise dictionary definitions and an easy-to-use thesaurus make this a complete language reference for everyone s writing needs. The four-color atlas, from the mapmakers of Encyclopaedia Britannica is an invaluable aid to understanding our world today. Completely revised and updated dictionary with more than 75,000 definitions. All new thesaurus with more than 30,000 main entries 48 page four-color atlas puts the world at your fingertips Special sections include: Geographical Names; Biographical Names; Handbook of Style; Foreign Words and Phrases; Basic English Grammar; English Root Words; Irregular English Verbs; Signs and Symbols
With over 35 million copies sold, Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary is the world's bestselling dictionary, and the dictionary teachers and students love to use. ◆NEW 1,000 new words and meanings covering technology, lifestyle, slang,the economy (carbon trading, citizen journalism, malware, social bookmarking, stack it, staycation, X factor). ◆NEW Oxford 3000 plus shows students the most important words to know in English and the most important meanings of those words. ◆NEW Academic Word List words marked. ◆NEW 32-page Oxford Writing Tutor helps students plan, write and review their written work. ◆NEW Topic Collocation notes and synonym information enables students to extend their vocabulary to over 7,500 words. ◆NEW Visual Vocabulary Builder with colour photos and illustrations. ◆NEW Oxford iWriter on CD-ROM an interactive tutor to help students plan, write and review their written work. ◆NEW Interactive whiteboard-friendly CD-ROM. Additional Information NEW interactive whiteboard
Making your language-learning dreams come true When you need anew look or a house renovation, where do you turn? To a makeoverteam of course (in these days of reality shows) So why not makeoveryour language skills in the same way? "Makeover Your French in Just3 Weeks " will help you smarten up your vocabulary and grammar.Even if you are new to the language, this program will transformyou from language wallflower to conversation head-turner. You'llfollow learners Annie and Lucas as they enjoy the expert guidanceof the MakeOver team, who bring their skills and personalities intoplay. In each "episode" the team first prepares their students (andyou) for the practical task they have to undertake, whether it bebuying a train ticket or changing an unsuitable hotel room, gettingaround town or speed dating Through these exercises you will learnkey vocabulary, expressions and structures, as well as helpfullearning strategies, while "making over" common mistakes andfrequently held misconceptions about the langua
A brand new edition of the most handy and affordable thesaurus available, with completely up-to-date coverage of over 140,000 alternative and opposite words. Most useful alternative words are given first to ensure maximum accessibility, and thousands of example sentences enable you to pinpoint the correct sense of the word you need quickly and accurately. In addition, a new Wordbuilder supplement offers wordfinder lists to help enrich your vocabulary plus vocabulary lists to help with games and puzzles. This brand new edition of the bestselling "Oxford Mini Thesaurus" is the mosthandy and affordable thesaurus available, with completely up-to-date coverageof over 140,000 alternative and opposite words.
We live in an era when the unprecedented speed of changemeans: The only certainty is uncertainty; you can't predict whatskills will be useful in ten years time; in most professionsknowledge is doubling every two or three years; and no job isforever--so being employable means being flexible and retrainingregularly. Accelerated Learning into the 21st Century contains a simple butproven plan that delivers the one key skill that every workingperson, every parent and student must master, and every teachershould teach: it's learning how to learn. The theory of eightmultiple intelligences (linguistic, logical-mathematical,visual-spatial, kinesthetic, musical, interpersonal, intrapersonal,and naturalist) developed by Howard Gardner at Harvard Universityprovides a foundation for the six-step MASTER-Mind system tofacilitate learning (an acronym for Mind, Acquire, Search, Trigger,Exhibit, and Review), and is enhanced by the latest findings on thevalue of emotion and memory on the process of learning.
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