Collins COBUILD Learner's Dictionary; Concise Edition
ISBN: 0007126409 • 2nd Edition © 2005 •
1344 pages
Paperbound
6 x 9
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Description
The Collins Cobuild line was developed specifically to meet the needs of ESL learners. The series includes a comprehensive range of dictionaries, grammar resources and usage books featuring real English as it is written and spoken today.
Features
- 60,000 references; 1322 pages; paperback
- Two-colour
- Definitions given in full sentences and sample sentences are provided to demonstrate usage
- Appendix of themed illustrations: human body, clothes, tools, etc.
- Lists of themed words: geographical names, compass points, numbers, dates, time, weights and measures
- Most frequently used words are identified
- Inflected forms immediately follow each entry
- Coloured tabs allow for easy usage
- Frequency information makes important words easier to find.
- Full sentence explanations provide detailed information about typical phraseology and collocations in an information user-friendly style.
- Ways of expressing attitudes and intentions are clearly explained, helping learners avoid typical mistakes.
- 55,000 real examples all drawn from the Bank of English show how the language is both written and spoken.
- extra column makes useful grammatical information easy to find and easy to understand.
- Up-to-date coverage of today's language shows hyphenation points for all words.
- Useful illustrations cover a range of topics.
About The Author
Table of Contents
GRAMMAR NOTATIONS.
INTRODUCTION.
GUIDE TO THE DICTIONARY ENTRIES.
GRAMMAR.
DICTIONARY A-Z.
ILLUSTRATIONS.
A. Human Body.
B. Clothes.
C. House and Flat.
D. Car and Bicycle.
E. Tools.
F. Kitchen Utensils.
G. Insects.
H. Animals.
I. Fruit.
J. Vegetables.
K. Musical Instruments.
L. Shapes.
GEOGRAPHICAL NAMES.
COMPASS POINTS.
NUMBERS.
DATES.
TIME.
WEIGHTS AND MEASURES.
FREQUENCY LIST OF WORKDS IN THE DICTIONARY.
PRONUNCIATION.