The Oxford School Dictionary
Auteur : Andrew Delahunty, Fred McDonald
Date de publication : 1996
Éditeur : Oxford University Press
Nombre de pages : 848
Résumé du livre
The Oxford School Dictionary is a comprehensive and reliable dictionary specially planned for school use. Its key features include:DT 40,000 headwords, including school curriculum vocabulary and new words like bungee jumping, Internet, virtual realityDT Word origins given for all words, together with an introduction to the history of the English languageDT Hundreds of phrases and sentences showing how words are used in contextDT Over 200 notes on correct English usage, grammar and words that are easily confusedDT Parts of speech with all regular and irregular word forms written out in full; all pre- and suffixes listed and explainedDT Simple pronunciation guides for all difficult and unusual wordsDT Useful list of countries and peoples of the world, weights and measures and foreign words and phrases used in English