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| - 'Better design and increased readability ... the sign-posting is better differentiated from the text, and the eye finds its way more easily through the pages ... excellent cultural information' - French Language Studies
- 'Revolutionary . . . there is a wonderful section explaining the mysteries of French small ads ... Best of all, though, are the explanations of French idioms' - The Independent
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| Description | | - This is a major new edition with thousands of new words and phrases: now over 360,000 words and phrases and 542,000 translations are included from real speech and written sources.
- New cultural information has been added throughout the text: from legal and educational systems, to famous places and important historical facts
- A new expanded guide to correspondence provides over 75 sample letters, and also focuses on business communication using email and the internet.
- A new text design makes every entry easy to navigate, so that you can find the information you require quickly and effortlessly.
- In-text boxes throughout the text provide extended treatment of complex function words, such as aller, depuis, faire, all, be, and offer additional help with difficult points of grammar and usage.
- Schematic diagrams of the European Union and the French constitution are included, making this a comprehensive reference tool for serious students of the French language and culture.
- This new edition replaces ISBN 0-19-860067-4 and the thumb index edition ISBN 0-19-860068-2 as tinted thumb tabs are now included on every page.
| Acclaimed by language professionals the world over, the Oxford-Hachette French Dictionary
leads the way in modern bilingual lexicography. The first ever French dictionary to be entirely compiled based on the statistical evidence of vast electronic databanks of real language, both written and spoken, it is the most comprehensive, reliable, and up-to-date dictionary of French and English
available today. The previous edition was described by the Independent as 'revolutionary'.
This major new edition provides new up-to-date vocabulary, a new open design, in-text cultural notes on many aspects of the French-speaking world, from political and educational systems, to festivals and national newspapers, as well as a revised correspondence section that provides many model letters,
extensive information on business correspondence via email and the internet. It is the most up-to-date and complete French dictionary of its size - a must for any serious student of the French language. The dictionary comes with the ultimate pronunciation guide: a FREE CD-ROM that enables you to type in a word or phrase, or paste in text from the web, and hear it spoken back to you in perfect
French (selected markets only).
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Readership: Essential for all serious students of French at university level and beyond.
| Contents |
Introduction
Using this dictionary
Structure of French-English Entries
Stucture of English-French Entries
Pronunciation of French
Abbreviations and symbols
French-English Dictionary
Guide to communication in French
Guide to communication in English
English-French Dictionary
Index of English lexical usage notes
French verbs
Diagrams of politicals systems
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| Authors, editors,
and contributors |
Edited by Marie-Hélène Corréard,
Valerie Grundy,
Edited 3/e Jean-Benoit Ormal-Grenon, and
Edited 3/e Natalie Pomier
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