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The Oxford ESL dictionary.

Summary:

This book is the most up-to-date, complete guide to North American English for intermediate to advanced learners. Featuring shortcuts in long entries to help find the right definition quickly, this book highlights core vocabulary to enable learners to concentrate on the most frequent words. The illustrations depict difficult words or groups of related items. This book includes 32 study pages on topics of interest in North America.

Record details

ISBN: 0194316742 (workbook)
ISBN: 0194316289 (pbk. with CD-ROM)
ISBN: 0194316831 (pbk.)
ISBN: 9780194316835 (workbook)
ISBN: 9780194316286 (pbk. with CD-ROM)
ISBN: 9780194316743 (workbook)
Physical Description: viii, 828, 32 p. : col. ill., maps ; 22 cm. + 1 CD-ROM (12 cm.)
Publisher: Oxford ; Oxford University Press, 2004.

Content descriptions

General Note:	"The most up-to-date, complete guide to North American English for intermediate to advanced learners"--P. [4] of cover.
Bibliography, etc. Note:	Includes bibliographical references.
Formatted Contents Note:	Short forms and symbols used in this dictionary -- Guide to the dictionary -- Dictionary quiz -- Dictionary A-Z -- The environment -- Words that go together -- Phrasal verbs -- Word formation -- U.S. education system -- Canadian education system -- U.S. government -- Canadian government -- Writing an essay -- Interpreting graphs -- Letter writing -- Practice for the TOEIC and TOEFL tests -- Taking notes -- Writing a résumé -- Computers -- Fruit and vegetables -- Clothes -- Houses -- Health and fitness -- Irregular verbs -- Prefixes and suffixes -- Punctuation -- Map of North America -- Provinces and states of Canada and the U.S. -- Geographical names -- Key to study pages -- Pronunciation -- Phonetic spelling.