The Collins German-English/English-German Dictionary/Collins Deutsch-Englisch/Englisch-Deutsch

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This is not just a new German and English
dictionary - it is a new KIND of dictionary.
It is a dictionary written with the user in
mind, a dictionary that has been specially
designed to give the maximum of useful
information as clearly as possible.
Compiled by a team of linguists from both
Britain and Germany this is a precise and
wide-ranging reference book that employs new
techniques which make it possible to work
more efficiently and accurately with the
German and English languages.
WHAT IS NEW ABOUT COLLINS GERMAN
DICTIONARY?
• A clear and detailed system of INDICATING
WORDS divides the entries up into specific
areas of meaning thus enabling the user to
find the correct translation immediately.
• An enormous wealth of ILLUSTRATIVE
PHRASES provides the user with a rich
source of information about the everyday
idioms of modern English and German.
These illustrative phrases also show how
particular words are used IN CONTEXT and,
crucially, they show how... Tovább

Fülszöveg

This is not just a new German and English
dictionary - it is a new KIND of dictionary.
It is a dictionary written with the user in
mind, a dictionary that has been specially
designed to give the maximum of useful
information as clearly as possible.
Compiled by a team of linguists from both
Britain and Germany this is a precise and
wide-ranging reference book that employs new
techniques which make it possible to work
more efficiently and accurately with the
German and English languages.
WHAT IS NEW ABOUT COLLINS GERMAN
DICTIONARY?
• A clear and detailed system of INDICATING
WORDS divides the entries up into specific
areas of meaning thus enabling the user to
find the correct translation immediately.
• An enormous wealth of ILLUSTRATIVE
PHRASES provides the user with a rich
source of information about the everyday
idioms of modern English and German.
These illustrative phrases also show how
particular words are used IN CONTEXT and,
crucially, they show how the translation can
vary according to the context in which a
word or expression is used.
• A comprehensive system of STYLE LABELS
is employed to tell the user in what sort of
area of use a particular word or expression
is appropriate, whether, that is, the word is
formal, informal, literary, vulgar, dated,
euphemistic etc.
• Full grammatical and syntactic information is
given so that correct German and English
sentences can be generated from the
translations given.
• The dictionary has fully up-to-date wordlists
covering all the main areas of modern life;
regional usages are featured; American
usage given; special treatment allotted to
phrasal verbs; the lay-out is easy to read
with a single A-Z listing on both sides.
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