This new edition of the Collins COBUILD Phrasal Verbs Dictionary offers comprehensive & up-to-date coverage of the most important phrasal verbs in English. Collins COBUILD Phrasal Verbs Dictionary gives learners of English detailed help with this often tricky area of the English language. This edition has been fully revised to provide learners with detailed information on phrasal verbs in a language that is easy to underst&. The new 2-colour layout of the dictionary means that it is easier than ever for students to find the information they need. With over a thousand new phrasal verbs & thousands of updated examples from the Collins Corpus this major new edition is packed with information on how phrasal verbs work what they mean & how to use them. New features for this edition include an index of 200 single-word verbs & their phrasal verb equivalents plus information on when you should use a single-word verb (for example in academic writing) & when a phrasal verb would be more appropriate (for example during an informal conversation with a friend). This edition also

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This third edition of the Collins COBUILD Student s Dictionary Plus Grammar offers up-to-date coverage of today s language plus a full-length English Grammar
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The new fifth edition of the Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner s English Dictionary offers up-to-date coverage of today s English in a clear attractive format. In its attractive two-colour layout the fifth edition of the Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner s English Dictionary offers learners of English detailed coverage of today s language. With lots of words & phrases & definitions written in simple natural English this dictionary is exceptionally easy to use & underst&. The examples which have all been taken from the prestigious Collins Corpus are invaluable in providing context for words & phrases. Grammatical information & additional information on synonyms pragmatics & frequency is shown in the Extra Column making it easy to find & use. In the Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner s English Dictionary thousands of set grammatical structures particularly useful to learners of English are identified & highlighted. Useful illustrations cover a range of topics & the Access to English supplement helps the user with hundreds of practical phrases illustrating important structures in areas such as essay-writing presentations report-writing & job applications. The Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner s English Dictionary provides invaluable & detailed guidance on the English language & is the complete reference tool for learners of English. The CD-ROM is PC compatible & contains: * Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner s English Dictionary 5 million word Wordbank of authentic text samples (written & spoken) with high quality audio pronunciations for headwords phrases derived words & inflected forms. ...

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