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... from oral or spoken French, while the other half reflects French in its textual or written form. Reflecting a desire to make our dictionary a modern representation of the French language, we ... (1958) lists 3500 basic French words with related information including definitions, but which are entirely in French and hence challenging for the beginner.tOur dictionary seeks to combine ... are written in standard American English. In certain parts of the dictionary (e.g. in the thematic lists) only shortened forms of the glosses are used.uThe French usage contextTAs noted...
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... sheep Sheep are farm animals that are raised for wool and meat. sheepdog, old English The old English sheepdog is an affectionate, long-haired dog that was originally bred in Great ... in the ground from which you get water. Flower-Related Words: Little Explorers Picture Dictionary bluebell Bluebells are bell-shaped flowers. bouquet A bouquet is a bunch...
... cosecant TESL teaching English as a second language TESOL teaching English to speakers of other languagesTGIF thank God it's FridayTGV train à grand vitesse (French high-speed train)TLS ... recognitionOD officer of the day; overdose; overdrawnOE Old English OECD Organization for Economic Cooperation and DevelopmentOED Oxford English Dictionary OEM original equipment manufacturerOFFER ... myalgic encephalomyelitis; mechanical engineer; Middle English M Ed Master of Education MEP Member of the European ParliamentMessrs. messieurs (French 'sirs' or 'gentlemen')MeV...
... at SUBJECT (for more verbs and nouns) English nounã ADJ. plain You'd have no trouble understanding hispoint if he'd written the article in plain English! Ispoken, writtenIAmerican, ... in a list/bookã ADJ. diaryI dictionary ã VERB+ENTRY make, writeã PREP. in an/the-Very little informationisgiven in thediary entries.I -forLook at the dictionary entry for'welcome'. ... powerã ADJ.academic, art, literary, medical, musical, polit-ical, religious, scientificIBritish, French, etc.The Brit-ish Establishment is very slow to accept change.ã VERB+ESTABLISHMENToffendHis...
... communicative competence in English. Why is collocation important?Collocation runs through the whole of the English language. No piece of natural spokenor written English is totally free of ... range across the whole dictionary, testing collocations linked tovarious themes, including politics, jobs and money.Other information in this dictionary The focus of this dictionary is very much ... up-to-date, corpus-based dictionary of collocations. Weat Oxford University Press weredetermined to provide such a dictionary but it has taken us manyyears to produce the dictionary that we feel...
... ac-quaintance.I -withher acquaintance with modern French philosophyã PHRASEShave an acquaintance withThey have littleacquaintance with colloquial English. on closelcloseracquaintance, on first ... ADJ.class(informal)(used for sb who does sth well)Their new striker looks a class act.Idoublecomedydouble act French and SaundersIlivetheir reputation asone of rock's most impressive live actsImain, ... posh, public schoolIcockney I American, middle-class, northern, etc.ã QUANT.hint, traceHer French was excellent, without atrace of an accent.ã VERB+ACCENThave, speak in/withIacquireIaf-fect,...
... degree certificate toher parents.displeasurenounã ADJ.deep I divine, official, royal He saw the English victory as a sign of divine displeasure.ã VERB+DISPLEASUREcause, incur His tactlesswords ... outpatient,physiotherapyIdesign, finance, marketing, person-nel, planning, publicity, sales, etc.Ibiology, English, maths,etc.ã VERB + DEPARTMENT manage, run Staff criticizedthe way the history department ... standardIalterna-tiveIworkingWe need a good working definition of'pollution'.I dictionary ã VERB+DEFINITIONgive (sb), provide (sb with),offer (sb)Ineed, requireIfitThis...
... were very few border controls on the south-westernfrontier.I Franco-Spanish, Hispano -French, Spanish- French, French, etc.ã VERB + FRONTIERcrossThe army crossed the fron-tier in the middle ... publiclyThe new roads will be fi-nanced privately.Ijointlyfinanced jointly by the Britishand French governmentsIdirectlyIproperlythe intro-duction of aproperly financed dog warden schemeã ... despite the fact that school starts tomorrow.due to the -Due to thefact that they did not read English, the prisoners were unaware of what they were signing.given the -The findings are not...
... goodSpelling and good grammar areboth very important.I bad, incorrectIArabic, French, Latin, etc.the complexities of English grammarã VERB+GRAMMARcorrect, teachPeople were toopo-lite to correct ... government of the day.a mem-ber of a governmentThe prime minister has been meet-ing members of the French government.2act of governingã ADJ. democratic, representativeIfirm, good, strongWe need ... transitionalThe president dissolved the assemblyand swore in an interim government.ImilitaryIpuppetI French, Western, etc.The report on world poverty callsfor urgent action from Western governments.ã...
... surrounding herlatest bookã PREP. - aboutI don't believe all the hype about howgood the French team will be this season.hypnosisnounã VERB + HYPNOSIS be given, have, undergoIprac-tise,...
... hiswork.brush up phrasal verb to learn moreabout something ć You’ll need to brushup your English if you want to get a jobas a guide.bubblebubble /bb(ə)l/ noun a ball of air orgas ... yes-terday. ć His latest book is better thanthe first one he wrote. ć She’s better atmaths than English. ć Brown bread isbetter for you than white. ć We will shoparound to see if we can ... book ofthe Christian religion 2. an importantand useful reference book ć She keepsan old French recipe book in the kitchen– it’s her bible.bicyclebicycle /bask(ə)l/ noun a vehicle...