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Hardcover: 2144 pages, usually ships within 24 hours. Amazon Review From Book News, Inc.
A comprehensive and current bilingual dictionary, covering some 350,000 words and phrases, with some 530, 000 translations. Compiled from concordances of electronic text collections, one French and one English, the dictionary uniquely reflects contextual usage rather than editorial authority. A special 80-page section provides guidance on self-expression in the foreign language, including writing letters, job applications, and CVs. Thumb indexed. Annotation c. by Book News, Inc., Portland, Or. --This text refers to the Hardcover edition. Book Description
The Oxford-Hachette French Dictionary is the first bilingual dictionary to be compiled entirely from electronic databases of current language, making it the most comprehensive, reliable, and up-to-date reference available. The new edition provides the most recent vocabulary for both French and English, as well as additional new supplementary material, most notably, a new encyclopedic supplement that provides a wealth of information on French society and culture, including famous places, regions. --This text refers to the Hardcover edition.
