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This new edition has been fully revised and updated to offer up -to-date vocabulary and language support for student's learning German at GCSE and beyond. All the current exam board vocabulary is included and curriculum words are flagged with a key symbol. Word Tips provide information on common grammatical errors and confusable words, while interesting cultural information is specially picked out in Culture boxes. To support students building their range of vocabulary and get them using it confidently, all words are also given in appropriate example sentences so that students can see how to use them correctly. Extra grammar support is given with full verb tables, including English translations of the different tenses, to help with translating to and from German. In the centre of the dictionary, the illustrated thematic supplement includes questions, answers, comments and phrases and photocard activities to model those faced by students in their exams, It has a contemporary look and feel and covers topics such as technology, free-time activities, customs and festivals, social and global issues, travel and tourism, current and future study and employment.

The most comprehensive bilingual Spanish dictionary of its kind. Authoritative, up-to-date coverage accessible through a clear colour layout. Now with new entry menu to help navigate longer entries. Additional materials include cultural notes, sample correspondence, and CVs, ideal for language students or those living abroad.

Learn phrases and expressions for everyday situations Covers topics such as sport, study, business, social events and home technology Includes information on style, synonyms, opposites and derivatives, and common word partners Download the wordlist at www.oup.com/elt/wordskills and test yourself on the phrasal verbs and idioms covered in the book Written by vocabulary experts Ruth Gairns and Stuart Redman, the authors of the popular Oxford Word Skills series

Answer the call of the wild with this timeless, stunningly beautiful gift book from Brian Wildsmith, one of the world's finest illustrators, presented with a foreword from shining star of children's literature, Michael Rosen.

When three huge diggers arrive one day on Mole Hill, it's up to Mole to stop them in their tracks and save his home from destruction. But can one tiny mole defeat such big mean machines? Where there's a mole there's a way!

These original and distinctive verse translations convey the vitality of Sophocles' poetry and the vigour of the plays in performance, doing justice to both the sound of the poetry and the theatricality of the tragedies.

The third and forth of six volumes that will present in their entirety Frances Burney's journals and letters from July 1786, when she assumed the position of Keeper of the Robes to Queen Charlotte, to her resignation in July 1791. These volume bring together the letters and journals of 1788.

Level 1 of a 6 levelled course specifically designer for the international classroom. Each Anthology chapter is split into thematic chapters of fiction, non-fiction and poetry from around the world and should be used alongside the write-in Student Activity Book to develop reading comprehension, writing and speaking and listening skills.

A historical and a theological analysis of the most important movement in twentieth-century Roman Catholic theology.

Over one million copies of the fifth edition of the Little Oxford Dictionary have been sold since its publication in 1980. This most thorough revision to date · New larger format.· Far more attractive pages than any other dictionary of its price.· Great increase in contemporary vocabulary, especially technical and scientific terms. New words ageism, aikido, allergenci, futon, privatize, surrogate mother, tofu, user-friendly.· Different senses of words ordered by frequency of use.· Abbreviations kept to a minimum.· Pronunciations given in the International Phonetic Alphabet.· New appendix on some vexing questions of pronunciation, spelling, plurals, meaning, and grammar (such as all right, decimate, shall/will) added to those on countries and the metric system.