Oxford Mini School Spanish Dictionary (2007 Edition)


Book Description

The Oxford Mini School Spanish Dictionary is the perfect bilingual dictionary for pupils learning Spanish. The two sides of the dictionary are clearly divided into Spanish-English and English-Spanish, with an essential verb table list in the centre. The headwords are carefully selected to suit beginners, and particular attention is given to computing, word-processing, and ICT terms. In line with syllabus requirements, there is a special section dedicated tovocabulary and phrases on life and culture in Spanish-speaking countries. The simple layout, the alphabet down the side of each page, and the large clear print will help pupils navigate around the dictionary and take them straight to the translation they are looking for. This dictionary comes in a handy mini-size format witha durable vinyl cover.




Oxford Mini School Spanish Dictionary


Book Description

The Oxford Mini School Spanish Dictionary comes in a handy mini format and is ideal for use in the classroom or at home, with excellent curriculum vocabulary coverage, verb tables with English translations, and cultural information and phrases on Spanish life that is especially useful for going on holiday.




Oxford English Dictionary for Schools


Book Description

* Easy to use - find the words you want, fast! Written and designed to ensure it is both age appropriate and beautifully easy to use. * See words in action - real examples from the best children's books show you how it's done. Example sentences from authors including David Almond, Philip Pullman, William Golding, Anthony Horrowitz, Beverley Naidoo and many more from KS3/ 4 Framework reading lists as well as other age-appropriate fiction. * All the words you need - includes allcurriculum words for secondary level. Specifically aimed at KS3 and KS4 across the curriculum, closely linked to the KS3 Literacy Framework, plus language panels for project work, cross-curriculum vocabulary, and synonyms for overused words.




Oxford English Thesaurus for Schools


Book Description

The Oxford English Thesaurus for Schools is carefully targeted to support secondary school students with their creative writing, to extend vocabulary, improve spelling, punctuation, and grammar, and to inspire them to become confident writers. Ideal support for Controlled Assessments.




Oxford Mini School Spanish Dictionary (2007 Edition)


Book Description

The Oxford Mini School Spanish Dictionary is the perfect bilingual dictionary for pupils learning Spanish. The two sides of the dictionary are clearly divided into Spanish-English and English-Spanish, with an essential verb table list in the centre. The headwords are carefully selected to suit beginners, and particular attention is given to computing, word-processing, and ICT terms. In line with syllabus requirements, there is a special section dedicated tovocabulary and phrases on life and culture in Spanish-speaking countries. The simple layout, the alphabet down the side of each page, and the large clear print will help pupils navigate around the dictionary and take them straight to the translation they are looking for. This dictionary comes in a handy mini-size format witha durable vinyl cover.




Oxford Mini Study Spanish Dictionary


Book Description

This new edition has been expanded to include 800 new headwords with particular attention paid to new terminology for IT and Spanish culture and customs.* Updated for 2004 with over 800 new entries covering: euro (with value of euro compared to old currency); IT ( internet, internet cafe, double click, interactive compact disk, hard disk, floppy disk, @ the at sign in email addresses, website); ecology (endangered species, oil slick, wind farm) andSpanish culture and customs (telephoning, sport, food and modern life such as text messaging) even includes SARS.* New design to increase clarity of layout, 2 colour and with virtual alphabet tabs* Perfect for individual use as a quick-reference tool or extended classroom work* Geographical terminology expanded to include adjectives derived from Latin American and Caribbean terms* Colour headwords, phrases, verb table section and virtual alphabet tabs* Castillian Spanish* Clear examples show the words in contextNicholas Rollin is an experienced editor of bilingual dictionaries. Most recently he has been project manager for the Oxford Spanish Dictionary (Academic, 2003). He is also the chief editor of the Oxford School German Dictionary new edition 2004 and Oxford School French Dictionary new edition 2004.




Oxford English Dictionary


Book Description

The Oxford English Dictionary is the internationally recognized authority on the evolution of the English language from 1150 to the present day. The Dictionary defines over 500,000 words, making it an unsurpassed guide to the meaning, pronunciation, and history of the English language. This new upgrade version of The Oxford English Dictionary Second Edition on CD-ROM offers unparalleled access to the world's most important reference work for the English language. The text of this version has been augmented with the inclusion of the Oxford English Dictionary Additions Series (Volumes 1-3), published in 1993 and 1997, the Bibliography to the Second Edition, and other ancillary material. System requirements: PC with minimum 200 MHz Pentium-class processor; 32 MB RAM (64 MB recommended); 16-speed CD-ROM drive (32-speed recommended); Windows 95, 98, Me, NT, 200, or XP (Local administrator rights are required to install and open the OED for the first time on a PC running Windows NT 4 and to install and run the OED on Windows 2000 and XP); 1.1 GB hard disk space to run the OED from the CD-ROM and 1.7 GB to install the CD-ROM to the hard disk: SVGA monitor: 800 x 600 pixels: 16-bit (64k, high color) setting recommended. Please note: for the upgrade, installation requires the use of the OED CD-ROM v2.0.







The Oxford Dictionary of Difficult Words


Book Description

"Features more than 10,000 entries that focus exclusively on words that, while outside most people's working vocabulary, are often encountered in literature, in technical writings such as computing or medical terminology, and in such diverse subject areas as law, philosophy, and art. Special attention is given to easily confused or closely related words. Usage notes are provided to ensure that readers know how to integrate these words into their vocabularies for more precision and power in speech and writing."--Back cover.




Diccionario Oxford Compact


Book Description

Offers definitions of more than 90,000 English and Spanish words and phrases, along with information on grammar, Spanish- and English-speaking countries, and sample letters and other communications.