Historical Dictionary of Belarus


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Belarus is one of fifteen successor states of the former Soviet Union. It’s the only post-Soviet state that is in full of control of its territory and has no territorial conflicts with its neighbors. It’s squeezed between Russia and the European Union. Belarus had never been an independent nation prior to the Soviet Union’s disintegration and its identity is still evolving. This third edition of Historical Dictionary of Belarus contains a chronology, an introduction, appendixes, and an extensive bibliography. The dictionary section has over 500 cross-referenced entries on important personalities, politics, economy, foreign relations, religion, and culture. This book is an excellent resource for students, researchers, and anyone wanting to know more about Belarus.




Historical Dictionary of Belarus


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Over four hundred dictionary entries provide quick and easy access to basic facts and personalities from Belarus, including important historical figures as well as contemporary political players.




Belarusian Language


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This guide to Belarusian language collects the most common Belarusian phrases and expressions as well as an English-Belarusian/Belarusian-English dictionary. This phrasebook includes greetings, food items, directions, sightseeing and many other categories of expressions that will help anyone wanting to learn Belarusian. This phrasebook is a must for anyone wanting to learn Belarusian.




Oxford Dictionary of English


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The Oxford Dictionary of English offers authoritative and in-depth coverage of over 350,000 words, phrases, and meanings. The foremost single-volume authority on the English language.




Oxford Picture Dictionary


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The OPD Second Canadian Edition is an illustrated, theme-based dictionary for second-language learners. This four-colour dictionary defines words through pictures, and presents each new word in context. The OPD, along with its workbooks and many other components, can be used as a referencebook or as text for high school or adult ESL students at the beginner level.For years, the first Canadian edition of the OPD has been the industry leader among picture dictionaries. The second edition expands on the topics covered, providing more depth of vocabulary in the areas that matter most to students. The illustrations have been completely updated in a more realisticstyle that is visually appealing to adult learners.The second edition also contains two new features: Introductory Pages and Story Pages. The Introductory Pages have been added to the beginning of each theme to give lower-level students a basic overview of key vocabulary words, and to give a starting point for discussion and an introduction to thetheme for more advanced students. The Story Pages consist of a two-page spread at the end of each theme to help students use the words in context and practise their reading skills.The OPD is designed for use both in and out of the classroom. Speaking exercises are presented throughout the OPD to allow students to practise new vocabulary in pairs or small groups, while the pronunciation guide in the index allows students to check their pronunciation when they are studying ontheir own.




Cumulative Book Index


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A world list of books in the English language.




The Expression of Predicative Possession


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This book discusses the constructions used in Belarusian and Lithuanian to express predicative Possession. The work is written within a typological frame: the Belarusian and Lithuanian constructions are analyzed in the light of the typology of the possessive predicative constructions proposed by Heine (1997).




Belarusian Vocabulary Book


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Belarusian vocabulary book + Belarusian dictionary This Belarusian vocabulary book contains more than 3000 words and phrases which are grouped by topic to make it easier for you to pick what to learn first. On top of that, the index in the second half of the book provides you with a basic Belarusian-English as well as English-Belarusian dictionary which makes this a great resource for learners of all levels. What you can expect from this book: This Belarusian learning resource is a combination of Belarusian vocabulary book and a two-way basic Belarusian dictionary: Part 1 - Topic based Belarusian vocabulary book: This is the main part of the book and represents a list of chapters each containing Belarusian vocabularies for a certain topic. The Belarusian vocabularies in the chapters are unsorted on purpose to separate remembering them from a defined alphabetical order. You can start at any chapter and dive directly into the topics that interest you the most. Part 2 - Basic English-Belarusian dictionary: The index in the second half of the book can be used as a basic Belarusian dictionary to look up words you have learned but can't remember or learn new words you need. Part 3 - Basic Belarusian-English dictionary: Easy to use and with just the right amount of words, this third part finishes off with a second index that allows you to look for Belarusian words and directly find the English translation How to use this Belarusian vocabulary book: Not sure where to start? We suggest you first work your way through the verbs, adjectives and phrases chapters in part one of the book. This will give you a great base for further studying and already enough vocabulary for basic communication. The Belarusian dictionaries in part two and three can be used whenever needed to look up words you hear on the street, English words you want to know the Belarusian translation for or simply to learn some new words. Some final thoughts: Vocabulary books have been around for centuries and as with so many things that have been around for some time, they are not very fashionable and a bit boring, but they usually work very well. Together with the basic Belarusian dictionary parts, this vocabulary book is a great resource to support you throughout the process of learning Belarusian and comes in particularly handy at times when there is no internet to look up words and phrases.







Belarusian Review


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