Oxford Collocations Dictionary : for Students of English /
Chief Editor: Colin McIntosh; Editors: Ben Francis & Richard Poole.
- 2nd ed.
- Oxford, UK : Oxford University Press, 2009.
- xii, 963 p. : ill. ; 24 cm 1 CD-ROM (4 3/4 in)
Includes guide to the entries and key to the study pages.
Preface -- Introduction -- Guide to the entries -- The Dictionary -- Study pages between -- Ideas into words -- Using a noun entry -- Using a verb entry -- Using an adjective entry -- Common verbs -- Natural disasters -- Criminal justice -- Education -- Driving -- Politics -- Jobs -- Money -- Key to the Study Pages -- Inside Front Cover - key to abbreviations, symbols, and labels
''Oxford Collocations Dictionary for Students of English, Making words work for you, learning how words can be combined in English will allow you to say what you mean - and say it more naturally. Say the right thing; What would you say; Make the right choice and your English sounds more natural - and scores higher marks in the exam. Enrich your vocabulary, pass that exam - How would you score in this exam question? The answer is in this dictionary - check the entry for 'successful'; Recommended for FCE, CAE, and CPE exams. Improve your writing. With the right choice of word combinations you can express your ideas much more convincingly. Check out the entries for topics you need to write about. Facts and figures 150 000 collocations of 9000 nouns, verbs, and adjectives over 50 000 examples of collocations in context 25 usage notes on collocations shared by sets of words such as seasons, currencies, and languages; 10 illustrated topic pages show collocations used in business, computing, sport, and other topic areas 16-page photocopiable study section.
9780194325387
Collocation (Linguistics)--Dictionaries. English language--Idioms--Dictionaries.