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Данное пособие ставит перед собой чисто практические цели и ни в коей мере не затрагивает каких-либо вопросов, связанных с общей теорией синонимии.
Задачей настоящего словаря является показать различие в значении или в условиях употребления между приводимыми в нем словами.
Поскольку пособие предназначено для тех, чей родной язык — русский, автор при выборе слов, подлежащих объяснению, исходил из лексических трудностей, возникающих при изучении русскими английского языка, а слова одного языка в большинстве случаев не просто соответствуют словам другого языка, а находятся с ними в весьма сложных и многообразных отношениях.СКАЧАТЬ

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This first of its kind descriptive dictionary, a serious work of lexicography which will have wide popular appeal, deals as comprehensively as possible with the terms of address--names, words, terms of endearment and epithets--used in English around the world.

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This book is meant to help every user of the English language to achieve a clear, uncluttered style. It carries two complementary appeals, one negative and one positive: do not encumber the natural grace of English with the uninspired expressions that encrust the speech and writing of the lazy and the ignorant; and try to make every sentence a fresh arrangement of words, free of faddish whimsy, mannerisms, inexact or worn-out metaphors, and the overworked locutions known as cliches.

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This is a reference and practice book of words and structures often confused or misused by learners. It is aimed at intermediate students and above in the upper secondary to adult age range. The book contains a reference section of 200 pages which has examples and explanations of 5000 words often confused or misused. There is a test yourself section of approximately 100 pages containing practice exercises, graded according to difficulty and organized according to topics, functions or grammar. There is also a key to the exerciese and a detailed index. The common errors dealt with include: words confused due to native language interference eg benzine, petrol; confusable words within English itself eg rob/steal/burgle; grammatical structures confused due to L1 interference eg it is/ it has; grammatical structures often used wrongly eg must/had to; miscellaneous things that often cause difficulty eg get, enjoy. The test yourself section makes the book particularly suitable for students working for FCE, CAE and Proficiency exams. Teachers should also find it useful in helping them to answer awkward "on the spot" questions. The book has been piloted in a number of countries representing all the major language groups to ensure that entries included do in fact present problems for the majority of students.

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Easy to use for quick reference, the Longman Pocket Dictionary series provides compact and affordable help in a whole range of language areas. Each book has all the reliability and accessibility, which Longman Dictionary users have come to expect.

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This best-selling portable resource provides authoritative definitions for all of the medical acronyms and abbreviations you can expect to encounter in medicine today. The new, 5th Edition features 10,000 completely new entries reflecting the most recent developments in health care-including new clinical trials, new technologies, and new advances. Highlights include the latest virus nomenclature, computer technology, medical informatics, and molecular biology, along with more from the ever-expanding list of organizations and associations.
It also includes a CD-ROM that makes the content accessible via computer. What's more, a handheld software version is available on CD-ROM-sold separately, or in a money-saving package together with the book.

* Features a concise, pocket-sized format that is easy to carry, easy to consult, and easy to afford.

* Delivers all of the authority readers expect from the publisher of Dorland's Illustrated Medical Dictionary.

* Offers 10,000 brand-new entries encompassing all of the latest acronyms and abbreviations from every front in health care.
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The Oxford Dictionary of Slang
Author: John Ayto
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Publication date: 2003
ISBN: 0198607636
Number of pages: 480
Format / Quality: pdf
Size: 16,7MB

Amazon.com Review
If your other reference books aren't funky enough for you, get a nickel bag of unorthodoxy with the Oxford Dictionary of Slang. This comprehensive look at informal English from around the world and across the centuries is organized thesaurus-style into sections for easy browsing by category. Look up underground terminology for drugs and sex and you'll be browsing for a month of Sundays. Of course, if you need to get the skinny on a particular term but have no idea what it could mean, there's an alphabetical index that'll take you right where you need to go. Each word or phrase is thoroughly documented, as you'd expect from an Oxford dictionary; its first print sighting, place of use, meanings, and cross-contextual references are included, as well as illuminating usage quotes. The Dictionary is easy to use and the definitions are concise--you can get the information you need quickly with time left to linger over related terms. More than 10,000 entries yield plenty of insight into commonly used but still-not-quite-kosher parts of our language. When your New Zealander buddy refers to someone as a cow-spanker, you won't have to wonder for long just who you're dealing with (don't worry, she's a dairy farmer); the Oxford Dictionary of Slang will give you the moxie to deal with a discombobulated world. --Rob Lightner

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Гуревич В. В., Дозорец Ж. А. Краткий русско-английский фразеологический словарь. — М.: ВЛАДОС, 1995. ISBN 5-87065-013-5

Словарь содержит около 1000 фразеологических единиц. Русские фразеологизмы снабжены английскими эквивалентами и толкованиями. Словарь широко иллюстрирован цитатами из произведений художественной и публицистической литературы. В качестве приложения к словарю дан указатель использованных английских фразеологизмов.

Словарь предназначен для читателей, занимающихся русским или английским языком и интересующихся фразеологией.

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The EPD doesn’t even want you to listen to mp3′s. When I (Tom) tried to play an mp3 file while using the EPD, Winamp crashed in a very ugly way. A few days later, I forgot about the bug and ran Winamp again, leading to another crash and causing me to loudly call the dictionary a “piece of s—”.

(Note: If you use Windows XP, you probably won’t notice this problem, because Windows XP can handle multiple applications accessing the audio device at the same time.)
Why is a pronunciation dictionary useful?

Here are the advantages of a specialized pronunciation dictionary, such as the EPD, over a general dictionary with definitions of words:
* More words. A pronunciation dictionary can list pronunciations for more words than a general dictionary. It can include first names, last names, geographical names, company names, trademarks, etc.
* Word forms. It can give the pronunciations for inflected forms of words — e.g. starts, started, starting — not only for the main form like start. This is especially helpful for beginner learners, who can learn that e.g. goes ends in z, not s.
* More pronunciation variants. A pronunciation dictionary can list more ways to pronounce the same word. Specifically, it can explain how to pronounce a word in a sentence. For instance, and is pronounced /@nd/, but “and all” may be pronounced /..n’o:l/.
* More precise transcriptions. It can use additional symbols to give more detailed information on pronunciation
* More authority. We can expect that a pronunciation dictionary will contain fewer errors in transcriptions than a general dictionary.

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