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Lotsofusefulexamplesentences Real-voiceaudioforwordsandexamples,BritishandAmericanEnglishbothsupported Topic-based,colouredillustrations Usagenotestoshowhowwordsareused,e.g.LanguageBank,WhichWord?,GrammarPoint NEWExpressYourselfnotes-findtherightwordsforeverydaysituations NEWWordfindernotes-lookupmeetingandfindagenda,convene,chair WordListstolearntheOxford3000mostimportantwords,topicvocabulary,similarwords,etc. Usefulreferencesincludinggeographicalnamesandirregularverbs           OxfordLearner'sThesaurus(English-Chineseedition)   TheOxfordLearner’sThesaurushelpsyouunderstandthedifferencesbetweenfamiliarwordssuchaseasy andsimple,whilelearningwordsyoumaynotknowsuchaseffortless,painless,andplainsailing. Understandthedifferencesbetweensimilarwords,findtherightwordstosayexactlywhatyoumean,andenrichyourvocabulary   17,000synonymsandoppositesexplained 4,000usagenotestoidentifytheexactdifferencesbetweensynonyms Real-lifeexamplesselectedfromcorpus Patternsandcollocationstounderstandwhichwordsgotogetherandusethemcorrectly         OxfordCollocationsDictionary(English-Chinese2ndedition)   InEnglishyousay strongwind but heavyrain.Itwouldnotbenormaltosay heavywind or strongrain.Whatotheradjectivescanweusetodescribetherain?Whatverbsdoweoftenusewith'rain'? TheOxfordCollocationsDictionaryshowsyouwhichwordsworktogether.Ithelpsyouexpressyourideasnaturallyandconvincinglyandisveryusefulforwritingessayandreports.​   250,000wordcombinationsfor9,000nouns,verbsandadjectives 75,000examplesentencesfromtheOxfordEnglishCorpus 25usagenotesoncollocationssharedbywordssuchasseasons,currenciesandlanguages;10specialtopicssuchasbusinessandsport         OxfordBusinessEnglishDictionary(English-Chinese2ndedition)   Canyoutellthedifferencesbetweenwordslike'customer','client',and'clientele'?Whatdoes'security' meanandhowisthewordusedinfinanceandlaw?Whatdoes'elasticityofdemand'refertoineconomics? ThisdictionarygivesyouallthehelpandinformationyouneedtodobusinessinEnglish.   30,000words,phrasesandmeaningsfrommarketingtomanufacturing,accountingtofinance,tradetotransport Realexamplesfromacorpusthatincludesnewspapers,journalsandtextbooks Commonphrasesshowingwordsyoualwaysusetogether Noteswithinformationonaspectsofbusiness,languageandvocabulary Illustrationstoexplainbusinessconceptsandequipment         OxfordIdiomsDictionary(English-Chinese2ndedition)   Helpingyoumakelightworkofidioms   Over10,000EnglishidiomsfromBritishandAmericanEnglish,withreal-lifeexamplestoshowyouhowtousethem 100sofNotesexplainingdifficultvocabularyandOriginnotesonhowidiomscameintouse Oppositesshowyouanidiomwiththeoppositemeaning Cartoonillustrationstohelpyouremembertheidioms         OxfordPhrasalVerbsDictionary(English-Chinese2ndedition)   Allthehelpyouneedtogetpluggedintophrasalverbs   7,000BritishandAmericanphrasalverbs,with12,000examplestohelpyouusethemcorrectly 4,000collocationsshowyouwhichwordsusuallygotogether 2,000synonymsandopposites 100+synonymnoteshelpyouchoosetherightverb(makeuporinvent?findoutordiscover?) 12,000grammarcodesshowyouthecorrectwordorder(lookawordup?lookupaword?) Guidetotheparticlesexplainsthemeaningsofout,to,up,etc.tohelpyouwithunfamiliarphrasalverbs         OxfordAmericanDictionaryforlearnersofEnglish(English-Chineseedition)   AmericanEnglishdiffersfromBritishEnglishnotonlyinpronunciation(tomato,writer)butalsoinvocabulary(elevator,hydro),spelling(center,catalog),andgrammar(Ijustsawher,yourEnglishhasgottenbetter).ThisdictionaryiswrittenspecificallyforlearnersofAmericanEnglish.   42,000words,phrases,andmeanings(ParliamentHill,springbreak) RealvoiceAmericanEnglishaudio 35,000examplesshowhowwordsareused 300usagenotesonlanguageandculture 650colorillustrations LearnwordsfromtheOxford3000TM,theAcademicWordList anddifferentsubjectareas Usefulreferences,suchasStatesandProvinces,CanadianEnglish             Appfeatures Integratedfull-textsearch-findwords,phrasesandexamplesinmultipledictionaries SupportsbothtraditionalandsimplifiedChinesecharacters  Tapanyword,labelorcrossreferencetolookthemupinstantly UseQuickAccesstojumptothedifferentpartsofanentry UseMyViewtochoosehowmuchinformationappearsinthedictionaryentry Addbookmarksandnotes,setLearningStatus,exportyourownwordlistsandnotes     Subscriptionsandpurchases Subscription Subscribe for12months*toaccessallofthedictionariesintheapp,includinganynewwordsandnewdictionariesweadd! 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