Macquarie Compact Colour Dictionary
Macquarie Library
ISBN: | 9781876429751 |
Publisher: | Macquarie Dictionary |
Published: | 1 September, 2007 |
Format: | Paperback |
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Macquarie Compact Colour Dictionary
Macquarie Library
With over 22,000 words defined, this new edition of the Macquarie Compact Colour Dictionary offers a completely up-to-date coverage of Australian English in a durable and easy-to-use format. The headwords have been highlighted in a different colour to make finding the word you want a quick and straightforward process.Inclusions such as avian flu, biosecurity, cleanskin, cyberterrorism, metrosexual, no-doc loan, phishing, podcast and rat run reflect the vocabulary of the 21st century.The Macquarie Compact Colour includes:- fact boxes with illustrations for many Australian plants and animals, for example, emu, flannel flower, frill-necked lizard and koala- vocabulary-building lists of synonyms for a selection of over 800 words, along with explanations of differences between them. Examples are given to make these distinctions clear- Australian pronunciations given in the International Phonetic Alphabet, for which there is an easy-access key on the fron and back endpapers- common colloquialisms and idiomatic phrases- illustrative phrases to clarify meaning and usage- valuable appendixes including countries of the world along with their languages, capital cities and currencies.
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