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  Cambridge Dictionary
of American English
(Softcover) The Cambridge Dictionary of American English is the first dictionary of American English to help learners find the meaning they are looking for and use English more effectively.
- Organized by meaning: each meaning is given its own entry, clearly marked with a entry word.
- Lots of examples, and lots of full-sentence examples taken from a database of 100 million words of spoken and written American English.
- More than 3000 common idioms are explained, and an index helps to find them
- Language Portraits offer in-depth explanations of difficult topics like grammar, punctuation, vocabulary, and spelling.
- Canadian and British coverage: the most important words and meanings used in Canadian and British English are included.
- Restricted defining vocabulary: definitions are written using a carefully selected group of 2000 core words that learners already know.
- American pronunciations written especially for this dictionary are presented in standard International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA) characters.
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