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Over 3,000 mos t frequently us ed words Accou nt for over 90% of the languag e American Eng lish native pro nunciations Well-br anded Dictionar y for Latin Ame rican learners of English! Co llins COBUILD E nglish/Spanish Student Diction ary is designed for intermedia te Latin Americ an learners of English. Key features i nclude: - The d ictionary is ba sed on a huge d atabase of text , both written and spoken, cal led the Bank of English TM, wh ich contains ov er 650 million words, accounti ng for over 90% of the languag e. - Over 3,00 0 frequently us ed English word s from the Bank of English TM - Use of full E nglish sentence s in the defini tions, giving l earners much mo re than the mea ning of the wor d they are look ing up, and als o contain infor mation on usage , register, typ ical context, a nd syntax - Det ailed account o f the main uses and meanings o f each words, a long with infor mation about al ternative spell ings - Thousand s of examples t aken from the B ank of English TM, showing typ ical patterns o f use and gramm atical structur e, which enabli ng learners to write better En glish as well a s understanding English better . - Built-in Am erican English pronunciations of headwords in real native vo ice - Usage not es give additio nal information about how word s are used, and help to clarif y important dis tinctions in us age and in gram mar. - Quizzes embedded to enf orce English le arning, and add fun into the l earning process (Needs Interne t connection af ter 10 sets of questions and t o submit score) - Bookmarks al lows personal n otes on searche d words enablin g you to better organize and c entralize learn ing resources - Cross-search f unctions allowi ng you to find out exactly wha t you want to k now without any hassle by jump ing anywhere be tween headwords and explanatio ns - History to let you easily keep track of searched words
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