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Oxford Collocations Dictionary

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I work as a professional translator and editor and find that I use this book several times a day to find just the right word in English. For example, a German sentence might say that the writer was stuck in "strong traffic" (starker Verkehr), but in English we say "heavy traffic" (not "strong traffic"). This book helps you come up with the right adjective in English when you know that the literal translation of the foreign-language one doesn't sound right.

It is more complete than the "BBI" dictionary and comes with a free CD-ROM, which means that you can take it with you on your laptop without having to carry the book.

I love this book. It's very useful and easy to use dictionary that provides valuable help especially when trying to express your thoughts more native-speaker-like. The CD-ROM makes the dictionary portable as you can take it everywhere with your laptop. Also many excersises can significantly improve your English level. I definitely recommend this book to every student of English.

No matter what other dictionaries you may have, this one is vital to foreign advanced English students. I use it quite a lot, specially to write English.

the amazon service was perfect, as usual! at the beginning I was not so sure about using amazon to buy the books I need, but then it turned out to be my first choice.

Its like a dream come true. One of the books you should read in your life time, and it beats every novel you would imagine having fun reading! Btw a dictionary is my most favorite book, and this one is on the top 3 list.

I have Oxford advanced learner's dictionary so that this book is not actually needed. if your vocabuaries are pretty good, you can use this book for collocations if you are not, well.. it is totally up to you.