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RB383 LE GRAND ROBERT ET COLLINS $195.95
French/English - English/French, Hardcover, 2 Volumes, ISBN:9782849022764
The Super Senior is a major new comprehensive dictionary, which will allow those of you who enjoyed the Harrap's New Standard Dictionary to update your libraries. This exhaustive and in-depth coverage of French and English contains more than 400,000 references and 650,000 translations. Each of the two volumes has its own Thesaurus, and the appendix features full-color maps and a useful section called "Language in Use", which gives examples for letter writing, job applications, etc.

LA4013 LAROUSSE CHAMBERS ADVANCED DICTIONNAIRE $84.95
French/English - English/French, Hardcover, ISBN:9782035825186
An excellent tool for teachers, translators, and advanced students of French. It was conceived to meet the needs of translating, as well as text writing and understanding, thereby becoming a bridge between the Francophone and Anglophone cultures. This extensive work features more than 250,000 entries and 400,000 translations; it is accompanied by numerous illustrations, a bilingual atlas, coverage of Canadian, Belgian, and Swiss French, sidebars on French life and culture, and models for letters, faxes, and e-mails.

KF2620 LAROUSSE FR/ENG ENG/FR ADVANCED DICTIONARY $45.00
Over 200,000 references- 400,000 translations, Hardcover, 2480 pp.,ISBN:9782035421326
Carefully compiled over several years, this work includes new terminology essential to fast- changing fields such as science, business and computers. Included you will find coverage of Swiss, Belgian and Canadian French, as well as hundreds of sample sentences and illustrative phrases to enable non-native speakers to grasp the nuances of the languages.

LA1771 LAROUSSE STUDENT DICTIONARY $10.95
French/English-English/French,Flexicover, 732 pp., ISBN:9782035420558/FONT>
This new dictionary with 80,000 translations and 55,000 words and phrases was designed specifically for beginners. It provides clear and comprehensive coverage of essential French vocabulary and grammar through hundreds of examples. The illustrated supplement includes topics such as grammar rules, irregular verb conjugation, practical conversation guidelines and correspondence. An excellent dictionary for your beginning classes and students.

LAROUSSE CONCISE FRENCH/ENGLISH - ENGLISH/FRENCH DICTIONARY
New edition: 90,000 references, 120,000 translations, 1248 pp.
A concise dictionary ideal for the student, traveller or business person, who needs an easy-to-use sophisticated dictionary. Indispensable coverage of grammatical construction, idioms and pronunciation, gide the reader in proper usage. This new edition includes abbreviations, acronyms, proper nouns, and technical and scientific terminology.
KF3003 Hardcover $22.95 ISBN:2035420490 New Edition!
KF2002 Softcover $12.95 ISBN:2035420482 New Edition!

KF7009 LAROUSSE POCKET FRENCH/ENGLISH - ENGLISH/FRENCH DICTIONARY $6.95
New Edition, Softcover, 768 pp., ISBN:9782035420107
A new edition of this very popular dictionary has been developed to offer clear and complete coverage of the French language, at an affordable price. Appendices include abbreviations, proper nouns, grammatical construction, idioms and pronunciation.

DM6084 LE VISUEL: Dictionnaire multimédia CD Rom $54.95
Hybrid CD-Rom, Windows & Macintosh, multilingual
Winner of the "Grand Prix International Möbius", with more than 500 animations, this is the CD Version of the "Visuel Multilingue".

HC111 HARPER COLLINS ROBERT UNABRIDGED French/English - English/French $55.00
Hardcover, 2,142 pp., 8th Edition, 1998, ISBN:0060892005
The unabridged addition provides accurate and reliable coverage of contemporary vocabulary and usage and is the most up-to-date and authoritative single-volume French-English dictionary available today. Over 300,000 entries and 550,000 translations include coverage of business, politics, medicine, and technology. An updated "Language in use" section places emphasis on everyday spoken and written language.



HC103 HARPER COLLINS ROBERT FRENCH COLLEGE DICTIONARY $29.95
French-English/English-French, Hardcover, 1,328 pp., 7th Edition, 2008, ISBN:9780061690235
Over 348,000 Entries and translations. This dictionary has a simple primary function: to facilitate easy, rapid and reliable translation between French and English. Emphasis is placed on current usage. Full definitions accompany important basic words, and numerous examples are included. This edition also contains thousands of contemporary technical, political and business terms.

HC104 HARPER COLLINS FRENCH CONCISE DICTIONARY 4th Edition $15.00
French-English/English-French, Softcover, 878 pp., 4th Edition, ISBN:9780061141829
Over 200,000 entries and translations, all fully up-to-date with emphasis on current American usage, are found in this dictionary. You will find an extensive coverage of computer and business terms, geographical area names, as well as, sections on pronunciation, verb forms and numbers. Bonus Quick reference grammar section of 256 pp.



MGH6651 HARRAP’S FRENCH AND ENGLISH COLLEGE DICTIONARY $55.00
Hardcover, 2256 pp., ISBN:9780071456654
For advanced students and professionals, this comprehensive dictionary contains more than 350,000 references, 600,000 translations and thousands of new entries covering slang, internet terms, technical language and colloquial language. Other features include: French verb tables, French and English grammar summaries, a special color insert on idioms, translation menus and a new word-building section.

MGH4069 HARRAP'S FRENCH AND ENGLISH DICTIONARY $11.95
Hardcover, 2256 pp., 350,000 references, 600,000 translations, ISBN:9780071456654
For school and workplace, this updated dictionary provides coverage of the basic vocabulary of both languages, including idiomatic expressions, slang, colloquial language, literary terms and terms from specialized fields.

AM504P AMSCO'S COLLEGE FRENCH & ENGLISH DICTIONARY $24.50
R. Steiner, Softcover, 740 pp., ISBN:9780877204930
This fully revised and expanded dictionary contains over 85,000 entries and definitions, tables of French regular and irregular verb conjugation, a grammar section, a pronunciation guide and conversion tables of measurements, temperature, tire pressure, and clothing sizes.

BA3721 BARRON'S BEGINNING FRENCH BILINGUAL DICTIONARY $8.99
French-English / English-French, Third Edition, Softcover, 180 pp., ISBN:9780764102790
This dictionary contains high frequency vocabulary and common idioms as well as a phonetic pronunciation system. Further understanding of words is promoted through descriptive sentences and a glossary will help students locate new vocabulary in French or English. Designed for first year language students.

MM0010 CASSELL'S FRENCH/ENGLISH - ENGLISH/FRENCH DICTIONARY $27.95
Hardcover, thumb-indexed, 1,100 pp., ISBN:9780025226203
A complete and reliable authority in foreign language, this dictionary includes neologisms, colloquial terms, modern speech, idiomatic usage, modern business, scientific and political terms. For the traveler, language buff, student and teacher. It also contains French-Canadian words and phrases and a selection of proper names, phonetic pronunciation for both language, part of speech, examples of use, and more!

LANGENSCHEIDT STANDARD DICTIONARY
French/English - English/French, Hardcover, 80,000 entries, 1278 pp., Thumb indexed or plain.
A favorite of students and teachers in high schools and colleges across America, as well as a basic reference work for multinational corporations. Compact, sturdy and comprehensive, each Standard Dictionary contains thousands of entries, full pronunciation of foreign and English entries, colloquialisms, neologisms and much more.
LAN056 - Standard Thumb indexed. $19.95 ISBN:9780887290565

LAN104 LANGENSCHEIDT POCKET DICTIONARY $13.95
French-English/English-French, 50,000 references, flexible vinyl cover, 624 pp., ISBN:9780887291043
This inexpensive, durably bound pocket dictionary is designed for the intermediate student. Each pocket dictionary contains precise grammar information for each entry, as well as a helpful list of common foreign abbreviations.

WB1669 MERRIAM WEBSTER'S FRENCH-ENGLISH DICTIONARY $19.95
French-English/English-French, Hardcover, 833 pp., ISBN:9780877791669
Designed for all students of French, Merriam Webster’s French-English Dictionary contains over 80,000 entries, the phonetic pronunciation of each word, and hundreds of French-Canadian terms. Also included are sections which give an overview of both French and English grammar, punctuation and abbreviations as well as sample emails, business and personal letters in both languages.

Bilingual Idiomatic and Slang Dictionaries

BA3458 DICTIONARY OF FRENCH SLANG AND COLLOQUIAL EXPRESSIONS $9.99
Henry Strutz, Softcover, 340 pp., ISBN:9780764103452
Great idiomatic tool for travelers or students at the intermediate level to advanced level. In alphabetical order, more than 4,000 colloquial expressions and words, not usually found in the standard dictionaries, are defined.

PP3195 DICTIONNAIRE BILINGUE DE L'ARGOT D'AUJOURD'HUI, Bilingual Dictionary of Today's Slang, English-French / French-English $22.95
Brunet, Mc Cavana, Softcover, 688pps., ISBN:9782266139731
For French speakers, as well as English speakers, this dictionary will permit you to discover, translate and see the usage of the languages and their daily phrasing. One warning though, you are entering the lingusitic jungle, read well but be careful!

BA0435 2001 FRENCH AND ENGLISH IDIOMS $18.99
F. Denoeu, D. Sices, J. Sices, Softcover, 837 pp., ISBN:9780764137501
This volume offers two separate alphabetical listings, one English-to-French and the other French-to-English. In both, you'll find each idiom defined and followed by an illustrative sentence in both languages. This totally revised and enlarged new edition also features bilingual indexes.

COLLECTION "CIEL"
J.L. Chiflet, softcover.
This truly humorous collection deals with the fatalities of literal translations. Filled with comical illustrations, these books will provide you with a way to explain the art of idiomatic expressions to your students!

  • SE4851 Sky, my husband! Ciel, mon mari! $9.50 ISBN:9782020519762
  • SE5528 Sky, my wife! Ciel, ma femme! $9.50 ISBN:9782020523660
  • SE9945 Sky, my kids! Ciel, mes enfants! $11.95 ISBN:9782020159944

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