Encompassing more than 300,000 definitions, this up-to-date reference of the English language includes more than five hundred new entries and covers both old and new words, the commonplace and the unusual, with information on idioms, etymologies, and more than 200,000 references.
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- EditoreChambers Harrap Pub Ltd
- Data di pubblicazione2007
- ISBN 10 0550101853
- ISBN 13 9780550101853
- RilegaturaCopertina rigida
- Numero di pagine1839
- RedattoreBrookes Ian
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