Offering guidance on pronunciation and grammar, entries include abbreviations and contemporary Russian and English phrases.

This new edition of Oxford's flagship single-volume dictionary brings you the results of the latest research into the real English of today. Oxford is lead partner in the British National Corpus, a massive and constantly expanding hundred-million-word database which allows dictionary editors to sample today's language - newspapers, magazines, books, advertisements, even transcripts of spoken English. With thousands of occurences ofeach common word available for instant analysis, lexicographers are able to track the latest trends in, for instance, spelling and hyphenation or disputed usages, with greater accuracy than ever before. This rolling, constantly updated `opinion poll of language' combined with Oxford's unparalleledworld reading programme (we spend more on language research than any other dictionary publisher in the world), ensures that COD9 is the up-to-date reference for today's English. Bigger and better than ever before, its new features include: * The most up-to-date spellings, with improved coverage of meaning and usage based on a computerized `snapshot' of today's language * 25% more content than the previous edition * New words, including such items as holiday village, nip and tuck, central locking, ragga, house-sit, Balti, pesto, Cajun, road-pricing, Feyman diagram, supermodel, and slaphead * New, more up-to-date pronunciation system, representing today's received pronunciation * Over 300 new boxed usage notes with guidance on good English * New, clearer etymologies * easier to use with more compounds as main entries

Offers nearly two hundred thousand entries, including abbreviations, contemporary Russian and English phrases, and guidance on pronunication and grammar.

This new edition of the Oxford Russian Minidictionary offers up-to-date coverage of essential day-to-day vocabulary with over 40,000 words and phrases, and 60,000 translations.The new phrasefinder provides an instant safety net when you travel, providing superfast access to all the words and expressions you need for everyday situations - shopping, travelling, asking for directions, or finding a place to stay. A brand-new menu-reader section has been added so you knowexactly what you're getting to eat, and the new conversion charts for distance, weights and measures, and clothing and shoe sizes make travelling abroad easier than ever before.All of these features are packed into a pocket-sized, durable format, making this dictionary ideal for business people, holiday makers, and travellers, as well as the general user. The Oxford Russian Minidictionary is your perfect mini-guide to Russian.