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Presents definitions, standard and international pronunciation symbols, advice on avoiding common usage and spelling errors, and a list of irregular verbs for learners of English as a second language
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Speak and write correctly and confidently with the first All-American English learner's dictionaryRandom House Webster's Dictionary of American English is specially written for beginning learners of modern American English. From apple pie to zilch it captures the flavor, idiom, style and substance of American English.The dictionary features:Over 50,000 words and phrasesNew-words sectionAn essay comparing British and American pronunciationTwo pronunciation systems -- standard American dictionary symbols and International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA) symbols"How to use this dictionary to learn American English," a valuable learning aid translated into Japanese, Chinese and SpanishTens of thousands of lively example phrases and sentencesMain entries for hundreds of common English roots, each with a list of English words derived from the rootEasy-to-understand bracketed grammar codesFull-page contextual illustrations
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