Evelyn Benson Libros

This volume has been replaced by a new edition. Please click here.This unique dictionary gives essential collocations of English in an easily accessible form. It shows which word combinations exist in English and which grammatical constructions are possible. Whenever possible, the collocations are listed under the noun, so that in order to find out, for instance, which verb goes with oath, one simply looks up oath and finds to administer an oath to smb; to swear, take an oath, etc. The BBI is an invaluable tool for tasks such as letter writing and translating and an ideal text for intermediate and advanced instruction in English. It gives 70,000 collocations and phrases under a total of 14,000 main entries, while every effort has been made to exclude superfluous constructions such as those predictable on the basis of the general rules of English syntax.

All languages are characterized by the regular cooccurrence of certain words; for example, we say "tall building" but "high mountain." These recurrent combinations or collocations are peculiar to each individual language and cannot be predicted by a learner of that language. There are thousands of striking collocational differences between English and Russian, which are of vital importance to language learners and translators. The dictionary lists verbal collocations and translates them into English. Whenever possible, corresponding English collocations are used in the translations. It includes grammatical collocations (verb + prep., verb + specific case(s)), lexical collocations (verb + adverb), and various types of miscellaneous verbal phrases, including important idioms and figurative expressions. The dictionary makes every effort to describe contemporary Russian, and a large number of illustrative examples were taken from the current Russian press. However, to provide an adequate description of the Russian used during the Soviet era, some obsolete political expressions are included as well. This dictionary is intended for learners of both languages at intermediate and advanced levels and will also prove indispensable to translators.

Mit einem deutschsprachigen Vorwort. Eine unerschöpfliche Hilfe für alle, die englische Texte verfassen oder korrigieren müssen. Hier '' sind unter 18.000 Haupteinträgen über 90.000 Kollokationen zusammengestellt. Viele Einträge enthalten zudem grammatische Hilfen und Verwendungsbeispiele. Unterschiede zwischen 'American English ' und 'British English ' sind sorgfältig gekennzeichnet.