An illustrated thesaurus contains more than one hundred words accompanied by their synonyms, antonyms, and sample sentences.

Contains 50,000 cross-curricular words and phrases, including technical vocabulary for the student aged over 11 years. This work covers 10,000 word origins, synonyms and usage notes. It also includes pronunciation guides, style and subject labels and derived words. It is suitable for the KS3 student.

Contains 45,000 entries, and vocabulary - that is all the text of the 'Oxford School Dictionary' in pocket format. This work provides additional Study Notes, and focuses on key grammar points, useful spelling tips and rules. It also includes FAQs such as: What do you use a dictionary for? How do I find the words I want?

Includes 5,000 words and phrases in alphabetical order. Each entry in this book contains numbered meanings, word classes, inflections, pronunciation guides, supporting example sentences and notes to help with using the words. It also includes word origins for various root words.

A reference for the general reader contains concise explanations of the origins of over 1,800 nicknames from contemporary and historical culture referring to historical figures, politicians, athletes, entertainers, places, events, and organizations.

More than eight hundred nicknames for people, places, and institutions, as well as generic nicknames, are featured in a volume that also provides explanations behind the story of each nickname and the traditions of using nicknames in different parts of the world.

Product Description: Allusions are a colorful extension of the English Language, drawing on our collective knowledge of literature, mythology, and The Bible give us a literary shorthand for describing people, places, and events. This completely new reference work explains the meanings of the allusions in use in modern English, from Abaddon to Zorro, Tartarus to Tarzan, and Rubens to Rambo...read more

Includes over 100 headwords listed alphabetically with a page or spread of their own; and over 1000 synonyms given along with opposites, sample sentences, word families, and descriptive vocabulary. This illustrated thesaurus contains illustrations to help children grow their vocabulary for writing at school and at home.

Provides over 51,000 dictionary entries which contain definitions and pronunciations, and includes the rules to proper English usage based on current trends

Product Description: Based on the highly successful second edition of the Oxford Guide to English Usage, this new Little Oxford Guide to English Usage offers the same valued information in a handy, compact format. Here is an essential guide to good English that takes the user clearly and easily through each aspect of writing and speaking English, with copious examples drawn from the works of the best writers...read more

Product Description: Have you ever had doubts about when to hyphenate two words? Confused over whether you should disassociate or dissociate yourself from something? Do you know when to spell doggie as doggy? Is it really a rule that a preposition should never fall at the end of a sentence? Now there is a single convenient source you can turn to with all your questions about how to speak and write more clearly: The Oxford Guide to English Usage, now available in a completely revised New Edition...read more (view table of contents, read Amazon.com's description)