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Farsi Persian English Dictionary (Hippocrene Standard Dictionary) 5 reviews
S. Haim
Hippocrene Books, 1993
Not Bad/ Handy
Def. a good book to have. But it is missing a lot of everyday words and does not explain slang or expressions.
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Arabic-English Dictionary: The Hans Wehr Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic 57 reviews
Hans Wehr
Spoken Language Services, 1993
outstanding arabic dictionary
+ Covers an ample range of vocabulary
+ A Great Arabic language learning tool to help you stay on course, as well as translation instrument
+ The fundamental Arabic learning tool
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Kodanshas Essential Kanji Dictionary (Japanese for Busy People) 12 reviews
Kodansha International
Kodansha International, 2002
No Complaints
+ Quick Way to Locate Kanji Characters
Perfect book. Everything I look up is in here and then some. I have absolutely no complaints. This book has helped me tremendously in my studying.
All the nearly 2000 kanji are arranged by radical and then by number of strokes in the radical. There is a stroke index and on and kun reading index ...
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The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary19 reviews
Oxford University Press, USA, 1997
Gets the job done
+ What a Hindi-English dictionary should be
But understand, it's from Hindi to English ONLY, not the other way around. The devanagari is nice, bold, and easy to read.
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English-Russian, Russian-English Dictionary66 reviews
Kenneth Katzner
Wiley, 1994
THE standard in foreign language dictionaries
+ Very Solid Dictionary
+ For Americans
+ A must have!
+ Best Russian-English dictionary I have ever used
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The Bantam New College Spanish & English Dictionary9 reviews
Edwin B. Williams
Bantam, 1984
An extremely good Spanish dictionary! The best I've seen!
+ Unbelievably good dictionary
+ Great book for modest needs
+ Bantam New College Spanish Dictionary
+ Excellent choice
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English Swahili Dictionary5 reviews
Willy A. Kirkeby
Kakepela Pub. Co., 2001
Wonderful!
+ For each entry there are lots of useful phrases!
+ The most complete English-Swahili dictionary I've found
This is a fantastic dictionary! By far the best english-swahili dictionary around. I strongly recommend to anyone planning to learn swahili and even to those already familiar with the language. This is not only a dictionary to look up words but also a dictionary to actually sit and read and learn ...
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The Pocket Oxford Greek Dictionary : Greek-English English-Greek13 reviews
Oxford University Press, USA, 2000
Wonderful coverage
+ Review of Pocket greek dictionary
+ Not always up-to-date
This dictionary is great! My boyfriend is from Greece and sometimes communication can be challenging. I'm a new student of Greek, and this has been an excellent resource. This dictionary has excellent word coverage. Everything I've searched for has been in the dictionary. Highly recommended!
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Minjungs Pocket English Korean and Korean English Dictionary8 reviews
Hollym International Corporation, 2006
Definitely, the best dictionary
+ Best Korean-English dictionary
+ Slow for use by beginners but good
+ Great dictionary, but the electronic version is even better
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Kodansha's Furigana Japanese Dictionary: Japanese-English English-Japanese57 reviews
Kodansha International
Kodansha International, 1999
I wish I had purchaded it sooner
+ A Complete Furigana Dictionary
+ Best English-Japanese Dictionary
This is a very good dictionary. I've tried some others, they were okay, but,this one is the best I've used. I'm in my second semester of Japanese at UH and it's a big help.
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The Oxford Portuguese Dictionary: Portuguese-English, English-Portuguese3 reviews
Berkley Books/Oxford University Press, 1998
A fine English/Portuguese Dictionary
This dictionary is fine. It has English to both Portuguese and Brazilian Portuguese. It's up to date, and well set out.
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Pocket Oxford Classical Greek Dictionary 9 reviews
Oxford University Press, USA, 2002
Great for the intended purpose
+ Good first glassical greek dictionary
My wife's minivan fails miserably at hauling heavy loads or towing other vehicles. However, it does quite well at the specific task it was designed for. Just as there is no single all-purpose vehicle that is best for every mission, we need to be realistic and realize no single lexicon will meet ...
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Urdu-English/English-Urdu Dictionary and Phrasebook: Romanized (Hippocrene Dictionary and Phrasebook)3 reviews
Nicholas Awde
Hippocrene Books, 2003
Very good book for westerners
+ great book
This is a very solid book for people who don't have the time or patience to figure out Urdu script! Covers a lot of essential material. Not sure what is going on with this other reviewer because he seems to have given a positive review but only 1 star? In any case, this probably works better than ...
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Merriam-Webster's French-English Dictionary10 reviews
Merriam-Webster
Merriam-Webster, 2002
Extremely handy size and excellent depth
+ Je recommande ce livre!
+ I assume all the definitions are correct
+ Really extensive coverage Canadian terms
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Pocket Oxford Italian Dictionary 4 reviews
Oxford University Press, USA, 2006
Pocket Oxford Italian Dictionary's competitors are noteworthy
+ Pocket Oxford Italian dictionary
+ good stuff
+ Useable, but....
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New Age Chinese English Dictionary13 reviews
Wu Jingrong, Cheng Zhenqiu
The Commercial Press of China, 2001
Great dictionary with lots of extras
+ New Age Chinese English Dictionary Reviewed
+ Best Chinese-English Dictionary Ever
+ best chinese dictionary
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The New Bantam-Megiddo Hebrew & English Dictionary13 reviews
Reuven Sivan, Edward A. Levenston
Bantam, 1984
pretty fricken great
i liked how it was organized, and is good for a quick reference. maybe not for traveling around israel, but a great homework help!
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The Bantam New College Latin & English Dictionary (The Bantam New College Dictionary Series)16 reviews
John Traupman
Bantam, 1995
Simply the Best
+ Good beginner's dictionary
+ Highly recommended
+ As Advertised
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Bantam New College German/English Dictionary (Bantam New College Dictionary Series)13 reviews
John Traupman
Bantam, 1984
Great book for modest needs
This bilingual dictionary's two greatest virtues are its compact yet readable format and its affordable price. And, as a bonus, there are brief summaries of German grammar, including common forms of articles, pronouns, and verbs. These reminders are packaged with the two-way translations for ...
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Oxford English-Hindi Dictionary11 reviews
S. K. Verma
Laurier Books Ltd, 2003
A good start
First, I am an American English speaker, but one who was trained at the University of Wisconsin in Hindi and have several years of Hindi language experience, including a year in India in Varanasi. This is the best such dictionary around. This English-Hindi dictionary is the best one out there, ...
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