Oxford School French Dictionary

This title is updated for 2004, with over 800 new entries covering: money (with value of euro compared with old currency and, colloquial survival of 'centime' in the new currency system); computing and word processing (smart card, telephone card, text messaging, gigabyte); environmental terms (ozone layer, oil slick); professions (astronomer, graphic designer etc); and sport and leisure (hiking, fitness, lifeguard). This new edition has been fully expanded to include over 800 new headwords, with particular attention paid to money, computing and word processing terminology, sport and leisure, environmental terms and professions. The features include: colour headwords, phrases, verb tables and virtual alphabet tabs; clearer demarcation of masculine and feminine gender; clear examples show the words in context; help with grammar; expressions and idioms highlighted; and introduction on how to use the dictionary.