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Collins Robert Desktop French Dictionary Hardcover – 4 April 2005

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A new edition of the market-leading Collins Robert Desktop French Dictionary, specifically designed to meet the needs of upper-intermediate to advanced learners.

The new Collins Robert Desktop French Dictionary is based on the latest edition of the Collins Robert French Dictionary: complete and unabridged, and has additional features which will help users speak and write natural, accurate French. With its clear colour presentation, it is the most user-friendly French dictionary available for upper-intermediate to advanced learners.

The Collins Robert Desktop French Dictionary contains guidance on the pronunciation of words that are likely to cause problems, and warnings against “faux amis”, i.e. those words which look familiar, but do not mean what one would expect. Numerous grammar tips clarify points that students may be uncertain about and which commonly cause problems. It is a very practical book – ideal for upper-intermediate to advanced learners at school, college or in the world of business. It contains over 150,000 references, including the latest business and Internet vocabulary.

Information in the new Collins Robert Desktop French Dictionary is presented in an approachable way: complicated terminology is avoided and learners are helped to find what they are looking for quickly and easily. Important phrases are highlighted so that they will catch the user’s eye even if they are part of a long and complex entry.

The fifth edition includes in-depth coverage of entries relating to French life and culture, as well as a revised version of the acclaimed “French in Action” section.

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  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ Collins; First Edition (4 April 2005)
  • Language ‏ : ‎ French, English
  • Hardcover ‏ : ‎ 1296 pages
  • ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 0007126336
  • ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-0007126330
  • Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 15.75 x 6.35 x 24.13 cm
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The Collins dictionaries have two problems:

o The English translations often use Briticisms, with no USA counterparts. This is especially frustrating when the dictionaries use British slang or colloqueialsms that are meaningless to the American user.

o The dictionaries express a far-left feminist agenda. Such politicization and personal prejudice have no place in responsible lexicography. (E.g., "male chauvinist pig" and its French counterpart ("dirty macho") should be labeled not standard but offensive, and there are quite a few such evidences of feminist bias.)