This dictionary has been expanded and updated to provide increased contemporary coverage of both Brazilian and Peninsular Portuguese. Over 80,000 references and 110,000 translations, including business and computing terms, ensure wide-reading, practical coverage of Portuguese and English. Entries are clearly laid out in a "user-friendly" topography. Meaning and style levels are signposted permitting fast and easy selection of the most appropriate translation. The emphasis of this dictionary is contemporary usage of Portuguese and the book includes thousands of constructions and idioms and vocabulary to help the reader understand newspapers, magazines and literature in Brazilian and Peninsular Portuguese. Common abbreviations and acronyms are explained and translated and pronunciation is given in the International Phonetic Alphabet.
Mike Harland Libri
Containing chapters on emergencies and villa and apartment rental, this Spanish phrase book also has an enlarged shopping section covering markets and services, and additional useful everyday phrases. It includes chapters on hotels, camping and caravanning, travel, restaurants, the post office and health. Where appropriate, there are also recognition lists of words and signs that may be heard or seen, as well as particular phrases which may be said in reply. The limited pronunciation of each word or phrase is shown alongside the foreign language translation. The book also has an extensive menu reader for easy identification of dishes and methods of cooking, and a mini-dictionary of 1800-2000 words.