With more than 7,000 up-to-date phrases, this dictionary covers situations from talking to a doctor to ordering a meal, and helps learners communicate personal feelings, and make small talk.

Here's something new and exciting from NTC, the leading publisher of books for students of English as a second language. Electronic dictionaries on CD-ROM make it easy to look up a word or phrase instantly and have access to thousands of typical American English example sentences. The student can store selected entries in his or her personal electronic notebook. Conduct faster, easier research with eDictionaries on CD-ROM -- Open and search any number of dictionaries at once -- Internet link provides updates and additional entries -- Free on-line site for purchasing additional reference materials -- Each eDictionary also includes two bonus dictionaries: NTC's Dictionary of Acronyms and Abbreviations and NTC's Dictionary of Proverbs and Cliches

Derived primarily from NTC's Pocket Dictionary of Words and Phrases, this is a miniature-sized monolingual dictionary designed for learners seeking to improve their understanding of the English language. It provides 16,000 senses of over 7500 of the most common and basic words used in English. This small dictionary should help readers with spelling, pronunciation, parts of speech, meaning, and irregular forms. It defines words using the smallest possible vocabulary. In many cases, more than one definition is given, so the learner has additional help in figuring out the meaning of a word.

Limited to 5,500 basic words that are essential to everyday life. Includes additional features: a table of irregular verbs, pronunciations according to the International Phonetic Alphabet; important facts about the United States--states and abbreviations; presidents; national holidays.

NTC's core vocabulary for learners of American English features simplified definitions and example sentences for every entry. Irregular forms of nouns and verbs appear as separate entries as well as spellings of adverbs in the comparative and superlative.

The small but very concise NTC's Pocket Dictionary of Words and Phrases offers 6,000 basic and common English words plus 6,000 basic and common English idioms and phrases. You will find this portable title essential in the classroom, at home, or traveling, when you need help to recall word and phrase meanings.

Here's something new and exciting from NTC, the leading publisher of books for students of English as a second language. Electronic dictionaries on CD-ROM make it easy to look up a word or phrase instantly and have access to thousands of typical American English example sentences. The student can store selected entries in his or her personal electronic notebook. Conduct faster, easier research with eDictionaries on CD-ROM -- Open and search any number of dictionaries at once -- Internet link provides updates and additional entries -- Free on-line site for purchasing additional reference materials -- Each eDictionary also includes two bonus dictionaries: NTC's Dictionary of Acronyms and Abbreviations and NTC's Dictionary of Proverbs and Cliches

Contains alphabetically arranged entries that provide definitions of thousands of contemporary American slang and informal expressions, including fad words, idioms, metaphors, and figures of speech; and includes a "phrase-finder" index.