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Summary: The Most Useful Italian-English Dictionary
Review: Of the several large Italian-English dictionaries I own (some purchased in Italy), this one most frequently has just the word or expression I am looking for. It is particularly rich in sense indicators and has many Americanisms, despite its British-Italian origin. It's not as comprehensive as some of the others (published by Garzanti and Zanichelli, for instance), but it is the first big dictionary I turn to if a handier paperback fails me. Beware, however, there are numerous lumping errors in the codes referring to the model verb tables at the back of the book (where you are referred to a verb conjugated almost-but-not-quite like the verb in question).My next dictionary--if the Paravia comes up short--is the recent bilingual dictionary published by Hoepli in Italy. It gives lots of grammar help of the kind usually found only in monolingual dictionaries written for Italians.
Rating:
Summary: The Most Useful Italian-English Dictionary
Review: Of the several large Italian-English dictionaries I own (some purchased in Italy), this one most frequently has just the word or expression I am looking for. It is particularly rich in sense indicators and has many Americanisms, despite its British-Italian origin. It's not as comprehensive as some of the others (published by Garzanti and Zanichelli, for instance), but it is the first big dictionary I turn to if a handier paperback fails me. Beware, however, there are numerous lumping errors in the codes referring to the model verb tables at the back of the book (where you are referred to a verb conjugated almost-but-not-quite like the verb in question). My next dictionary--if the Paravia comes up short--is the recent bilingual dictionary published by Hoepli in Italy. It gives lots of grammar help of the kind usually found only in monolingual dictionaries written for Italians.
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