Facts on File Dictionary of Foreign Words and Phrases (Facts on File Writer's Library)

Rating:
Summary: fine resource
Review: This is another fine reference from the Facts on File Writer's Library, and is a terrific resource for writers, readers, students and teachers.

Phrases are listed alphabetically, and each entry includes the pronunciation, etymology, grammatical information, definition, examples, abbreviations, derivatives, and cross-references. The book concludes with an index that organizes entries by language.

The print is clean and I was able to find most of the phrases in which I was interested, but with only 4000 entries there are gaps; you will find actuall foreign phrases such as pas de deux, but you will also find Americanized foreign words like parole, so it isn't always clear what you will find here and what you won't, but words and phrases that are here are given a nice treatment. Useful if not exhaustive.