French Unabridged Dictionary

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Summary: the best dictionary i've ever seen
Review: As someone who has a great understanding and passion for French, I found this book extremely helpful in my studies. I was frustrated with my pocket dictionary because while I would be reading French books, it often would not have the word or would not have a very accurate definition. This unabridged dictionary has it all. It's very up to date, and will most likely have every word that you can think of in it.

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Summary: A voluminous storehouse of mots de Français
Review: For a person who is hungry for words, this is THE dictionary to opt for. The umpteen entries make this dictionary the most sought-after bilingual dictionary to look up for new words. The additions of recent words, which have made an entry into French, make this a contemporary dictionary of the French language. This would have proved to be the best in all possible ways if only the manner in which the skeleton has been structured was more pragmatic. One would be dissatisfied after futilely looking up in the dictionary to find how to express certain expressions native to an English user like "receive a proposal" et al. If only this dictionary had been more user-friendly (by drawing heavily from corpus) like Oxford-Hachette is, it would have been an indispensable tool.

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Summary: Very complete except for Verbs
Review: While this book has great definitions, a nice font so everything is easy to read, the section on verb forms is a little lacking. Since irregular verbs are probably the hardest part of this language, I didn't feel it was a good idea to put all the irregular verb tenses in a very simplified table form with just the verb endings. You really need to see the entire verb spelled out properly. This may not bother everyone, but it did me.