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Provides French to English and English to French translations of more than two hundred thousand words and expression, and includes examples, an overview of grammar, and verb tables.

Presents 230,000 words, expressions, idioms, and translations of Spanish and English words, with up-to-date coverage of general and professional Spanish terms, abbreviations, acronyms, proper nouns, and verb conjugations.

A dictionary of over 1,500 word histories, explaining the origins of such terms as catch-22, lackadaisical, and potpourri.

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