This is a guide to communicating in French. It will help learners to discover expressions and idioms to make their French more natural and fluent, while developing awareness of French culture.

This is a guide to communicating in Spanish. It will help learners to discover expressions and idioms to make their Spanish more natural and fluent, while developing awareness of Spanish culture.

'Collins Easy Learning English Idioms' leaves no stone unturned in this guide to common English idioms. It provides a dictionary of common idioms that will help you make head or tail of contemporary English usage and become the cat's whiskers at communication.

Collins Easy Learning French Vocabulary helps you develop your vocabulary skills and is the perfect companion to any of the ever-popular Easy Learning French range.

Collins Easy Learning Italian Vocabulary helps you build up your vocabulary skills and is the ideal companion to any of the ever-popular Easy Learning Italian range.

This new edition of Collins Gem English Thesaurus is part of the Collins Gem range the world s best-selling mini dictionaries and thesauruses. This new edition is fully up-to-date, with the newest words to enter the English language, with thousands of synonyms and antonyms. With thousands of alternative words, subject lists and a useful supplement, this color edition of the Collins Gem English Thesaurus is ideal for everyday use in home, school, and office. The handy little thesaurus gives you practical, applied knowledge in your pocket. It contains a wide selection of...

The grammar section provides easily accessible information, with key grammatical points highlighted throughout, hundreds of examples of real French, and a full glossary of grammatical terminology. The verbs section offers 112 fully conjugated regular and irregular verbs. Major constructions and idiomatic phrases are given for all verb models. The handy vocabulary section covers 50 topics (such as family, free time, careers, computing, education, food and drink, health, and shopping).

First published in 1971, this dictionary pioneered a new approach to bilingual dictionary publishing which continues to inspire millions of language users today. With wide-ranging coverage of contemporary Spanish and English, a wealth of examples and idioms, and a clear layout, this remains the ideal dictionary for advanced learners and professionals using Spanish. Thousands of examples and idioms are given, all based on evidence from a multimillion-word corpus of real Spanish and English. It offers extensive notes on language, grammar and culture, to help the user with typical translation...

A reliable, portable and easy-to-use phrasebook is a travel essential, and with Collins Gem phrasebook and dictionary, the right word will always be at your fingertips. This indispensable language guide covers the topics and phrases that crop up everyday when traveling, from finding a hotel to choosing wine. It includes travel information and tips, a 3,000 word dictionary, a comprehensive menu decoder, grammar and pronunciation sections, and "face to face" sections. You will never be at a loss for words when traveling again.

A reliable, portable and easy-to-use phrasebook is a travel essential, and with Collins Gem phrasebook and dictionary, the right word will always be at your fingertips. This indispensable language guide covers the topics and phrases that crop up everyday when traveling, from finding a hotel to choosing wine. It includes travel information and tips, a 3,000 word dictionary, a comprehensive menu decoder, grammar and pronunciation sections, and "face to face" sections. You will never be at a loss for words when traveling again.