155,000 natural examples bring English to life, Top 3000 words in spoken and written English highlighted, 106,000 words and phrases all the words you need, 220,000 word combinations show which words are used together, Collocation and Word Focus boxes, British and American pronunciations of headwords, including people and place names, 1 million additional sentences from books and newspapers. The updated edition now has 4000 new words and a fully updated CD-ROM with 88,000 examples pronounced and a range of new features to help you improve your English, including the Longman Writing Assistant to provide help producing written English.

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