Title The new Oxford picture dictionary / E.C. Parnwell ; illustrations by Ray Burns ... [and others]

Edition Monolingual English edition Published New York, N.Y. : Oxford University Press, 1988

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Description iii, 124 pages : color illustrations ; 25 cm Contents People and Relationships 2 -- The Family 3 -- The Human Body 4 -- Vegetables 6 -- Fruits 8 -- Meat, Poultry, and Seafood 10 -- Containers, Quantities, and Money 12 -- The Supermarket 14 -- Family Restaurant and Cocktail Lounge 16 -- Restaurant Verbs 17 -- Common Prepared Foods 18 -- Outdoor Clothes 19 -- Everyday Clothes 20 -- Underwear and Sleepwear 22 -- Jewelry and Cosmetics 23 -- Describing Clothes 24 -- Describing the Weather 25 -- Seasonal Verbs 26 -- Houses 27 -- The Living Room 28 -- The Dining Room 29 -- The Kitchen 30 -- Kitchen Verbs 31 -- The Bedroom 32 -- The Baby's Room 33 -- The Bathroom 34 -- The Utility Room 35 -- A Workshop 36 -- Housework and Repair Verbs 38 -- Medical and Dental Care 39 -- Ailments and Injuries 40 -- Treatments and Remedies 41 -- Firefighting and Rescue 42 -- Crime and Punishment 43 -- The City 44 -- The U.S. Postal System 46 -- The Public Library 47 -- The Armed Forces 48 -- Trucks 49 -- Cars 50 -- Bikes 52 -- Highway Travel 53 -- Public Transportation 54 -- Air Travel 56 -- Aircraft 57 -- In Port 58 -- Pleasure Boating 59 -- Plants and Trees 60 -- Simple Animals 62 -- Insects 63 -- Birds 64 -- Fish and Reptiles 65 -- Mammals I 66 -- Mammals II 68 -- Map of the World 70 -- The United States of America 72 -- The Universe 74 -- The Space Program 75 -- A Classroom 76 -- School Verbs 77 -- A Science Lab 78 -- Math 79 -- Energy 80 -- Farming and Ranching 81 -- Construction 82 -- An Office 83 -- Occupations I: Main Street USA 84 -- Occupations II 85 -- Occupations III 86 -- Neighborhood Parks 87 -- Outdoor Activities 88 -- At the Beach 90 -- Team Sports 92 -- Ballfields 93 -- Individual Sports 94 -- Fields and Courses 95 -- Sports Verbs 96 -- Musical Instruments 98 -- Music, Dance, and Theater 99 -- Electronics and Photography 100 -- Handicrafts 101 -- Prepositions of Description 102 -- Prepositions of Motion 103 Summary This dictionary presents over 2,400 vocabulary words. Vocabulary is introduced with 82 topics such as the space program, occupations, and sports Analysis English language - Dictionaries Notes Includes index Rev. ed. of: Oxford picture dictionary of American English Subject Americanisms -- Dictionaries. English language -- Dictionaries. English language -- Textbooks for foreign speakers. English language -- Study and teaching -- Foreign speakers. English language -- United States -- Dictionaries. Picture dictionaries, English. Genre/Form Picture dictionaries. Dictionaries. Textbooks. Author Parnwell, E. C. Oxford picture dictionary of American English Parnwell, E. C., 1898 - Oxford picture dictionary of American English LC no. 87023950 ISBN 0194341992 (hbk) 0194345335 (paperback)

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