Contents // Advisory Board vi Preface vi // Key to dictionary entries vii-ix Using your dictionary ix-x // The Dictionary 1-1392 // Language study pages A between 310 and 311 // Linking words together A1 Phrasal verbs A2-3 Collocation A4-5 Idioms A6-7 Polite expressions A8 // Language study pages ? between 566 and 567 // Nouns and adjectives B1-3 Verbs B4-8 // Maps and geographical information between 854 and 855 // Geographical names C1-3 The world C2-3 // Canada and the United States of America C4-5 The British Isles C6-7 Central Europe C8 // Cultural information between 1110 and 1111 // The Commonwealth D1 // United Kingdom constitution and government D2-3 United States constitution and government D4-5 The legal system in England and Wales D6 The legal system in the United States D7 The vocabulary of English D8 // Appendices // 1 Irregular verbs 1393 // 2 Numbers 1396 // 3 Punctuation and writing 1401 // 4 Family relationships 1405 // 5 Common first names 1406 // 6 Ranks in the armed forces 1410 // 7 Chemical elements 1412 // 8 SI units 1413 // 9 Notes on usage 1414 // 10 Defining vocabulary 1417 // Inside front cover // Abbreviations, symbols and labels used in the dictionary // Inside back cover // Phonetic symbols and pronunciation in the dictionary