Download or read book Chambers Essential English Dictionary written by Elaine Higgleton and published by . This book was released on 1995 with total page 1167 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This dictionary offers real, practical guidance with the English language. It should help the learner understand English and use it yourself, and gives assistance where needed. It contains: step-by-step treatment of frequently used words; 50,000 examples of real, everyday English; full-sentence defining style; boxes for phrasal, modal and auxilary verbs; 400 tinted usage notes; over 6000 synonyms and antonyms; over 3000 idioms; and appendices on letter-writing, punctuations and abbreviations.