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This dictionary concentrates on modern everyday Scots. It contains English definitions for Scots vocabulary.

Designed to accompany the widely acclaimed Collins Easy Learning Italian Dictionary, Collins Easy Learning Italian Grammar and Practice offers beginners a clear and easy-to-understand guide to the verbs and grammar of Italian with hundreds of exercises.

Takes a looks at the 12 signs of the zodiac, telling readers how they will fare in love and romance, offering advice on the best present to buy for each sign and the best meal to cook. Home, love, life, work, hobbies, tastes and preferences of each sign are covered.

From the hosts of the legendary BBC Radio 4 programme comes this irreverent celebration of scientific marvels - a hectic leap through the grand and bizarre ideas conjured up by human imagination, from dark matter to consciousness via neutrinos and earthworms.

This new and thoroughly up-to-date dictionary provides the user with wide-ranging, practical coverage of current usage, including terminology relevant to business and office automation and a comprehensive selection of abbreviations, acronyms and geographical names commonly found in the press.

This clear, comprehensible guide to French verbs contains 112 fully conjugated regular and irregular verbs, each presented in a full-page spread showing all the major tenses clearly set out with pronouns.

Once upon a time, Little Red Riding Hood went walking through the wood to visit her grandma. She imagined she was safe, but hidden behind the tall trees was someone who liked the thought of a grandma for lunch, with perhaps a little girl for pudding...A witty and exuberant re-telling of this well-loved traditional tale.

Collins Pocket Italian Dictionary offers excellent coverage of today's language and usage. Clear presentation and colour layout allow maximum accessibility in a portable, hard-wearing format. Features include: * All the latest words in both languages, such as downloadable, Wi-Fi in English, and faccina, riscrivibile in Italian * Full GCSE coverage * An in-depth and up-to-date supplement with information about Italy, its people and its language to help you take your learning to the next level * Help with Italian verbs * Clear, colour layout, useful examples, language and cultural notes Collins Pocket Italian Dictionary has been designed to give travellers, business people and the general user alike all the information they need in a portable, hard-wearing format. It includes all the latest words reflecting changes in modern lifestyle, as well as all the features you would expect from a Collins dictionary: an easy-to-read colour layout, special treatment of key words such as can, that, di, fare, notes about life in Italian-speaking countries and warnings on commonly confused words. An in-depth and up-to-date supplement helps you to develop your knowledge of Italian and your confidence in the language, with a section on common translation difficulties to guide you. There is information on pronunciation and improving your fluency, as well as the words and phrases you will need in different situations, like sending an email or making a phone call. The supplement also gives you an insight into Italy, its people and other Italian-speaking countries. Verb tables show all verb forms for the most common Italian verbs and give examples of how these are used. Also available in the Collins Italian dictionary range are Collins Italian School Dictionary, Collins Easy Learning Italian Dictionary, Collins Italian Dictionary & Grammar and Collins Italian Phrasebooks for mobile phone and iPod.