Advantages: Concise definitions of words and generous examples of usage
Disadvantages: The price is very expensive for me.

By the early stages of learning a foreign language, certainly a good bilingual dictionary is required very much. When we have reached a point at which we think that we need a better dictionary, having a monolingual dictionary should be considered. B ... Read review

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I definitely need this, I can't keep and use Ciao as a living dictionary, LOL by lolotte

thanks for this review! I am considering TEFL/Teaching English as a second language as a new career and this sounds like an excellent resource! Jo by Reynarda

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I Am Learning
by asomormridul

Dictionaries changed my life!
by baxlg

Wana increase Word Power?
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Advantages: not just for ou students
Disadvantages: not everyone knows about it

...my course material through from the open university i read that this book was a must for all that are about to or are studying so off i headed down to my local bookstore and found my bible it only cost 9.99 so it wasnt too expensive. ... Read review

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I'm sorry to have given you an FH. One of the problems was that the lack of capital letters does make it difficult to understand what you're saying. by SueMagee

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Advantages: fascinating...derivative of fascinate
Disadvantages: cumbersome..adj. unwieldy

I love books, they are such a wealth of information as well as a source of entertainment. I read every single day (not a whole book necessarily though). I have my favourite authors (James Patterson, Ben Elton, I could go on…) and my favourite styles (Thri ... Read review

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I never imagined I'd ever end up reading an op on the dictionary, but somehow you made it seem almost as interesting as many other novels included on Ciao! Dan by dan916

Got a Websters myself, but you sure achieved what I thought was impossible and reviewed a dictionary with flair, class and made it a very good read. Way to go! Rach x by rachels_ratty

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An Old And Trusted Friend
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A Good Word
by Prof1

Easy to use
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Advantages: helps a lot to find expressions and eqivalents
Disadvantages: not up today

Whenever I write an opinion in English there is a very big and heavy book lying beside me. It‘s very old but it has accompinied me for man years, I always took it with me from flat to flat and town to town. I baught it once I was studying english an ... Read review

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It must be quite frustrating having to check everything for spelling, punctuation etc. But well worth it. Fran19 by fran19

good op :) by jtsguy

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Advantages: easy to use, all subjects covered, up-to-date
Disadvantages: no good for basic grammar

--Hammer’s German Grammar and Usage-- In the last week I’ve been spending more time using Ciao, having a look around, and generally becoming more familiar with the site and everything it offers. There seem to be great opinions on just about ... Read review

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Well, I *only just* managed to pass my Spanish GCSE, so I doubt I'll ever need a language book *this* advanced! ;o) Great op though, Morgan XxXxX by MorganForever

I used to know a girl who read this...nice op.. by Johnsie

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Hammer's German Grammar and Usage, The Fourth Edition
by JamesStratton123

Hammer Crammer
by Sugarlily83

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Advantages: Taking advanatge of the resits opportunity.
Disadvantages: Exam board / government calamities result in unfairness to pupils, blighting their opportunities...

Before you start, I have spent the last half an hour trying to find a suitable category to put this essay into... "Oh it's an Edexcel paper. That'll be why I got an E instead of an A" An 18 year old A Level student explains why our education system ... Read review

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A very eye opening detailed opinion. Being a good few years past my own school days, and not having children of my own, I honestly wasn't aware how bad things were with all this. V. by vialdana

Ah, I remember it well! Multiple exam boards and lucky you if you got the Cambridge exam papers! What a lousy system it has turned into. You have to have consistency across the board and enough staff to carry the job through properly. In the end it's the reputation of British education that suffers as well as students like yourself who must sometimes be left wondering how well you really did DESPITE having received your exam results! by sdwill

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Advantages: Excellent Book, well presented material
Disadvantages: maybe too mathematical for some people

I am a first year Economics student at Warwick, I also use this book as well as Katz and Rosen. This book is not cheap between 30-40 pounds depending on where you buy it, however I was recommended to buy it as soon as possible and so I did being the trust ... Read review

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Yup, we had this first year PPE at Oxford! by a-true-ben

Just the thought of this makes me glad I'm not a student any more! Margaret by mgrigsby

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Less fun than a slow death, but essential
by anotherwiseguy

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Advantages: Indispensable for the Strategy Student
Disadvantages: None

Well, you may or may not know that I am half way through my MBA with the Open University and what that entails is an exhausting three year course which drains your resources, although it is great fun and challenging too. Anyway, it was my husband that bo ... Read review

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seems like agood book for management grads.. shall recommend it to my friends :) happiness always, Pallavi by jilmil

Grief - I thought I was living in a bad dream there for a moment - brave woman - mine has been tucked to the back of the wardrobe never to see the light of day again - I didn't enjoy this book whatsoever, apart from anything trying to revise with it balanced on my knee on the settee transpired to be the best cure for insomnia I have discovered in years - its quite ironic when I was doing my degree it was Thompson that was all the rage - and I hated that then, but now compared to this it definitely has got a bit of an airing over the last year - its amazing how little these books really change from edition to edition - usually just the chapter numbers and sometimes the case studies if something more interesting comes along - although the Man U one was particularly interesting. Good luck with your 2nd year - I am just starting fully on my thesis - and having now seen your profile and work background I might be back to pick your brains (if you have time - I am truly glad mine is over - if I knew then what I know now). Sue by sue.51

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Advantages: Excellent overall
Disadvantages: Assumes previous knowledge of German grammar

...that case may I suggest Hammer's German Grammar and Usage? This surprisingly light 541 page volume set me back only around £20 and is really popular so should be no ... Read review

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I'm going A Level German, in fact I'm typing up some speaking preperation about "Der Umwelt" now, and I don't even bother to check the grammar, I'm rubbish at it, and I know that the teachers are used to my poor german grammar, I only learn it when i have exams..even when i do decide to check my grammar, i don't get any better marks :) The book sound very useful! by emma155

Great op. Interesting read. Craig. by craigy2040

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Hammer's German Grammar and Usage, The Fourth Edition
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Hammer grammar
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Advantages: Covers everything needed for this unit, pretty interesting, tells you how to do the practicals
Disadvantages: Not all questions have answers , this book isn't in colour

Yes, I’m reviewing yet another text book! This is the last one for this year though, honest! This book is designed for A2 level Biology students studying with the OCR exam board. You may remember from reading my other biology text book reviews ... Read review

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Sounds like one hell of a book! Good op. Craig. by craigy2040

But you can always test the beer afterwards..Baz by Bigbaz

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Advantages: Full colour, some questions have answers, summary at end of each unit are handy
Disadvantages: Not all questions have answers

This book is the bible of AS Biology students. (Or at least that’s what its supposed to be!) This book is designed for AS level Biology students studying with the OCR exam board. As with most textbooks though, I’d have thought that thi ... Read review

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Again it looks like a great book! Good op. Craig. by craigy2040

Superb review. Staggered! by Ophelia

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mmm...blood and guts eh!
by yoharry

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Advantages: Variety, useful notes.
Disadvantages: Heavy, thin paper.

I did not expect to come to appreciate this anthology. Upon arriving at my first lecture at university, we were told that this was an "essential text" for the first module. "Rush to the shops and buy one, and you MUST have one by the next lecture, or deat ... Read review

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Be glad you only had to buy one of the nortons! I had to buy 'Norton ANnthology English Literature' Vol 1 and 2 as well as the one on criticism - this nearly bank rupted me! by Secre

I'm supposed to get this for uni next year, I do like the sound of it, I'm just searching around to get it as cheap as possible! by l-m-n-o-p

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Advantages: Full colour photographs, diagrams and graphs, some questions have answers in the back
Disadvantages: Not all the summary notes are relevant, there aren't any questions specifically for the synoptic exam

This book is designed for A2 level Biology students studying with the OCR exam board. I’d imagine that the book would be suitable for all A2 level biology students though, irrespective of what exam board you are studying with. The A2 course ... Read review

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erh! yeh! really interesting, I got a B in science for GCSE but I never liked it one bit, maybe they should funk it up a bit, make it a bit cooler or somethin. Maybe learnin about meiosis and osmosis in a rap or a song, then it would be interestin. Great op! enjoyed the read ... jm by BadBoy

Oh no Jo, physics beats them all! :o) (p.s. I know I'm mad!) by Sarah_Louise

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Advantages: Colourful, easy(?!) to understand, to a point!, some questions with answers
Disadvantages: Exam style questions don't have answers, some bits of the book can become a bit confusing

The book in question is designed for AS level students studying Chemistry on the AQA exam board. Many of the topics though are interchangeable so this book would probably be suitable if you are studying with another board. You’d be better sticking t ... Read review

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Gosh gurl! I was never good at chemistry! Fail there! Avril by Elainebaba

~~~~Tweet Tweet~~~~ Whoah! My bloomin heads spinnin....I don't think my intelect could handle the sheer strain of this book...lol...Terrific Opinion Sarah. Well done babe. DEANO! by deano_76

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A must for AS Chemistry!
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Advantages: Colour throughout, clear and concise.
Disadvantages: Cost - but all books cost this much; American Focus

...probably fair to say that macroeconomics books are of a better quality than microeconomics ones. Or maybe the subject is just more interesting. Whatever the rea ... Read review

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WOW! This was too 'heavy' for me to understand..LL by MRSCANADA

A pleasure to read your op. Avril by Elainebaba

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Leading intermediate Macroeconomics text
by Modena

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