A Friendly German-English Dictionary
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A guide to German society through the language, whether in the kitchen, on the playing field, in literature and the arts, in politics or in everyday life.
NTC's New College Russian and English Dictionary
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This is a comprehensive reference useful to English and Russian speakers seeking to enhance their linguistic knowledge. With 35,000 words plus thousands of phrases and compounds given for each language, there is much which can be easily translated.
If you need to define a word or know about a topic, this is a good place to start.
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