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From 'excellent' to 'superb'! This new edition of THE writing dictionary expands students' vocabulary effectively, and helps them express their ideas more accurately. This dictionary takes you from a key word or basic idea, such as 'good', and shows you more related words or phrases with information on register, context and grammar structures. Detailed definitions help students choose the correct word and natural, corpus-based examples show words in typical usage Improved access system makes it easy to find the word you need All the collocations and phrases you need to write correctly Index at the back of the book for easy cross-referencing Clear key words help to find alternatives Concepts are grouped Simple definitions an examples help to find the right word Do your students say very happy when they could say ecstatic? Do they say walk with big steps when they could say stride? The Longman Language Activator, the world's first production dictionary and major development in dictionary publishing, takes students from a key word or basic idea, e.g. EAT, through the exact words and phrases they need to express themselves accurately and appropriately for each context, e.g. wolf down, or be a picky eater.