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Contents Monitoring Dictionary Use B. T. S. Atkins, Krista Varan tola Reviews Hermann Paul, Deutsches Worterbuch. 9 Glyn Hatherall

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Asgeir Blondal Magniisson, Islensk ordsifjabok M. P. Barnes

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Observations sur le Dictionnaire quebecois d'aujourd'hui Rene G. Strehler

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Jacques Van Roey, Sylviane Granger, Helen Swallow, Dictionnaire des Faux Amis Francais-Anglais Howard Evans

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Empire of Words, The Reign of the OED Laurence Urdang

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