Offers more than 350,000 words and 530,000 translations drawn from current language databases and explores idiomatic variations in meaning.

"This French book is aimed at a first-year college student. Its features include: Each chapter is built around communicative strategies; The exercises in the in-class (A) sections are composed mainly of guided practice and extension activities, along with occasional comprehension checks and comprehensible input; The grammar included is explained in a more narrative form and in more detail than is typical for first-year textbooks; The amount of grammar...