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A joint collaboration between Collins and Le Robert, revised and updated to cover all the latest vocabulary in both languages – perfect for professionals and advanced learners of French. With more than 310,000 words, meanings and phrases and 500,000 translations. This edition has been revised to include all the latest vocabulary in English and French from a wide range of fields, including new additions from the fields of the internet, the environment and economics (e.g. instagrammable, rewilding, fintech, dialogueur, écovolontariat, cryptoactif.) Culture boxes explain the origins of phrases from literature, film and popular culture to aid translation and improve your understanding of French language and culture. Long and complex entries benefit from a clear structure and layout, with key phrases, idioms and set grammatical structures highlighted. Acclaimed “Language in Use” supplement contains hundreds of examples of usage in real-life contexts such as essay writing, email and telephone conversations to help you use French fluently and naturally.--from publisher