Suggestion for new books

MI · Administrator Anmeldungsdatum: 22.01.2005 Beiträge: 1080 Wohnort: München

Just wanted to propose a different type of dictionary to everybody:

"Sinnverwandte Wörter der englischen Sprache" by Rudolf Meldau
Universitätsverlag Heidelberg

It can help you to find the best English translation of a word (there are 1000 words explained in the dictionary).

One example:

Gespräch:
talk = "familiar converse" (meist das alltägliche, einfache Gespräch; Umgangswort) (von: to talk)
Note that talk is also "a short address or lecture in conversational style, especially when broadcast by wireless" (der Vortrag)
conversation "is an interchange of ideas with some other person or persons" (die anspruchsvolle Unterhaltung, das ernsthafte Gespräch) (von: to converse)
chat = "friendly talk about (usually) unimportant things" (das Freundschaftliche Gespräch, die Plauderei über unwichtige Dinge) (von to chat)
call = "telephonic message" (der Anruf, das Ferngespräch, Telephongespräch) (von: to call [up])
dialogue (USA also dialog) = "talk between two persons" (das Zwiegespräch, der Dialog)
discussion = "examination by arguments; a debate" (die Erörterung, die Aussprache, Diskussion, Debatte) (von to discuss)

There are also some examples how to use the word, the words, which I did not want to write (time is money).
I think this dictionary can help very much (but I guess it is not that cheap, either).

Bye
Martin

Ulli · Administrator Anmeldungsdatum: 03.07.2004 Beiträge: 1389

Thank you for your suggestion. I'm very interested in that kind of books.
Could you post the ISBN code, please?

Thank you.

LG Ulli Augenzwinkern

MI · Administrator Anmeldungsdatum: 22.01.2005 Beiträge: 1080 Wohnort: München

Of course. There are two ones given.

ISBN 3-533-03012-1 kart.
ISBN 3-533-03013-X Ln

Ulli · Administrator Anmeldungsdatum: 03.07.2004 Beiträge: 1389