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Over 820,000 entries and translations, completely revised and updated. The "HarperCollins Robert goes with you into the twenty-first century. With complete coverage of contemporary terms in business, technology, politics, culture, and medicine, the "HarperCollins Robert is the most authoritative single-volume French-English dictionary available.
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Here's a sampling of the new terms this edition includes:
ADSL
E-fit
applet
gray market
broadband
mall rat
clickable
nethead
covermount
Pilates
daytrader
superbug
deep vein thrombosis
ditz
