Compact Oxford English dictionary of current English / edited by Catherine Soanes and Sara Hawker. Compact Oxford English dictionary Soanes, Catherine. Hawker, Sara. English language Dictionaries. PE1628 .C635 2008 423 22 Previous ed.: 2005. Includes index. "This revised third edition finds words quickly with easy-to-use design; can get you extra help with thousands of real examples plus usage and grammar notes; and improves your writing with practical advice in the Effective English section. It contains 150,000 words, phrases and definitions."--BOOK JACKET. Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2008. 2008. 2008 Text x, 1210 p. ; http://www.loc.gov/catdir/toc/ecip0823/2008029988.html eng