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Over 16,000 words clearly defined, including hundreds of Philippine English terms
Over 1,700 idioms and phrasal verbs
Thousands of example sentences
Thousands of notes on usage, grammatical problems, easily confused words
Controlled vocabulary
Contemporary English
Pronunciations given in the International Phonetic Alphabet and in a simple respelling system
Informal usage clearly labelled
Thesaurus extension with synonyms and antonyms
Appendix material on aspects of language