Longman Dictionary of English Language and Culture

No matter how advanced your level of English, it’s difficult to fully understand the language unless you understand the many cultural references that you see when reading books or newspapers. This dictionary gives you a deeper insight into the language by explaining cultural references, and helps you easily answer those difficult questions students might ask you about British and American culture.

• Covers everything you are likely to need – 15,000 encyclopaedic entries covering people, places, history, geography, the arts and popular culture
• Get in-depth understanding on topics such as festivals, special days and key events in British and American history from the colour feature pages
• No need to carry two dictionaries – also includes a full language dictionary
• 80,000 words and phrases with clear definitions