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ruth_lou

do any of you know where i can buy cheap dictionaries for french and german for uni?

Reply 1

Fleece

what size of dictionary..

Reply 2

leannemarie

ruth_lou

do any of you know where i can buy cheap dictionaries for french and german for uni?

I got HUGE dictionaries (the really really big ones) for £12 each (French & Spanish) from Amazon. Collins ones I think - the decent ones anyway. They even deliver free!

Reply 3

WXYZ

I got mine from Amazon for a really cheap price! It depends which languages you do though in regards to which edition is best. For example, I would say, in my opinion, Collins Robert is better for French whereas if you are looking for a good German one, the Oxford Duden one is best without a doubt! Hope that helps!

Reply 4

princessa

i have collins, for french and spanish, but apparently the spanish oxford one is better. the french collins is good and reccommended. i dont know if theres one near you, but in my town there is a bookshoop called sussex stationers, its part of a chain called british bookshops or something, and they sell discounted books, and the latest editions of the large dictionaries (not concise) are £15, half the price of exactly the same books in waterstones etc. they only have collins in the one near me though.

Reply 5

Lil Lee Lee

I think you can get the £30 ones for £12 in the East Sussex books shops, which I've only seen in Chichester and Portsmouth. I got a grammar book with my copy from Amazon for cheaper too

Reply 6

princessa

Lil Lee

I think you can get the £30 ones for £12 in the East Sussex books shops,

i think this is the same company where i got mine, but the stores are called different things. i have seen quite a few around anyway! they sell new books for silly prices. i got posh spice's autobiography for just £2!

Reply 7

BarbedRose

If you're anywhere near Cambridge, apparently there's a bookshop along Selwyn Road and it obviously caters particularly well for students. It's very cheap.

Reply 8

Richy Rich$$

Does anyone know where I can get a cheap "le petit Robert"?

Reply 9

WhatFreshHell?

OXFAM bookshops are GREAT for this kind of thing!

I got a petit Robert in Mauritius, but it's the small version

Reply 10

steve2k5

i got my french and spanish "complete and unabridged" dictionaries (the HUUUGE ones) from amazon for £15 each (they're £30 each in the shops)

Reply 11

Aitch

Petit Larousse: £23 on Amazon

http://www.amazon.co.uk/exec/obidos/ASIN/2035302056/qid=1125659501/sr=1-1/ref=sr_1_8_1/202-2215957-5591848#product-details

Aitch

Reply 12

Sarah Sheep

Richy Rich$$

Does anyone know where I can get a cheap "le petit Robert"?

I ordered mine from amazon.fr as it was a bit cheaper than the UK site, and I think it was a more up to date version.

Reply 13

Dr. Blazed

Lil Lee

I think you can get the £30 ones for £12 in the East Sussex books shops, which I've only seen in Chichester and Portsmouth.

And Romford. :biggrin:

Go for Amazon.

Reply 14

Balloo

Definitely Amazon. I ordered the Colins Robert french dictionary and the Collins Sansoni italian dictionary and they came in less than 24 hours. Te italian one was supposed to be £45, I got it for £22. The french one was supposed to be £30, got it for £15. Great service at great prices!