Title: Great dictionary that will fall apart in your hands.
Product review: I purchased this dictionary 6 months ago at a local bookstore. I had researched French dictionaries fairly thoroughly. It is one of the most expensive of the paperbound dictionaries but consistently gives good examples of words in useful phrases. In addition it gives pronounciation and has a concise but useful grammar section. Within a month I had bonded with this dictionary. The problem is that within two months the dictionary was literally falling apart in my hands. Each week new sections of 50 pages or so would come loose from the binding. Now after 6 months I have a paper binding with a thousand loose pages. I cannot recommend this text. A dictionary is a tool that becomes your friend and its hard to watch your friend fall apart in front of you. Harper Collins should be ashamed of their cheap bookbinding. It is a waste of paper.
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