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�A�1, a �/eI/ �n (pl �A's, a's �/eIz/�) �the first letter of the English alphabet: �He knows the subject from A to Z, �knows it thoroughly. �A1 �/*eI �wAn/ �(a) �(of ships) classified as first class. �� Lloyd's. �(b) �(colloq) excellent: �an A1 dinner; feeling A1, �in excellent health.� �a�2 �/E �strong form: �eI/, �an �/En �strong form: �an/ �indef art �1 �one: �I said �ڳa train was coming, not �ڳthe train. �I have a pen (pl some pens). Have you a pen (pl any pens)? �Cf �some, any, several, a few �with �pl nn. �2 �(used in the pattern �a + �adj �or �pron �of number and quantity): �a lot of money; a great many friends; a few books; a little more. �3 �(with possessives): �a friend of my father's, �one of my father's friends; �a book of John's, �one of John's books. �4 �(used in the pattern �many/such/what + a�): �Many a man would be glad of the opportunity/such an opportunity. What an opportunity you missed! �5 �(used in the pattern �half + a + �n�): �half a dozen; half an hour; �(befor . . .
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A Description of the file OALD.DAT
Roger Mitton,
Department of Computer Science,
Birkbeck College,
Malet Street,
London WC1E 7HX
18 July 1985
The file OALD.DAT is a cleaned-up and slightly modified
version of the machine-readable form of the Oxford Advanced
Learner's Dictionary, published by the Oxford University
Press, Third edition, 1974. This document explains, first,
how OALD.DAT differs from the original, and then describes
the character codes and general format of the file, for the
benefit of anyone wishing to use it.
I obtained a tape of the OALD from the Oxford Text
Archive. This tape is one of many that are available to
researchers at a small charge. It is listed in the
catalogue as being in category U; 'copies of U category
texts are freely available outside Oxford subject to the
conditions specified on the User Declaration Form.' The one
I got is a copy of the one used originally to drive the
typesetter that pro . . .
