Introduction A DICTIONARY FOR ONE AND ALL The Firefly Mini Spanish/English Visual Dictionary uses pictures to define words. With thousands of illustrations and thousands of specialist and general terms, it provides a rich source of knowledge about the world around you. Designed for the general reader and students of language, The Firefly Mini Spanish/English Visual Dictionary responds to the needs of anyone seeking precise, correct terms for a wide range of objects. Using illustrations enables you to "see" immediately the meaning of each term. You can use The Firefly Mini Spanish/English Visual Dictionary in several ways: By going from an idea to a word . If you are familiar with an object but do not know the correct name for it, you can look up the object in the dictionary and you will find the various parts correctly named. By going from a word to an idea . If you want to check the meaning of a term, refer to the index where you will find the term and be directed to the appropriate illustration that defines the term.

For sheer pleasure . You can flip from one illustration to another or from one word to another, for the sole purpose of enjoying the illustrations and enriching your knowledge of the world around us. STRUCTURE The Firefly Mini Spanish/English Visual Dictionary is divided into THEMES, outlining subjects from astronomy to sports. More complex subjects are divided into SUB-THEMES; for example, the Animal Kingdom chapter is divided into themes including insects and arachnids, mollusks, and crustaceans. The TITLES name the object and, at times, the chief members of a class of objects are brought together under the same SUBTITLE. The ILLUSTRATIONS show an object, a process or a phenomenon, and the most significant details from which they are constructed. It serves as a visual definition for each of the terms presented. TERMINOLOGY Each word in The Firefly Mini Spanish/English Visual Dictionary has been carefully chosen and verified.

Sometimes different words are used to name the same object, and in these cases the word most commonly used was chosen.