Containing nearly 50,000 entries and 33,000 subentries, the Comprehensive English-Yiddish Dictionary emphasizes Yiddish as a living language that is spoken in many places around the world. The late Mordkhe Schaechter collected and researched spoken and literary Yiddish in all its varieties and this landmark dictionary reflects his vision for present-day and future Yiddish usage. The richness of dialect differences and historical developments are noted in entries ranging from "agriculture" to "zoology" and include words and expressions that can be found in Yiddish literature, newspapers, and other sources of the written word. This dictionary will serve Yiddish-speaking Jews wherever they live, work, gather, and converse: as professionals and tradesmen, in synagogues, in schools, on the street, in the military, at home, and in intimate life.