`'One of the most renowned scholarly achievements within the field of English lexicography ... ODCIE 1 must by rights be seen as one of the outstanding achievements in English lexicography. In the second edition, the editors have succeeded in turning an excellent dictionary into an even better one.'' Thomas Herbst/Michael Klotz, Zeitschrift für Anglistik und Amerikanistik, 42, 4, 1994 26/04/1995