The New Appleton Dictionary of the English and Portuguese Languages . It emphasizes spoken and written Portuguese from Brazil. It covers about 60,000 words and expressions. Also includes vocabulary from specialized fields so that a variety of students, writers, translators, etc. will find this tool satisfactory to their the needs. Illustrates some examples and gives explanatory notes on items of more difficult comprehension due to the difference in the flora and fauna of the countries.
Phonetic symbols follow the words.
2200 Brazilian Idioms . Brigham Young University, 1979. The purpose of this guide is to help the foreign student to capture meanings and subtleties through slangs and idioms. Besides learning the basic grammatical structures, the learner is exposed to into the world of daily common expressions. Even though this source deals specifically with Brazilian expressions many are commonly used in Portuguese as well.