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Lifco Mega Dictionary – English-English-Tamil The Little Flower Co.,T. Nagar, Madras 600 017. The structure for each word (contained in this Dictionary) contains Main word, Pronunciation, part of speech, meaning in English, Meaning in Tamil, and additional information on usage etc. The Pronunciation for almost all the words is given using Tamil alphabet as symbols. In addition, with a view to widening users general Knowledge, appendices containing many interesting, useful and Valuable information have been added.
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