Instruct: Classify the given review as either positive or negative.
Query: Great format but not very useful to beginners

As a student fairly new to French I scoured my local BN for a good English-French dictionary for beginners and settled on this one due to its format. After using the dictionary for only a few weeks I cannot overstate my disappointment. I reach for it constantly, and roughly 60% of the time, the dictionary fails to include a word I need as part of my "beginner 2" class at the Alliance Francaise. In hindsight, the format for this volume is not so much better than other dictionaries that it merits purchasing. I would pass on this one and get something more comprehensive with less bells and whistles.