This book contains more than 7000 most common words, organized according to the thematic principle. 198 topics of the dictionary cover the main areas of everyday human activity, business, science, culture. The dictionary is intended for active work with the vocabulary, for expanding and systematizing knowledge of foreign vocabulary. The publication will be useful both for self-study of the language and as an additional guide to the main course. The manual is equipped with convenient international transcription, which is intended to be used in case of doubt in the pronunciation of a word.