Slovar soderzhit tolkovaniia primerno 60 tysiach inostrannykh slov i vyrazhenii. On vobral v sebia pomimo prochikh ekonomicheskie, tekhnicheskie, meditcinskie, sportivnye, kompiuternye, obshchestvenno-politicheskie i inye terminy, zazvuchavshie v russkoi rechi v poslednee vremia. Mnogie slova istolkovany zanovo, s uchetom izmenivshegosia upotrebleniia. Sredi otdelnykh slov vpervye privedeny tcelye slovosochetaniia i vyrazheniia. Dlia luchshego vospriiatiia togo ili inogo termina v knige privedeno mnozhestvo illiustratcii.