Monday, December 21, 2009

Making the most of your dictionary

to look up a word } (phrasal verb)
to look a word up } (phrasal verb)

when you look up a word, you consult a dictionary to find the meaning.You can also look up an address in an address book or look up a telephone number in a telephone book.

bilingual dictionary
a bilingual dictionary is one where the word to be explained is in one language and the explanation is in another. So if your English dictionary gives explanations of English words in your own language it is a bilingual dictionary. From ‘bi’ meaning 'two' and ‘lingua’ meaning ‘language’.

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