Use of Online Dictionaries

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Use of Online Dictionaries

• Multimedia Classes
• Karol Marek Klimczak

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What are they useful for?

• Online dictionaries can be a great help in
  learning English.
• They offer quick look up for any word and also
  some extra activities that were going to explore
  today.
• This presentation can be found after our classes
  on www.mnc.pl/kmklim/hotpotatoes/

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Idioms

• Use cambridge dictionary to learn idioms
• Go to http//dictionary.cambridge.org/reference/ho
  use.htm
• Find the meanings on the following idioms
• Get on like a house on fire
• Be rolling in it
• Have a face like a thunder
• Be economical with the truth
• Throw a wobbly
• To feel under the weather
• And more

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Phrasal Verbs

• Use the game at http//dictionary.cambridge.org/re
  ference/phrasal.htm and choose topic emotions
• Do you know these phrasals?
• Cheer up
• Wind up
• Tear apart
• Snap out of it

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Verbs for cooking

• There is also a nice cooking quiz at
  http//dictionary.cambridge.org/reference/foodprep
  .htm
• Find the meanings of
• To chop
• To slice
• To peel
• To dice
• To beat
• To grate
• To mash

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Verb patterns

• The choice between gerund and infinitive can be
  puzzling sometimes
• Go to http//dictionary.cambridge.org/reference/ve
  rbpatterns

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Do you know the top 50 words?

• You will find the list at http//dictionary.cambri
  dge.org/top20/top50_04.asp
• Choose ten words and look up their meanings.

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Merriam-Webster Dictionary

• Find it at http//www.m-w.com
• Whats the word of the day?
• Play the game for today.
• Listen to the word for the wise
• Try out the THESAURUS (type in big or smile)

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One Look

• At http//www.onelook.com you can get instant
  access to many dictionaries
• Type in web and find out
• The origin of that word
• Common phrases with it
• Words similar to web

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Oxford Dictionary

• Another useful dictionary is Oxford at
  http//www.askoxford.com/?viewuk
• Only to use all of it you have to pay
• But you can still use it to find
• The word of the day
• The quote of the week

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Wikipedia the free encyclopedia

• Find it at http//en.wikipedia.org
• Find the answers to following questions
• What is the official name of Greece?
• What is the presidents name?
• What is current GDP level in Greece?
• Of course there are a lot of other things to find
  in Wikipedia

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Other sources

• Britannica http//www.britannica.com
• Good for concise information
• Try it out on a country of your choice
• www.google.com for fun you can see satellite
  maps of entire earth here.