TYPES of DICTIONARIES Which types of dictionaries

TYPES of DICTIONARIES • Which types of dictionaries do you know?

A dictionary can be… monolingual or bilingual

EXPLANATORY DICTIONARY … gives an explanation school [sku ːl] schools, schooling, schooled 1) A school is a place where children are educated. You usually refer to this place as school when you are talking about the time that children spend there and the activities that they do there.

How many definitions of “friend” can you make?

What kind of information can we retrieve from a dictionary entry?

Etymological Dictionary The history of which word is described below? Origin: Old English scōl, scolu, via Latin from Greek skholē 'leisure, philosophy, place where lectures are given, ' reinforced in Middle English by Old French escole

THESAURUS

How many words about travelling can you collect in 3 minutes?

Collocations dictionary A collocation is a typical words combination Examples: Heavy rain, Heavy traffic, Heavy bleeding, Heavy smoking

Dictionary of synonyms and antonyms Do you remember what a synonym or antonym is?

How many synonyms for the word “to like” can you think of in 2 minutes?

Check yourself: be fond of, have a soft spot for, think highly of, admire, respect, be attracted to, fancy, find attractive, relish, adore, appreciate, be keen on, be hooked on, enjoy, be crazy about, have a passion for, love, savour…

Give a synonym for each word: • • Dirty Clever Tired Hot Hungry Big Small • • Cold Bad Delicious Angry Scared To hate To speak

What about antonyms? • • Dirty Clever Tired Hot Hungry Big Small • • Cold Bad Delicious Angry Scared To hate To speak

Dictionary of Phrasal Verbs What is a phrasal verb? Give examples with “look” “get” “put” “give” “take”

Dictionary of Idioms “Get out of hand” means…. “Pull yourself together” means… “Once in a blue moon” means… “Feel under the weather” means… “Cost an arm and a leg” means… “Sit on the fence” means… “When pigs fly” means…

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