Dictionaries and Functions
The following shows the dictionaries included in your electronic
dictionary and where you need to go for more information when you
want to perform a specifi c type of look-up.
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Basic operations are almost the same in all dictionaries. Any
differences are noted in the explanations for each particular dictionary.
Dictionary/
Thesaurus
English-
*1
English
English
thesaurus
*2
English
Collocations
English idioms
English phrasal
verbs
British and
American
Culture
*1
The English-English dictionary can be used to fi nd out how to write
text for reports, resumes, letters, e-mail and other types of documents
(Writing Tutor). (page 36)
*2
The English thesaurus supports lookup by keyword and category.
(pages 37 and 38)
*3
You can use the English Collocations Dictionary to look up common
word combinations (collocations). (page 39)
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Type Of
Look-up
Defi nition of
English term
English
synonyms
Defi nition of
*3
English term
Defi nition of
English term
Defi nition of
English term
Defi nition of
English term
Checking
Looking
Spelling
Up a
and Original
Headword
Forms
Page 27
Page 33
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Page 33
Page 27
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Looking
Looking
Up
Up
Phrases
Examples
Page 34
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Page 35
Page 34
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