Sunday, March 22, 2015

#2 Dictionary Exercise

1.swap(v.):to replace one person or thing with another
  E.g. I think I'll swap this sweater for one in another color.
2. correspondingly(adv.) :in a way that matches or is connected with something that you have just mentioned
  E.g. A period of high demand and correspondingly high prices 
3. neighborliness (n.) friendly and helpful behavior, especially between people who live near each other  E.g. A sense of community and neighborliness
4. disruption (n.) a situation in which it is difficult for something to continue in the normal way; the act of stopping something from continuing in the normal way
  E.g. We aim to help you move house with minimum disruption to yourself.
5.  reinforce (v.) to make a feeling, an idea, etc. stronger
  E.g. The climate of political confusion has only reinforced the country's economic decline.



I like Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary the best because it not only have a great quantity of vocabulary but also is easy to use. We can find detailed 
information about a word, like definition, example sentence etc. In addition, it have 
function which is better than other dictionaries: to add words to "My Wordlists". 
With this feature, we can list the words that we are still unfamiliar with and, moreover, 
We can test ourselves. To sum up, Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary is an 
awesome tool not just for looking words but for learning. 

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