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General English dictionaries
Don’t worry if you don’t have a good dictionary at hand. Actually, you do. It’s just a click away. Below you have some links to monolingual (English-English) dictionaries on the Internet:
Longman English Dictionary Online – LDOCE
They are similar yet different.
Choose a few words/expressions which you came across in this week’s texts and which were new or unclear to you. Then look up the same words in the 4 different dictionaries and compare the findings:
which dictionary definitions were the most informative and helpful?
what extra information / features did each dictionary offer?
Which dictionary (dictionaries) do you like best? Why?