Page 18 - English Vocabulary In Use upper intermediet and advance

Exercises

With a bilingual dictionary, try a double search: look up a word in your language; the
dictionary may give several possibilities in English. Look up each of those possibilities in the
English section of the dictionary to see how they translate back into your language. This
may help you to separate synonyms.
If you own a dictionary, make a little mark in the margin each time you look a word up. If a
word gets three or more marks, it is worth an extra effort to learn it. What other learning
techniques are there for dictionaries?

Small, bilingual dictionaries often just give three or four translations for a word you look up,
without any explanation. Here are some pictures with translations you might find in such a
dictionary. Which ones fit in the sentences? You may need to use a monolingual dictionary.

sofa divan boots bootees sailing boat ketch
couch settee wellingtons dinghy yacht
1 Come and sit on the ................................. and relax a while.
2 She bought a huge, luxury ................................. and went off round the world.
3 If you're going to stand in the water you should take your ..................................
4 It's not a proper yacht; it's just a tiny little ..................................

5.3 Which definition of casual fits which sentence?
casual /kdu"al/, casuals. I Something that 1s ffi I walked casually rnto his room. o casualness. ffi o ~urnnrm
casual 1.1 happens or IS done by chance or wlthout *or- With studied casualness he mentioned 11 to Hilary
plannmg. ffi Her casual remark caused a polit~cal 8 acc'*enLal J Casual clothes are clothes that are suitable lor *or-
stoi m... ... a casual meetrng. o casually. ffi ... a casual- o mv m vn when you are at home or dolng lhlngs other than '-
.
ly acqulred object. If is rather careless and done *or- working, but are not sultable lor work or formal n'nformal
wlthout much interest ffi I bad a casual glance al Ihe = SuPemc'a' occasions. ffi ... a casual sh~rl. nmuw
. used as a plural noun.
pape rs... ... a casual Inendship. o casually. o mvmw ffi ... smart casuals. o casually. ffi He was dressed o mmvn
2 If you are casual. you are, or you pretend to be. *or~uurr casually
calm and not very interested In what is happenmg or = nonchalant 4 Casual work IS done for only a short time. and not *or-
what you are domg. ffi He Vied lo appear casual as on a permanent or regular basis. ffi They employ
he asked her lo dance ...... a casual wave. o casually o mv m w casual workers lo prck ue fruf I... ... a casual job.
1 It was quite a casual outfit, just right for such an informal occasion.
(definition no. ....... ..)
2 I only said it casually, but it shocked her. (... ..... .)
3 I don't get a salary; I'm just a casual. (. ....... .)
4 It was just a casual encounter, but it changed my life. (. ...... ..)
Pronunciation. What English words are these?

5 In the dictionary entry for hairy opposite how many synonyms can you see for the different
meanings?
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