Cutting Edge - Elementary - Mini-Dictionary [antikvár]

Welcome to the Cutting Edge Mini-dictionary I This Mini-dictionary includes words and meanings from Cutting Edge Students' Book. This makes it a quick and easy way of finding out more about the words you find in the book. It also gives you practice in how to use a monolingual English dictionary. • What information does the Mini-dictionary provide? - simple definitions - example sentences with words in real contexts, often with examples from the Students'Book - pictures for many definitions - information about grammar and word combinations - pronunciations in the International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA) - a space for you to write your translations, for example: cream /kn-.m/ noun U ^ / You will also find information about: - opposites - common errors - verb forms • Which words are in the Mini-dictionary? The Mini-dictionary explains most of the vocabulary used in Cutting Edge Students' Book, but not: - very simple words in English, which you know already. You will not find entries for words like sma/i, car or want in the Mini-dictionary ¦ words used in the Workbook or Teacher's Resource Book • How does the Mini-dictionary present grammar? - Every word In the Mini-dictionary has a 'word class' to show if it is a noun, an adjective, an adverb or a verb. - Every noun and verb has a label to show whether it is countable, uncountable, transitive or intransitive: - noun C countable noun (e.g. mouse) - verb I appear - noun (J uncountable noun (e.g. soup) - verb 1 like when you go abroad, you go to another country: John is working abroad in Spain for a year. * I like going abroad for my holidays. accent /'askssnt/ noun C accents the way that someone says the sounds of a language: Sally has an American accent. accept /sk'sept/ uerb accepts, accepting, accepted, have accepted to say 'yes' when someone asks you to do something, take something, or have something: Do you accept credit cards?* I accepted Kate's invitation to the wedding. activity /aek'tiviti/ noun C activities something that you do: Swimming is one of my favourite activities. address /s'dres/ noun C addresses the number of the house and the name of the street and town where someone lives or works: What's your address? * My address is 21 Charles Street. advertisement /3d'v3:tism3nt/ noun C advertisements words and pictures printed in newspapers and magazines that tell you about something you can buy, somewhere you can go, or something you can do: an advertisement for Eurostar afraid /g'freid/ adjective more afraid, most afraid 1 afraid of frightened that something or someone will hurt you: She's afraid of dogs. 2 I'm afraid a polite way to say that you are sorry about something: I'm afraid I can't come. afternoon /,Q:ft3'nu:n/ noun C afternoons the part of the day after 12 p.m. and before the evening: 1 went shopping on Monday afternoon. I'll see you tomorrow afternoon. age /eids/ noun C, G ages 1 your age is how many years you have lived: He left school at the age of 18. * The course is open to young people over 16 years of age. 2 a period of time in history: The exhibition shows fashion through the ages. aged /eid3d/ adjective aged 3/16/40 etc of the age of 3/16/40 etc: They have two children aged W and 12. altogether /,3:lt9'ge53V adverb when you include everyone or everything: That's L10.50 altogether, please.