Cutting Edge - Pre-Intermediate - Mini-Dictionary [antikvár]

Welcome to the Cutting Edge Mini-dictionary!The Mini-dictionary has been written using the same principles we use to produce standard general dictionarieslike the Longman Active Study Dictionary. Just as in a full-size dictionary, there is all the information you needabout pronunciation, grammar, style, and meaning, with clear example sentences to show the words in context.The big difference is that the Mini-dictionary only includes words and meanings that appear somewhere in CuttingEdge Students' Book. This makes it a quick and easy way of finding out more about the words you meet in thebook. And it also gives you practice in how to use a monolingual English dictionary.What information does the Mini-dictionary provide?-definitions written in a simple, strictly-controlled defining vocabulary-pronunciations in the International Phonetic Alphabet (1PA)-full information about grammar and the way words combine with each other, using a very simple system-guidance on style, showing which words are formal, technical, informal, etc.-information about words with similar and opposite meanings-example sentences showing words in real contexts - many of them based on material in Cutting Edge itselfWhich words and meanings does the Mini-dictionary include?The Mini-dictionary explains all the vocabulary used in Cutting Edge Students' Book, with the following exceptions:-it does not include very simple words in English, which you are sure to know already. So you will not findentries for words like house, small, car, or want in the Mini-dictionary.-it does not include meanings which are not used in Cutting Edge Students' Book. For example, if you look upthe word arrange in the Longman Active Study Dictionary, you will see that it has two different meanings. But ifyou look it up in the Mini-dictionary, you will find just one meaning - and that is the meaning which is used inthe Students' Book.-it does not include words used in the Workbook, Teacher's Resource Book, or in instructions to exercises in theStudents' Book.How does the Mini-dictionary deal with grammar?-every word in the Mini-dictionary is given a 'word-class label' to show whether it is a noun, an adjective, etc.These are the labels we use:adjective verbmodal verbadverb preposition prefixnoundeterminer-every noun and verb gets an extra 'code' to show whether it is countable or uncountable, transitive or intransitive:noun C countable noun (e.g. computer game)noun 0 uncountable noun (e.g. violence)verb I intransitive verb (e.g. fall)verb T transitive verb (e.g. protect)-common grammar patterns are also shown in bold type in the example sentences:demonstrate /'demsnstreit/ verb I to march some-where in a large group to protest against something:Thousands of people demonstrated against thewar.