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Introduction /intrdkSHn/ n.
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The first step to learning how to use any dictionary is knowing the alphabet well. Most languages
use a standard form where words are organised in alphabetical order.
You will have to be able to judge whether a
word comes directly before or after another depending on the letter it begins with. If two words begin
with the same letter, the one after decides the correct
order, and then the next, and so on.
Let me explainbark, bare and barn all have 'bar' as their first three
letters.
To look them up in the dictionary you will have to
first find the page with the word bar:
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bar /br/n.
bar /br/v.
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Ancient Dictionaries
It is interesting to know that the story of the
Tower of Babel comes from the same region where
the oldest known dictionaries were found. These
4000 year old dictionaries were cuneiform tablets
that translated words from Sumerian to Akkadian,
two languages of the Mesopotamian civilisation.
They were a word list that told you what its
equivalent was in two different languages without actually explaining their meanings
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Before we learn how to read the modern English dictionary, let me give you a short history of the
English language in bullet formThe Romans leave the British isles in 410 AD.
They do not leave much of their language, Latin
behind.
Germanic settlers called Angles and Saxons come
to Britain around 450 AD. They bring their languages
with them.
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Sanskrit
avatar- a reincarnation
avatara: meaning descent
mantra- a statement that is frequently repeated
taken literally: meaning holy message or text
maya- meaning illusion
sutra- meaning rule
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finale /fnal/n.
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