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| pronunciation |
Keep practising until you can pronounce it without thinking. |
| spelling |
Use the pronunciation to help you with spelling. |
| literary meaning |
For example, the word heart in "He has lately developed a heart
problem." |
| figurative meaning |
For example, the word heart in "The heart of the problem is
that he should not have behaved like that." |
| part of speech |
Is the word a noun or a verb or an adjective and so on? |
| collocation |
Find out the words that normally go together with the word you are
learning. This is essential with phrasal verbs such as look at, look
after, see to, take care of, and hundreds of others. |
| rhetorical features |
Is the word a formal word or a slang? Does it have a positive meaning
or a negative one? Is it politically or culturally sensitive? |
| word formation |
Is the word actually derived from another word? Or is it a combination
of two or more words? |
