| Author: | Martin Manser | ISBN: | 9781543946024 |
| Publisher: | BookBaby | Publication: | September 3, 2018 |
| Imprint: | BookBaby | Language: | English |
| Author: | Martin Manser |
| ISBN: | 9781543946024 |
| Publisher: | BookBaby |
| Publication: | September 3, 2018 |
| Imprint: | BookBaby |
| Language: | English |
Students learning English often have difficulties knowing which preposition goes with a particular adjective. This is where this dictionary will help you. It contains about 700 entries. By looking up the adjective you will find the preposition, a definition and an example: indispensable adj indispensable to so important that nothing will happen without it: Thorough research is indispensable to a historian. In the above short entry: indispensable = the headword, the basic adjective adj = the part of speech indispensable to = the adjective and the correct preposition so important that nothing will happen without it = the definition of the adjective Thorough research is indispensable to a historian = an example of the adjective as it would typically be used in a sentence, with the adjective and preposition in bold type Some entries have style markers (formal) or (informal) to help you know the context when to use the adjective: resplendent adj (formal) resplendent in looking very impressive because of how you are dressed: The duke entered the assembly chamber, resplendent in his robes of state. crazy adj crazy about (informal) fond of or very interested in: As a teenager she'd been crazy about David Bowie. I can't say I'm crazy about this idea.
Students learning English often have difficulties knowing which preposition goes with a particular adjective. This is where this dictionary will help you. It contains about 700 entries. By looking up the adjective you will find the preposition, a definition and an example: indispensable adj indispensable to so important that nothing will happen without it: Thorough research is indispensable to a historian. In the above short entry: indispensable = the headword, the basic adjective adj = the part of speech indispensable to = the adjective and the correct preposition so important that nothing will happen without it = the definition of the adjective Thorough research is indispensable to a historian = an example of the adjective as it would typically be used in a sentence, with the adjective and preposition in bold type Some entries have style markers (formal) or (informal) to help you know the context when to use the adjective: resplendent adj (formal) resplendent in looking very impressive because of how you are dressed: The duke entered the assembly chamber, resplendent in his robes of state. crazy adj crazy about (informal) fond of or very interested in: As a teenager she'd been crazy about David Bowie. I can't say I'm crazy about this idea.
