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Grammar Glossary

Categoría Explicación

Adjetivo describe a un sustantivo: defective part, two aircraft

Adverbio describe o modifica a un verbo (work fast), a un adjetivo (very im-

portant), o a otro adverbio (extremely fast)

Conjunción une o separa palabras y frases: and, or

Adjetivo demostrativo muestra un sustantivo específico (this, that, these, those): this
unit

Sustantivo nombre de una persona, lugar, cosa o idea abstracta: Tool, Rain

Preposición relaciona sustantivos y otras palabras en una oración: above, of,

through, with, before, after, in, on, at, etc.

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Pronombre reemplaza a un sustantivo: He, It, Him, Them, Someone

Verbo normalmente indica acción (replace) o existencia (be)

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Use of the dictionary

Abbreviations used in standard dictionaries:

Spanish Abbreviation English

adjetivo adj adjective

adverbio adv adverb
conjunción conj conjunction
nombre, sustantivo n noun
preposición prep preposition
pronombre pron pronoun
verbo v / vb / vt / vi verb

Structure of a dictionary
word (alphabetical order) -- /pronunciation/ -- abbreviation(s) -- translation(s)
Example:
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work /w3:k/ n trabajo, vi trabajar, vt hacer funcionar, out of - desempleado; - out vt hacer
ejercicio
My work is very important for aircraft safety
I work at Lan maintenance base
Peter is out of work
They work out at the gym everyday
give /gIv/ pt gave pp given vt dar, dedicar (time)
I gave Mary a ring
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pretty /prItI/ adj bonito, bonita, adv bastante, muy

She is a pretty girl
Today is pretty cold
of /ov/ prep de

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The Alphabet
A /ei/ alfa
B /bi/ bravo
C /si/ charlie
D /di/ delta
E /i/ echo
F /ef/ foxtrot
G /lli/ golf
H /eich/ hotel
I /ai/ india
J /llei/ juliett
K /kei/ kilo
L /el/ lima
M /em/ mike
N /en/ november

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O /ou/ oscar
P /pi/ papa
Q /kiu/ quebec
R /ar/ Romeo
S /es/ sierra
T /ti/ tango
U /iu/ uniform
V /vi/ victor
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W /dabliu/ whiskey
X /eks/ x--ray
Y /wai/ yankee
Z /zed/ zulu

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Numbers
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