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How to learn to explain the meaning of the word like a native without having to look at a dictionary?
How to learn to explain the meaning of the word like a native without having to look at a dictionary?
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Even when I know what a word means, I will often look it up in a dictionary to find a clear, easy, or precise way to explain it.
These are some things you can try:
- Try to think about how you explain words in your own language, that will help you do the same in a foreign language.
- Some words are easier to describe with pictures.
- Try to think of simpler words that have the same or similar meaning.
- Think of a situation where the word is used and describe that situation.
- Give example sentences.
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Even when I know what a word means, I will often look it up in a dictionary to find a clear, easy, or precise way to explain it.
These are some things you can try:
- Try to think about how you explain words in your own language, that will help you do the same in a foreign language.
- Some words are easier to describe with pictures.
- Try to think of simpler words that have the same or similar meaning.
- Think of a situation where the word is used and describe that situation.
- Give example sentences.
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@moomalabro Please, ask me the meaning of a word, for you to tell me if I can explain words fairly well
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@moomalabro Good one. Nervous: it is a state of feeling that you feel when you are afraid or scared of something
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@prosperous Good job!
I would just add "worried" to your definition:
I would say it like this:
it is feeling that you feel when you are worried or scared
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@prosperous It's very difficult and like I said, as a native speaker I still consult a dictionary all the time
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@moomalabro it's Interesting how "flexible" English is like some people would say "as I said" but you said "like I said"
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@prosperous Yes, there are often multiple ways to say the same thing. There's American vs British usage, words coming from many different languages (latin, greek, french, german, etc), verb tenses that often have very similar meanings, and many, many idioms, proverbs, and set phrases.
I think it can make it confusing and difficult for second-language learners to understand what's natural and what isn't (and to understand all the weird things native speakers say!) but on the plus side, there's a lot of flexibility in expressing yourself, so native speakers will usually understand you even if it's not 100% correct.
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