# Oxford Collocations Dictionary

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### Basics

Starting the Oxford Collocations Dictionary

Click the START button and choose the following options: PROGRAMS, OXFORD, Oxford Collocations Dictionary (where OXFORD is the name of your Program Group).

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Quitting the Oxford Collocations Dictionary

To quit the dictionary, do one of the following:

click the Oxford Collocations Dictionary icon in the top left-hand corner of the main window and choose CLOSE;

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Removing the Oxford Collocations Dictionary from your computer

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### The main window

This is the window which appears on opening the Oxford Collocations Dictionary. You can resize it and move it in the usual way.

It is divided into the following sections:

the search area and index on the left;

the menu buttons along the top;

the entry window in the centre.

Search area and index

Type the word you want to look up in the box above the word Index, then click on GO or press enter.

As you type the word, the index list will be narrowed down to words which match what you have typed. You can click on any word in the index at any time to go to the entry for that word. You can also scroll up and down the index by using the arrows in the scroll bar, by clicking in the scroll bar, or by dragging the button in the scroll bar.

Some words in the index do not have a full entry. Clicking on one of these words allows you to see all the entries in the dictionary in which that word is shown as a collocate. To get more information about a particular collocation, click on the word and you will be taken to the entry in which it appears.

Entry window

This shows the active entry highlighted with a thin grey line around the outside.

You can click on any word that is underlined to move to that entry in the Collocations Dictionary.

Double-clicking on any word that is not underlined will open a new window with the definition of that word.

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### Pop-up definitions

When you double-click on any word that is not underlined, a new window is opened with the definition of that word.

If the entry is not the one you require, you may be given a choice of other similar entries below.

You can also double-click on any word in this new window to get the definition of that word.

You can listen to the pronunciation of the word in British or American English by clicking on one of the sound icons.

To return to the Collocations Dictionary, click back in the main window.

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### Menu buttons

Arrow buttons

the two arrow buttons allow you to move back to a previous page or return to the current page.

Genie

Press this to choose the Collocations Dictionary Genie.

Exercises

Press this to open a new window with exercises.

This copies the whole of an active entry to the clipboard.

This prints the active entry.

Use this to choose the font size you require.

Clicking on this icon opens this Help file.

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### The Genie

This tool lets you look up words in the Oxford Collocations Dictionary while you are working with other programs, such as Internet Explorer and Microsoft Word. This is the Genie window:

In Microsoft Windows, when the cursor is pointing at a word in Internet Explorer, the Genie will look it up straight away. It can do this in Microsoft Word too. You can also look a word up by typing it into the search box and pressing the Enter key, or by clicking on the magnifying glass symbol.

Click on 'Back to Dictionary' to return to the main window of the Collocations Dictionary.

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### Exercises

There are five exercise types: Crosswords, Drag and drop, Prepositions, Split sentences and Missing word. Click on the appropriate button to choose an exercise of that type.

If you want to move to another exercise of the same type you can click on NEXT EXERCISE at any point.

Crosswords

Click on a space in the crossword. Two sentences are shown, both of which have the same word missing. Type the missing word into the spaces in the crossword. If you need help, click on the CLUE button and one letter in the word will be shown.

To move to another word, click on any square in that word. When a square is part of two words you can change the direction of the clue by clicking on the square again.

When you have finished, click on CHECK ANSWERS.

Drag and drop

Using your mouse, drag a word from the bottom and drop it into the correct sentence.

When you have finished, click on CHECK ANSWERS.

Prepositions

A preposition is missing from each of the sentences shown. Select the correct one from the drop-down menu.

When you have finished, click on CHECK ANSWERS.

Split sentences

The first halves of eight sentences are shown above, with the second halves below. Using your mouse, drag the second half of one sentence and drop it just after the first half of the sentence it goes with.

When you have finished, click on CHECK ANSWERS.

Missing word.

Five sentences are shown. The same word is missing from all five. To type your answer, click in the flashing square and type the letters.

When you have finished, click on CHECK ANSWERS.

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### About this CD-ROM

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Oxford Collocations Dictionary for Students of English, second edition (book and CD-ROM pack) ISBN 9780194325387
Oxford Collocations Dictionary for Students of English, second edition (book in pack) ISBN 9780194317245
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#### Acknowledgements

Interface design: Peter Burgess

Development of games and exercises: John Coumbe

### Minimum system requirements

Windows Vista®: 1GHz Intel Pentium or compatible processor and 512 MB of system memory (1GB recommended)

Windows™ XP: 350MHz and 256 MB of system memory (512 MB recommended)

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