Dictionary Race

The purpose of this exercise is for you to learn how to use an English – Swedish dictionary correctly. Try to score as many points as possible, by answering questions in whatever order you prefer. Write answers in a Word document and e-mail me!

1. Is ”defense” spelt in an American or British way? (1p)
2. Give a synonym to the word “simpleton”? (2p)
3. Describe in English what a pet peeve is? (3 p)
4. What is [ri’vivifai] in Swedish? (4 p)
5. In what game is the term “showdown” used? (1 p)
6. Find three words to describe yourself that you did not know before! (6 p)
7. Would you like your teacher to brownnose you? Why or why not? Explain in English. (3 p)
8. Where do you think the expression “brownnose” comes from? (3 p)
9. Do you think Blondinbella is holier-than-thou. Motivate! (2 p)
10. Find a difficult word that is really beautiful. Learn it and write it down. (2 p)
11. Find a word that is obsolete. (3 p)
12. When you have stopped drinking alcohol, are you on or off the wagon? (1 p)
13. What does “take a raincheck mean”? (2 p)
14. Do the words knoll and coal rime? (3 p)
15. Find a slang word you did not know before. (2 p)
16. What does the tennis term love mean? (1 p)
17. Is Leif Pagrotsky a man-mountain? (1 p)
18. What word classes could the word “strain” be? (3 p)
19. Find the English term for something you do not even know in Swedish? (2 p)
20. Is learn an irregular or regular web? (1 p)
21. Name a character in a film, TV series or book that is a buckpasser. (3p)
22. What is the opposite of docile? (2p)
23. Explain the difference in meaning between “female” and “feminine” in English? (4p)
BEST OF LUCK!