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Vincent Teo Posted 18 years ago
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looked up the dictionary

0Can I say,02br
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00(a) He looked up the dictionary to find the meaning of a word.02br
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00(b) He looked up the word (by) using a dictionary (to obtain / get the meaing.) 02br
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00(c) She used a dictionary to find / find out the word/ meaning. 02br
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00 She used a dictionary to find / find out the meaning of the word.02br
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00(d) She checked the meaning of the words.02br
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00 She checked (up) the dictionary to look the word.02br
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00(e) She opened the dictionary to get the meaning. 0-
  

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1blockquote 01cite 10Vincent Teo12cite 12br 10Can I say,12br 12br 10(a) He looked up the dictionary to find the meaning of a word. 11b 10No. 12b 12br 12br 10(c) She used a dictionary to find / find out the word/ meaning.

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  • 1blockquote 01cite 10Vincent Teo12cite 12br 10Can I say,12br 12br 10(a) He looked up the dictionary to find the meaning of a word.
  • 11b 10No.
  • 12b 12br 12br 10(c) She used a dictionary to find / find out the word/ meaning.
  • to find out the word's meaning or ...
  • to find the spelling/meaning of the word12b 12br 12br 10 She used a dictionary to find / find out the meaning of the word.
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01cite10Vincent Teo12cite12br
10Can I say,12br
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10(a) He looked up the dictionary to find the meaning of a word. 11b10No. He looked up the word, not he looked up the dictionary.12b12br
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10(b) He looked up the word (by) using a dictionary (to obtain / get the meaing.) 1
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