Упр.9 Unit 2 Секция 1 ГДЗ English Михеева 8 класс

Задача

Look at the two dictionary entries and answer the questions.

a) library — a room or building for books
librarian — someone who works in a library.
(Oxford Basic English Dictionary. Oxford University Press, 1995.)

b) handy (clever with hands) — умелый, мастеровой, рукастый (coll); he is — у него золотые руки.
2 (easy to handle) — удобный для пользования.
3 (convenient) — удобный, сподручный (coll); it may come in — это может пригодиться.
(Oxford Russian Dictionary. Oxford University Press, 2000.)

Questions

Which of the two words comes from a monolingual (bilingual) dictionary?
Where can you find information about how to pronounce the words?
How do you know that one of the words is a noun and the other is an adjective?
Which of the words has one and which more than one meaning?
Which of the dictionaries gives word combinations?
Which of the dictionaries gives derivatives?
What does — stand for?

Подробный ответ

library comes from a monolingual dictionary, and handy comes from a bilingual dictionary.
You can find information about pronunciation in both dictionaries, usually in transcription.
You know it from the dictionary entry: library is marked as a noun, and handy is given with an adjective meaning.
Library has one meaning, while handy has more than one meaning.
The bilingual dictionary gives word combinations.
The bilingual dictionary gives derivatives.
— stands for the word handy in the examples and explanations.