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- - - - dictionaries offer
        
        sentences exemplifying typical usage
        
        notes on common sentence patterns
        
        pronunciation
        
        relationship with other lexical items
    - - practising
      - memorising
      - meeting new lexical items, understanding them and their use
      - recalling and using them
- - - - items on the list should have connections to each other
      - the more frequent the words, the better
      - give a clue about pronunciation and stresses
      - give an example sentence
      - provide different meanings of the word with different word classes
      - other possible forms
      - literary/archaic word/words used in contemporary speech
      - possible collocations
      - indication of taboos
      - try to give a direct translation
- - - - how it's spelled
      - the number of syllables
      - phonemes
      - which syllables are stressed
      - which stresses are stronger or weaker
      - what part(s) of speech it is
      - grammatically related forms
      - the basic, 'core' meaning
      - the 'semantic space' it occupies
      - other meanings
      - metaphorical meanings
      - connocation
      - appropriacy for certain social situations, contexts, etc
      - restrictions on meaning
      - immediate collocates
      - colligation
      - common chunks, phrases, idioms it appreas in
      - translation(s)
      - false friends
      - lexical families
      - true friends
      - lexical sets
      - synonyms
      - homonyms
      - homophones
      - opposites (antonyms)
      - suffixes that can be added to the word
      - the visual image people typically have for this word
      - prefixes that can be added to the word
      - personal feelings about this word
      - memonics (things help you remember the word)