Hi Nam! thx for ur tools . it's really very useful for English learners.With the Babylon dictionary u can even have all the dictionary no matter English to English or English to Chinese or others.u install one Babylon instead of many different dictionaries.
On Wed, May 6, 2009 at 1:17 AM, Pablo <[email protected]> wrote: > > Hi NgoNam! > > Nice to see you back! > > I native bilingual friend of mine has told me more than once that > Babylon is her favorite dictionary, although it's commercial, and as > far as I know they don't offer a free on-line version. Some weeks ago > I was trying a 'babylon gadget', available for personal google pages. > That could be an option for those interested. > > Kind regards, > > Pablo > > > On May 5, 10:37 am, "NgoNam" <[email protected]> wrote: > > Sorry, I forgot to give you the recommendation on which database should > be installed. > > 1. babylon-dictionary (highly recommended) > > 2. picture dictionary (recommended) > > 3. oxford collocation dictionary (highly recommended) > > 4. online etymology dictionary (recommended) (give the original of words) > > 5. encylopedia dictionaries (all the encyclopedia are useful) > (recommended). > > 6. GVT02 (Gerry Vocab teacher - which provides lots of examples) (highly > recommended). > > 7. The phrase finder (recommended) > > you could also try other dictionaries from the store. > > > > Best regards, > > NgoNam > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: NgoNam > > To: [email protected] > > Sent: Tuesday, May 05, 2009 10:25 PM > > Subject: Babylon - the greatest dictionary ever made ^_^ > > > > Hi everyone, > > > > While studying English, I discovered a dictionary that is quite useful > and convenient for English learners like us and I uploaded the whole > dictionary and its database to my online store. Its name is Babylon > dictionary. I believe that many of you have known and used it. This is the > greatest dictionary that I've ever known and used. > > > > The outstanding features of this dictionary are as follow: > > - it can capture word in most application even in Firefox web brower (I > haven't found out any application that it cann't capture words) > > - It provides you the defination in all installed dictionaries at the > same time so that you have an overview of the word. (especially picture > dictionary, collocation dictionary, encyclopedia dictionaries, thesaurus > dictionary). > > - It also give you a huge number of examples and contexts (which is > really essential for us to remember a word). > > - you could still download text to speech machine here to read long > text in encyclopedia dictionaries. (install callie-text2speech machine and > register it, then you can select the text, right click on the selected text > and choose "say it"). > > - moreover, when you can't remember exactly the spelling of some words, > you could find out it easily by typing the word as you remember and it will > give you some suggestions. > > > > I think this is a great dictionary, I use it not only for looking up > definitions but also expanding my knowledge. > > > > Here is the link to download this dictionary. > > > > I attatch here the guide file and a sample picture of this dictionary. > > > > Hope you enjoy it ^^ > > > > Best regards, > > NgoNam > > > > > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "ESL Podcast". To post to this group, send email to: [email protected] or just reply this message For invite your friends, visit: http://groups.google.com/group/eslpodcast/members_invite Know how help us, visit this FAQ at: http://groups.google.com/group/eslpodcast/web/frequently-asked-questions -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
