The Quicktionary
Phonetics
The phonetic transcription of the headword. This can be seen when the dictionary entries are shown in Full Display. The guide to the phonetic symbols used in the dictionary, is available from the Guides and Glossaries menu in Help in the Quicktionary Menu.
Parts of Speech
Categories of words that describe their particular function, e.g. nouns, verbs, adjectives. Some dictionary entries contain several parts of speech, such as "land" which is both a noun (n.) and a verb (v.).
Idioms
Expressions or phrases usually composed of a sequence of words. They can be identified:
Automatically within a sentence
By scrolling through the translation of the first word of the sequence.
If you scan text containing an idiom, the Quicktionary application will automatically display the translation of the idiom when the first word is highlighted, i.e. the idiom "From A to Z" displayed from the headword "From".
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