Collins Dictionary experts have compiled a list of words which have fallen out of use by tracking how often they appear.

柯林斯词典的专家们通过追踪单词出现的频率，已经编辑出一个在日常使用中消失的单词的列表。

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"ghost estate" which means an unfinished housing development abandoned due to the downturn, is now in the Collins dictionary.

鬼宅：一词也进入了科林斯词典，它指的是因经济衰退而停工的未建成的住宅区。 编译孙哲。

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Saeed said she had brought him gifts - anti-malarial tablets, a Collins English dictionary and a pair of boots.

赛义德说，她给他带了礼物，有抗疟疾的药、一本柯林斯英语字典和一双靴子。

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That button also lets you buy the book (in the case of a sample), skip to a specific page, bookmark, look up a word in the including Collins dictionary, view the book's table of contents, and adjust the font size -- there are eight font sizes in all.

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So that people avoid becoming the butt of jokes, Collins English Dictionary advises against using literally as an intensifier in formal or written contexts.

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Ian Brookes, consultant editor at Collins English Dictionary, agrees the figurative and metaphorical use of the word crept into the English language as an intensifier.

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