In fact, an English dictionary like the kind you use today wasn't made until the time of the Qing Dynasty.

事实上，你现在使用的这种英语词典是清代以后才开始编写的。

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Neil: In Real English we look at words and phrases people use all the time which you might not find in your dictionary.

在地道英语节目当中，我们给大家介绍一些在字典里查不到的新词汇和新短语。

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But of course I have to use my dictionary to find the right word, or ask someone to make it into "cool English".

当然我得查查字典。 或者请别人编一些“很酷的英语”。

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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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Of the 65, 000 words in the English dictionary, most English-speakers will only use 5-6, 000, Sheedy said.

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"To be told in my own country I can't use a word in the English dictionary - it's nonsense, " said Mr McColghan.

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