Learning English with your Macintosh

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English Dictionaries

The English Dictionaries are modules created with the 'Verbs & Nouns' application (i.e. you need Verbs & Nouns to use them). They contain the English words, their translations into the chosen language or explanations in English.

The component programs of the Language Toolkit can access this information to perform various activities. For example with the 'Verbs & Nouns' application you can do exercises, play word-games, browse words and their translations etc.

English Nouns
by A. Forbes & J. Iwanski.
This module helps Macintosh users to study and practice the different ways of forming the plural of English nouns. People sometimes think that to form an English plural you just add 's'. This module may hold some surprises. It contains 37000 English nouns, for example city/cities, box/boxes, leaf/leaves, and many less-common types. If your native language is German then additionally you can download the German Translations module to add German translations to 'English Nouns'. If you want to browse the sample phrases and do exercises based on these phrases then please download Verbs & Nouns Sample Phrases which can be used in conjunction with 'English Nouns'.
English Adjectives
by A. Forbes & J. Iwanski.
This module helps Macintosh users to study and practise the comparison, adverb, and '-ish' forms of English adjectives. It is useful to native English speakers and to students learning English as a foreign language. It contains 5400 English adjectives. If you want to browse the sample phrases and do exercises based on these phrases then please download Verbs & Nouns Sample Phrases which can be used in conjunction with 'English Adjectives'.
English Verbs
by A. Forbes & J. Iwanski.
This module helps Macintosh users to study and practise the inflection of English verbs. It is useful to native English speakers and to students learning English as a foreign language. It contains 8600 English verbs. If you want to browse the sample phrases and do exercises based on these phrases then please download Verbs & Nouns Sample Phrases which can be used in conjunction with 'English Verbs'.

Verbs & Nouns Sample Phrases It is a sample collection of sentences for use with English Inflection dictionaries (created with the Verbs & Nouns language-learning program). This package is an easy way to try out the 'Phrase Engine' feature in Verbs & Nouns. You can extend this module by adding more text-files to it.
Moby Thesaurus ABC
by Grady Ward
'Moby Thesaurus ABC' contains the first part (letters A, B and C) of 'Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward'. If there is enough interest I can consider releasing the whole dictionary. Please let me know (jaceki@kagi.com) if you're interested.
Webster Dictionary ABC
'The Webster Unabridged Dictionary'
'Webster ABC' contains the first part (letters A, B and C) of 'The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary'. If there is enough interest I can consider releasing the whole dictionary. Please let me know (jaceki@kagi.com) if you're interested.
Webster Dictionary DH
'The Webster Unabridged Dictionary'
'Webster DH' contains the second part (letters D-H) of 'The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary'. If there is enough interest I can consider releasing the whole dictionary. Please let me know (jaceki@kagi.com) if you're interested.
Foolish Dictionary
'The Foolish Dictionary by G. Wurdz'
'V&N Foolish Dictionary' is based on the Project Gutenberg version of 'The Foolish Dictionary', by Gideon Wurdz (1899). The original PG Etext is included.
Devil's Dictionary
'The Devil's Dictionary by A. Bierce'
It is based on the Project Gutenberg version of 'The Devil's Dictionary', by Ambrose Bierce (1906). The original PG Etext is included.
Who Was Who
'Who Was Who: 5000 B. C. to Date'
It is based on the Project Gutenberg version of 'Who Was Who: 5000 B. C. to Date: Biographical Dictionary of the Famous and Those Who Wanted to Be', edited by Irwin L. Gordon. It contains about 540 humorous biographies of famous people ('5000 B. C.' to the beginning of 20-th century) . The original PG Etext is included.
Slang Dictionary
by Walter Rader.
The source for this dictionary comes from the The Online Slang Dictionary by Walter Rader and has been converted to the 'Verbs & Nouns' format with author's permission. It contains about 550 American and British slang-words. This dictionary is Copyright Walter Rader 1998.
Jargon Dictionary
'The New Hacker's Dictionary'
'Jargon Dictionary' contains the lexicon part of 'The New Hacker's Dictionary' (version 4.3.3, Sep. 2002) a comprehensive compendium of hacker slang illuminating many aspects of hackish tradition, folklore, and humor. The original source is available from tuxedo.org.
Dictionary of Computing
by Denis Howe.
The source for this dictionary comes from the Free On-line Dictionary of Computing by Denis Howe and has been converted to the 'Verbs & Nouns' format with author's permission. FOLDOC is a searchable dictionary of acronyms, jargon, programming languages, tools, architecture, operating systems, networking, theory, conventions, standards, mathematics, telecoms, electronics, institutions, companies, projects, products, history, in fact anything to do with computing. This dictionary is Copyright Denis Howe 1993, 1997 (2000).

English German Dictionary It contains about 27,000 English words. This dictionary can serve as a starting point to enlarge and improve its contents.
English - German Business Dictionary
original source by Winfried Honig
It is based on the Project Gutenberg version of Mr Honey's Large Business Dictionary (English-German), ©2001, 2002 by Winfried Honig . The original PG Etext is included.
Basic English - German
Dictionary
original source by Winfried Honig
It is based on the Project Gutenberg version of two Mr Honey's English-German dictionaries, ©2001, 2002 by Winfried Honig (Mr Honey's Beginner Dictionary and Mr Honey's First Touristic Dictionary). The original PG Etext is included.
English - German Thematic Dictionary
original source by Winfried Honig
It is based on the Project Gutenberg version of three Mr Honey's English-German dictionaries, ©2001, 2002 by Winfried Honig (Mr Honey's Banking Dictionary, Mr Honey's Correspondence Dictionary, and Mr Honey's Work Study Dictionary). The original PG Etext is included.

English Spanish Dictionary It contains more than 23,000 English words. This dictionary can serve as a starting point to enlarge and improve its contents.

English Portuguese Dictionary It contains more than 9000 English words. It is mostly based on the 'FreeDict' source. This dictionary can serve as a starting point to enlarge and improve its contents.

English Swedish Dictionary It contains more than 18000 English words. It is mostly based on the 'FreeDict' source. This dictionary can serve as a starting point to enlarge and improve its contents.

English Dutch Dictionary It contains more than 11000 English words. It is mostly based on the 'FreeDict' source. This dictionary can serve as a starting point to enlarge and improve its contents.

English Hungarian Dictionary It contains more than 26000 English words (plus a few thousands derivative forms and short phrases). It is mostly based on the 'FreeDict' source. This dictionary can serve as a starting point to enlarge and improve its contents.

English Welsh Dictionary It contains more than 11000 English words (plus many derivative forms and short phrases). It is based on the English Welsh dictionary file copyright 1994-1996 Mark H. Nodine.

English Italian Dictionary It contains more than 12000 English words (plus about 4000 derivative forms and short phrases). It is mostly based on the 'FreeDict' source. This dictionary can serve as a starting point to enlarge and improve its contents.

English French Dictionary It contains more than 14000 English words (plus about 4000 derivative forms and short phrases). It is mostly based on the 'FreeDict' source. This dictionary can serve as a starting point to enlarge and improve its contents.
English Polish Dictionary
by Jacek Iwanski.
It will be useful to English speakers who are learning Polish. The Demo version consists of 6,000 words (letters a to c). The complete version consists of 32,000 English words.

Chemical Elements It dictionary contains descriptions, etymology, and translations (to 12 languages) for 110 chemical elements. It also contains several pictures of native elements. You can do various exercises and play word-games which will enhance the learning process. The etymology information is based on the Peter van der Krogt, Elementymology & Elements Multidict website. The native elements pictures - copyright Dr. Thomas Witzke, Institut fr Mineralogie und Lagerstttenlehre, Aachen.
Dictionary Pictures
Sample Collection
It is a small sample collection of 48 pictures for use with the English dictionaries (including all dictionaries described above) created with the Verbs & Nouns language learning program. The larger collection of pictures is available on the Foreign Language Toolkit CD-ROM disc.

English for Beginners

'English for Beginners' part 1 and part 2 are simple, multimedia demonstration lessons (to learn English as a second language). These lessons can be easily adapted for native speakers of any language.

You need the Language Writer program to extend and modify these lessons. The lessons themselves are free. To use them you need the shareware program Language Reader.

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English Nouns by A. Forbes & J. Iwanski.	This module helps Macintosh users to study and practice the different ways of forming the plural of English nouns. People sometimes think that to form an English plural you just add 's'. This module may hold some surprises. It contains 37000 English nouns, for example city/cities, box/boxes, leaf/leaves, and many less-common types. If your native language is German then additionally you can download the German Translations module to add German translations to 'English Nouns'. If you want to browse the sample phrases and do exercises based on these phrases then please download Verbs & Nouns Sample Phrases which can be used in conjunction with 'English Nouns'.
English Adjectives by A. Forbes & J. Iwanski.	This module helps Macintosh users to study and practise the comparison, adverb, and '-ish' forms of English adjectives. It is useful to native English speakers and to students learning English as a foreign language. It contains 5400 English adjectives. If you want to browse the sample phrases and do exercises based on these phrases then please download Verbs & Nouns Sample Phrases which can be used in conjunction with 'English Adjectives'.
English Verbs by A. Forbes & J. Iwanski.	This module helps Macintosh users to study and practise the inflection of English verbs. It is useful to native English speakers and to students learning English as a foreign language. It contains 8600 English verbs. If you want to browse the sample phrases and do exercises based on these phrases then please download Verbs & Nouns Sample Phrases which can be used in conjunction with 'English Verbs'.
Verbs & Nouns Sample Phrases	It is a sample collection of sentences for use with English Inflection dictionaries (created with the Verbs & Nouns language-learning program). This package is an easy way to try out the 'Phrase Engine' feature in Verbs & Nouns. You can extend this module by adding more text-files to it.
Moby Thesaurus ABC by Grady Ward	'Moby Thesaurus ABC' contains the first part (letters A, B and C) of 'Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward'. If there is enough interest I can consider releasing the whole dictionary. Please let me know (jaceki@kagi.com) if you're interested.
Webster Dictionary ABC 'The Webster Unabridged Dictionary'	'Webster ABC' contains the first part (letters A, B and C) of 'The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary'. If there is enough interest I can consider releasing the whole dictionary. Please let me know (jaceki@kagi.com) if you're interested.
Webster Dictionary DH 'The Webster Unabridged Dictionary'	'Webster DH' contains the second part (letters D-H) of 'The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary'. If there is enough interest I can consider releasing the whole dictionary. Please let me know (jaceki@kagi.com) if you're interested.
Foolish Dictionary 'The Foolish Dictionary by G. Wurdz'	'V&N Foolish Dictionary' is based on the Project Gutenberg version of 'The Foolish Dictionary', by Gideon Wurdz (1899). The original PG Etext is included.
Devil's Dictionary 'The Devil's Dictionary by A. Bierce'	It is based on the Project Gutenberg version of 'The Devil's Dictionary', by Ambrose Bierce (1906). The original PG Etext is included.
Who Was Who 'Who Was Who: 5000 B. C. to Date'	It is based on the Project Gutenberg version of 'Who Was Who: 5000 B. C. to Date: Biographical Dictionary of the Famous and Those Who Wanted to Be', edited by Irwin L. Gordon. It contains about 540 humorous biographies of famous people ('5000 B. C.' to the beginning of 20-th century) . The original PG Etext is included.
Slang Dictionary by Walter Rader.	The source for this dictionary comes from the The Online Slang Dictionary by Walter Rader and has been converted to the 'Verbs & Nouns' format with author's permission. It contains about 550 American and British slang-words. This dictionary is Copyright Walter Rader 1998.
Jargon Dictionary 'The New Hacker's Dictionary'	'Jargon Dictionary' contains the lexicon part of 'The New Hacker's Dictionary' (version 4.3.3, Sep. 2002) a comprehensive compendium of hacker slang illuminating many aspects of hackish tradition, folklore, and humor. The original source is available from tuxedo.org.
Dictionary of Computing by Denis Howe.	The source for this dictionary comes from the Free On-line Dictionary of Computing by Denis Howe and has been converted to the 'Verbs & Nouns' format with author's permission. FOLDOC is a searchable dictionary of acronyms, jargon, programming languages, tools, architecture, operating systems, networking, theory, conventions, standards, mathematics, telecoms, electronics, institutions, companies, projects, products, history, in fact anything to do with computing. This dictionary is Copyright Denis Howe 1993, 1997 (2000).
English German Dictionary	It contains about 27,000 English words. This dictionary can serve as a starting point to enlarge and improve its contents.
English - German Business Dictionary original source by Winfried Honig	It is based on the Project Gutenberg version of Mr Honey's Large Business Dictionary (English-German), ©2001, 2002 by Winfried Honig . The original PG Etext is included.
Basic English - German Dictionary original source by Winfried Honig	It is based on the Project Gutenberg version of two Mr Honey's English-German dictionaries, ©2001, 2002 by Winfried Honig (Mr Honey's Beginner Dictionary and Mr Honey's First Touristic Dictionary). The original PG Etext is included.
English - German Thematic Dictionary original source by Winfried Honig	It is based on the Project Gutenberg version of three Mr Honey's English-German dictionaries, ©2001, 2002 by Winfried Honig (Mr Honey's Banking Dictionary, Mr Honey's Correspondence Dictionary, and Mr Honey's Work Study Dictionary). The original PG Etext is included.
English Spanish Dictionary	It contains more than 23,000 English words. This dictionary can serve as a starting point to enlarge and improve its contents.
English Portuguese Dictionary	It contains more than 9000 English words. It is mostly based on the 'FreeDict' source. This dictionary can serve as a starting point to enlarge and improve its contents.
English Swedish Dictionary	It contains more than 18000 English words. It is mostly based on the 'FreeDict' source. This dictionary can serve as a starting point to enlarge and improve its contents.
English Dutch Dictionary	It contains more than 11000 English words. It is mostly based on the 'FreeDict' source. This dictionary can serve as a starting point to enlarge and improve its contents.
English Hungarian Dictionary	It contains more than 26000 English words (plus a few thousands derivative forms and short phrases). It is mostly based on the 'FreeDict' source. This dictionary can serve as a starting point to enlarge and improve its contents.
English Welsh Dictionary	It contains more than 11000 English words (plus many derivative forms and short phrases). It is based on the English Welsh dictionary file copyright 1994-1996 Mark H. Nodine.
English Italian Dictionary	It contains more than 12000 English words (plus about 4000 derivative forms and short phrases). It is mostly based on the 'FreeDict' source. This dictionary can serve as a starting point to enlarge and improve its contents.
English French Dictionary	It contains more than 14000 English words (plus about 4000 derivative forms and short phrases). It is mostly based on the 'FreeDict' source. This dictionary can serve as a starting point to enlarge and improve its contents.
English Polish Dictionary by Jacek Iwanski.	It will be useful to English speakers who are learning Polish. The Demo version consists of 6,000 words (letters a to c). The complete version consists of 32,000 English words.
Chemical Elements	It dictionary contains descriptions, etymology, and translations (to 12 languages) for 110 chemical elements. It also contains several pictures of native elements. You can do various exercises and play word-games which will enhance the learning process. The etymology information is based on the Peter van der Krogt, Elementymology & Elements Multidict website. The native elements pictures - copyright Dr. Thomas Witzke, Institut fr Mineralogie und Lagerstttenlehre, Aachen.
Dictionary Pictures Sample Collection	It is a small sample collection of 48 pictures for use with the English dictionaries (including all dictionaries described above) created with the Verbs & Nouns language learning program. The larger collection of pictures is available on the Foreign Language Toolkit CD-ROM disc.