There are many different types of English dictionaries. First of all they may all be roughly divided into two groups — encyclopaedic and linguistic. The two groups of .......................................differ essentially in the choice of items included and in the sort of information given about them.

Unlike roots, affixes are always bound forms................................... It will be remembered, is not confined to their respective position, suffixes being «fixed after» and prefixes «fixed before» the stem. It also concerns their function and meaning.

until now, the mayor has turned a blind eye to the city's homelessness problem.

The semantic realization of an English word is therefore very specific. ...................................... by the widespread occurrence of homonymy both among root morphemes and affixes.

we need a cut-and-dried decision by the end of the week.

we've asked the neighbors to keep an eye on the house for us while we are away.

The definition of the meaning is especially difficult .................................. the process by which language and human consciousness serve to reflect the reality and adapt it to human needs.

The modern approach to ................ the assumption that the inner form of the word presents a structure which is called the semantic structure of the word.