the skaters, aren’t they? MyРfriend’s mother was very polite to correct me, but I could tell from her (5)Рexpression that I had not got the word auite right.РOften we can indeed infer from the context what a word roughlyРNeans, and that is in fact the way which we usually acquire both (6)Рnew words and new meanings for familiar words, specially in our (7)Рown first language. But sometimes we need to ask, as I should haveРasked for plush, and this is particularly true in the (8)Рaspect of a foreign language. If you are continually surrounded by (9)Рspeakers of the language you are learning, you can ask them directly,Рbut often this opportunity does not exist for the learner of English.РSo dictionaries have been developed to mend the gap. (10)РPART V TRANSLATIONРSECTION A CHINESES TO ENGLISH