One word, several meanings

Bank can refer to a financial institution or the edge of a river. Knowing one meaning does not establish the other. Follow the sense on the card and treat a different use in a text as another learning task.

Recognising spelling is not knowing pronunciation

Listen before repeating a word aloud. English spelling does not always make pronunciation predictable. Use the recording when you first meet a word, not only after you get an answer wrong.

A small practice example

borrow: receive temporarily; lend: give temporarily

Keep the direction of the action clear. Do not merge both words into one vague meaning. Learn the distinction, then retrieve each word from its meaning in a mixed order.

This course in Vocabee

The published catalog contains 19,870 word/sense entries for this target language. Counts can vary by teaching language; they are not counts of word families or a certified proficiency measure.

Words are organised in A1–C2 study bands and units of about 50 entries. Meet a small group, answer in both directions and return for later reviews.

Supported teaching languages: Arabic, Bangla, German, Spanish, French, Hindi, Indonesian, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Polish, Brazilian Portuguese, Romanian, Russian, Thai, Turkish, Ukrainian, Urdu, Vietnamese.

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What should accompany card practice?

Add short readings, listening and actual conversations. Finding the correct answer on a card does not mean you can use the word in every context. Check the meaning first, then try to retrieve it independently after a break.

Sources and further reading