Tri Duc English - Unit 3: Using Your Dictionary TRI DUC ENGLISH CENTER IELTS Lexical Resource - Unit 3: Using Your Dictionary UNIT 3: USING YOUR DICTIONARY A good learner's dictionary will give you information on collocations. Some times the information is highlighted in some special way. In other cases, the examples used in the dictionary include the most common collocations. In the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary (CALD) , common and useful collocations are given in bold type . Look at the CALD entry for the word pain and note how useful collocations are highlighted in bold. Dictionary Entry: pain pain /peɪn/ noun [C or U] 1 a feeling of physical suffering caused by injury or illness: Her symptoms included abdominal pain and vomiting. o Are you in (= suffering from) pain ? o She was in constant pain . o These tablets should help to ease the pain , o I felt a sharp pain in my foot. o He's been suffering various aches and pains for years. 2 emotional or mental...