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Vocabulary is the key to expressing yourself well in any language and the key to learning and improving your vocabulary is constant revision. Luckily there are lots of sites which can help to make this easier and more fun.

VocabGrabber analyzes any text you're interested in, generating lists of the most useful vocabulary words and showing you how those words are used in context. Just copy text from a document and paste it into the box, and then click on the "Grab Vocabulary!" button. VocabGrabber will automatically create a list of vocabulary from your text, which you can then sort, filter, and save.

Community for Vocabulary Enthusiasts, Lovers and Learners! This is the world's first community dedicated to Visual Vocabulary.

Polyvore is a great site for exploring clothes and fashion vocabulary at different levels and with varying degrees of complexity. Basically what your students can do is go to the site at: http://www.polyvore.com and then click on 'Create a look'. They then create a 'look' by dragging in various articles of clothing from the tabs at the sides.

Paste a passage of text in the box and a list of key words appears that can be used for building vocabulary.

Sometimes you know the word you want to use, but you just can't say it when you are in a situation that is putting you under pressure. Activity to help students think of words under preasure. Uses Google images, so check for suitability.

Confusing Words is a collection of 3210 words that are troublesome to readers and writers. Words are grouped according to the way they are most often confused or misuse

1000 images on the tip of my tongue is an interactive site focusing on idiomatic expressions that have the same meaning in French, English and Spanish, but cannot be translated word for word. This trilingual directory provides more than 1000 idiomatic phrases classified according to themes. Each of them is inserted into a short text which illustrates its meaning and contains a digital audio file. Listening to the file allows to fully understand all the various shades in the pronunciation. The site also includes exercises and games as well as brief, humorous animations which contribute to the discovery of the fascinating world of colourful expressions.

- the fast, easy, and FREE way to create crossword puzzles in minutes

CoboCards are virtually created flashcards. You can print them and study offline, edit them again and again, compare with older versions, check the status of your knowledge, upload pictures and graphs, include formula with LaTeX, share your flashcards with friends, set a deadline for exams,...

Great site to learn Idioms. Highly recommended!

Another fantastic Flckr search tool