British newspapers and magazines online

To increase your vocabulary try reading some newspapers and magazines.

This site lists many national and regional newspapers as well as some magazines.

The newspapers have been categorised as heavyweight (quality in depth reporting), mid-market (news stories and entertainment) and red-tops (not much news, lots of celebrity gossip and crime reporting).

The site also lists business and trade publications which cover businesses like hospitality and trades like plumbing.

http://www.britishpapers.co.uk/

Macmillan Dictionary

Here's a conventional dictionary which has the advantage of pronunciation,the phonetic symbols and frequency (One-star words are frequent, two-star words are more frequent, and three-star words are the most frequent).

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http://www.macmillandictionary.com/

TIP
If you want to compare how to say beer and bear, open two tabs and listen to one word and then the other.