English Language Tools

The online version of the Canadian encyclopedia.

The online version; great for finding good quality background information on almost any topic.

Also has a language blog, a thesaurus, grammar tips, word origins, and word lists.

Includes audio pronunciations of headwords.

A free tool for online multilingual translation.

Copy and paste text in to instantly translate words, phrases, and paragraphs.

Interactive dictionary and thesaurus. Just type in a word to see what it means. Click Dictionaries for 280 languages.

1) Enter hard to understand English sentences (or whole chapters) into the yellow box at the top of the Rewordify webpage. (You can also enter a website URL.)
2) Click "Rewordify text" and you'll instantly see an easier to understand version.