What do teachers need to know about vocabulary?

When we talk about vocabulary we talk about:

• Single words such as make
• More than one word but with a single meaning such as make over
• Expressions such as make my day

Task

What does it mean to really know a word? What things do we need to know about a word to be able to use it confidently?

Write your ideas in the comments section before we talk about it in the next step.