VB.Net - Syntax

Dim dicObjects As System.Collections.Generic.Dictionary(Of String, MyObject) 
dicObjects = New System.Collections.Generic.Dictionary(Of String, MyObject) 

Dim adicStrings As New System.Collections.Generic.Dictionary(Of String, String()) 
adicStrings = New System.Collections.Generic.Dictionary(Of String, String()) 

adicStrings.Add(key,value) 
adicStrings.Add("Item1", ??) 
?? 

Dim dicAuthors As System.Collections.Generic.Dictionary(Of String, String) 
dicAuthors = New System.Collections.Generic.Dictionary(Of String, String) 

dicAuthors.Add(key, value) 
dicAuthors.Add("001", "my first string") 
dicAuthors.Add("002", "my second string") 

Dim objKeyValuePair As System.Collections.Generic.KeyValuePair(Of Integer, String) 

For Each objKeyValuePair In dicItems 
   Debug.Print objKeyValuePair.Key & " - " & objKeyValuePair.Value 
Next objKeyValuePair 

Dim myDictionary As System.Collections.Generic.Dictionary(Of String, String) 
Dim myBoolean As Boolean 
myBoolean = True 
myDictionary.Add("string", myBoolean)  // this works but in C# the conversion has to be explicit 
myDictionary.Add("string", myBoolean.ToString()); 

For icount As Integer = 0 To (dicAuthors.Count - 1) 
   snamesarray.GetValue(icount) 
Next icount