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 Re: Reading and the use of dictionaries
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Originally Posted by sara88 
Best dictionaries have a lot to show; first we can find a definition of the word and we can also be informed about whether this word or expression is informal or not, and whether it's common to a typical English locality or not, that's a good news for us, the second offer that we benefit from it better than knowing just the definition of the word, is the use of a variety of examples.
| The best dictionaries have a lot to tell us. First we can find a definition of the word and we can also be informed about whether this word or expression is informal or not and whether it's common to a typical English locality or not. That's good news for us. The second thing that we benefit from is the use of a variety of examples.
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