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Well, I would estimate that I have an above average vocabulary and, like Harry, can usually make a reasonable guess as to meaning given context, so wasn't going to bother buying a dictionary since I don't normally read with one beside me.
However, having downloaded the free one from here I naturally started looking up anything I didn't recognise and although my success rate wasn't great, I do now know exactly what a 'chitterling' is (whether I'm better for this knowledge is another matter).
Now I have the fever - why go through life making rough guesses when I can have the actual answer with relative ease? Why limit my vocabulary to what I already know, not using new words because I don't REALLY understand them?
Haven't purchased a dictionary yet but am now seriously considering it!
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