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Originally Posted by brudigia
Not being a native English speaking person I do not understand the need for dictionary lookup, personally I've never needed it when I read a book, but since it is not the first time I see it so strongly emphasized, there must be some reason.
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I'm not a native English speaker and that is exactly why I
do use the dictionary lookup. While I am reading I sometimes run into words that I'm not familiar with. Most of the time I can guess the meaning from the context and read on. I almost never pick up a p-dictionary to check it. To much of a hassle. But on the Cybook it is very easy and relatively fast so I check words I'm not sure of.
Guesssing often helps, but you can make big mistakes this way. I know, for example, the meaning of the word 'looming' but that has absolutely nothing to do with 'a loom' ( I know the meaning now
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Or I know a similar sounding word in Dutch or German and assume it has about the same meaning. But that can also lead to serious mistakes
The word 'meet' in English is pronounced the same as the German word 'miet' . But don't say to a German woman you want to 'miet' her. Unless you want to be slapped in the face. In German it means: to rent. And In Dutch 'rent' means (he) runs