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Originally Posted by superfrank
The dictionnary is nice, but unless you don't speak english well, useless.
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You think so?
Here's an example for you, from my "Barchester Chronicles" ePub book in the MR library:
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Thus clad, she peered out into the tent, went to the ha-ha, and satisfied herself that at any rate the youngsters were amusing themselves, spoke a word to Mrs. Greenacre over the ditch, and took one look at the quintain.
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Now,
without using the dictionary, do you know what a "ha-ha" is? What about a "quintain"?
Personally, I find the dictionary to be invaluable.