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Ever since I stayed in the US for a year (as an exchange student), whenever I read English (which is about 99.9% of my reading), I think in English. Often, I even know the word in English and can't even think of the Dutch word! (and as YGG mentioned, try to dream in the language! Which is what I often do as well, even almost 20 years* after...)
I have an English dictionary on my JE100. It's the only dictionary I use. Often, I get the meaning of the words, based on their sentence. Only for those words that you can't distil out of the context, I'll use the dictionary.
*wow, it's almost 20 years, and I remember it like it was yesterday!
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