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The only reason I wanted one was to read in French. I never use a dictionary when I read in English.
But I see Harry's point. I was on a contemporary kick for awhile and recently have been reading more classics. Even something as accessible as Sherlock Holmes had a few words that had me running to Wikipedia. I understood from the context, for example, that a brougham and a hansom were both some sort of carriage for transportation, but I did not know what the difference was. In that case though, I preferred Wikipedia to a dictionary because it helped to see a picture.
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