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1175434 No.1175434 [Reply] [Original]

>read classic literature
>need to look up adjectives in a dictionary every couple of pages
>feel ashamed for having wasted so much time on 4chan

>> No.1175439

>he needs a dictionary to learn what the words mean!
context, recognise it.

>> No.1175445

>>1175434
Well, what do you think dictionaries are for?

>> No.1175450

>>1175445
Eating.

>> No.1175449 [DELETED] 

>>1175439
not always possible brah. for example wat do during description of new characters? also get a new trip.

>> No.1175452

>>1175439
>he doesn't figure words out by Greek and Latin prefixes and suffixes

The peasants are out in full force today...

>> No.1175461

>>1175452
small subset is small. and for a non-native speaker those are the easiest anyway.

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1175464

>need to look up adjectives in a dictionary every couple of pages

>> No.1175467

Just fucking pay attention to the latin roots of words. When that fails, look for the greek. anthropophagy is man-consumption. Open your fucking eyes, jackass.

>> No.1175498

>>1175467
Yeah, and ejaculation is throwing things out of the window.

>> No.1175501

Is anyone else extremely creeped out by that thing in the asian man's hands? What is the hell is that?

>> No.1175537

I actually support your use of the dictionary anon, as long as you go back and reread passages after you know the meaning of the words in question. It shows you care about comprehension.

These other guys are trolls/elitist asswipes, but you probably knew that already.

>> No.1175565

>Read regular literature
>Need to look up goofy words in the dictionary every couple of pages
>Why the fuck aren't I reading literature in my own language instead

FUCKING ENGLISH TEACHER

>> No.1175570

>reading
>see word I do not know
>look at the context in which word is used
>never fails

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1175776

>>1175501
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N9JyDQlHo1A
telenoid
welcome to uncanny valley

>> No.1175794

>>1175570

I was reading a shit ton Thomas Jefferson's letters, and trust me, this doesn't work

>> No.1175865

>>1175570

If you do this you will only have an extremely vague idea of what the word is sometimes. If you're asked to define it your mind will go blank.

Nabokov said every good reader should have a dictionary, OP. Nothing to be ashamed of.