tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4490617170952168077.post2147751392688164743..comments2023-06-28T05:38:15.567-06:00Comments on Reading Through History Book Club: Dictionary?Shimmy Momhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05161810615900981695noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4490617170952168077.post-73605404765964530252009-07-11T17:55:48.698-06:002009-07-11T17:55:48.698-06:00I have a dictionary under my bed and drag it out i...I have a dictionary under my bed and drag it out if I find that an author likes to challenge a reader's vocabulary. (Honestly, some of them seem to write at one level and then go back and dredge up words from a thesaurus for random "punch.")<br /><br />Because of my undeniably bad short-term memory, I will write a definition in the margin of some of my more cherished--an thus Katiemseehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15710233856978953071noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4490617170952168077.post-84477855429919453752009-07-01T06:27:51.748-06:002009-07-01T06:27:51.748-06:00An unknown word slows me down; I ponder its meanin...An unknown word slows me down; I ponder its meaning from context then decide whether to get up and get the dictionary or not. Usually not. The frail perfectionist inside, who has been dying a slow death ever since my son was born into my orderly world, rasps, "You know you should look this up." "Uh-huh" I say as I continue seated and reading.Sharon in KYnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4490617170952168077.post-33667414487601999612009-06-26T11:43:31.447-06:002009-06-26T11:43:31.447-06:00I ask Mrs. Mordecai what it means. :-)I ask Mrs. Mordecai what it means. :-)Mr. Mordecaihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07267661707512203726noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4490617170952168077.post-39735491373261683122009-06-26T11:21:54.434-06:002009-06-26T11:21:54.434-06:00I usually mark the word in different ways, as a co...I usually mark the word in different ways, as a code: circle it if I don't know the meaning; underline it, if I don't know how to translate it into spanish or portuguese; underline the whole sentence if it is an interesting word (phonetically, or effectiveness and preciseness as a descriptive word, etc.). Usually, if I did not get the meaning through context, I'll come back to it Magalinoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4490617170952168077.post-54198882403734084442009-06-23T09:16:09.339-06:002009-06-23T09:16:09.339-06:00I usually just skip the word unless it's reall...I usually just skip the word unless it's really interesting or I can't figure out what's going on without it. Then I have to look it up immediately!<br /><br />On a side note, <i>Jane Eyre</i> is the reason I took French in school. The summer before I started a foreign language, I was reading it and it really made me want to learn French.Diannahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09517246579704472278noreply@blogger.com