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Always smiling @allknowing (153530) • India 23 Jul

That used to be like a bible in our household . We have other versions of dictionaries too in our library. They are now languishing. I wonder if book shops have them for sale as I doubt anyone would want to buy dictionaries...

dictionaries

hard copies

no demand

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Dictionary

Always smiling @allknowing (153530) • India 26 Jun 24

There was a time we went about looking for dictionaries as one was not enough. We really did not need that many but yes we had a collection - Oxford, Chambers.....the works. They are all languishing collecting dust. We do not...

dictionaries

languishing

collecting dust

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Dictionary photos and my friend Oscar

James Higgins @JamesHxstatic (29410) • Eugene, Oregon 28 Nov 18

I suppose a lot of us still have dictionaries around the house, though you can now access a number of good ones online. But, back before the internet (yes, some of us were alive then) many people kept this rather large book around...

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Do you think there is anyone who is smart enough to memorise the Yellow Pages?

anthony davis @lookatdesktop (27156) • Dallas, Texas 13 Mar 16

I don't mean every single Yellow Pages in America, just one city? I don't mean Death Valley either. That would be a joke. They say the human brain is able to hold a wide variety of memories but I wonder if there is actually...

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75 kids wanted the Veterans signatures, it's that cute and labor intensive?

writersedge @writersedge (22563) • United States 5 Nov 10

Every week, they go to a different school to give out dictionaries. Well one kid wanted the Veterans' signatures. My husband said then they all wanted their signatures. Isn't that sweet? Good thing my husband signed hundreds of...

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dictionaries

how would you sign many

signatures

sweet

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My husband is out volunteering his time.

writersedge @writersedge (22563) • United States 29 Oct 10

The VFW is donating dictionaries to 3rd graders in different schools. Yesterday, the schools to the East of us and today, a school to the West of us. He says that he loves to see their faces light up. It makes his day. Do you...

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Phrase books or dictionaries?

Porcospino @Porcospino (31365) • Denmark 9 Aug 10

When you visit a country where you don't speak the language do you buy phrase books or dictionaries or do you try to manage the different situations without those things? If you could only bring one book would you choose a...

dictionaries

phrase books

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medical dictionaries

jiffys_frog_woman @jiffys_frog_woman (4050) • United States 12 Mar 08

is there a place were i can get them online i am doing a medical transcript class and need 5 of them. thanks in advance

dictionaries

medical

transcript

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Do you keep them?

Fishmomma @Fishmomma (11658) • United States 11 Mar 08

I have many text books from when I was in college. Did you keep your text books? I did keep a few that my daughter was surprised to see me putting on my new book shelf. I have my French Textbook and I just put it on the new shelf....

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Do you have a dictionary?

abroji @abroji (3247) • India 4 Jul 07

It is more than fortyeight hours since I opened a new discussion in mylot. I was spinning my head for an attractive topic. Suddenly the dictionary resting on my desk attracted my attention. I mostly everyday refer my dictionary....

dictionaries

essential in a household

oxford dictionary

utility book

vocabulary

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What do you have now--- Electronic dictionary or book dictionary?

Rexy_leigh @Rexy_leigh (1189) • Philippines 2 Apr 07

Technology has been advancing so fast that the old bulky dictionaries we used to carry all along when we were still in grade school ages back, are now replaced with the stylish, handy and more convenient electronic dictionaries....

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education

electronic dictionaries

people

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Dream Dictionaries - cultural superstitions or valid?

fluffleshark @fluffleshark (810) • Ireland 2 Jan 07

I was given a 'dream dictionary' for a present. One of the ones that has an alphabetical list of things like 'raven, river, robber' and then says what it means if you dream about a raven, river, robber etc. Now I do find it...

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how many dictionaries do you have?

yourhalfsoul @yourhalfsoul (134) • Indonesia 6 Dec 06

mine 3 of them. bahasa indonesia, english and spanish

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online dictionaries,get samarter!

miztrel @miztrel (20) • India 28 Nov 06

we know dictionaries are the window to the world of words, what ever subject it is, no mater it is medical, literature, science etc. may be the only difference, which attract people in the case of online dictionary is the...

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