Theyusuallyuseanelectronicdictionary, but I preferthepaperbecausetoday I'm goingtoteachyouhowtobuildyourvocabularyusingthis, somethingthat's a fewhundredyearsold.
Sowhenyou'relookingfor a paperdictionary, gotoyourbookstoreandaskfor a descriptivedictionarybecauseyou'restudyingESL, andthey'llgiveyoutheperfectdictionaryforyou, okay?
Now, I willtellyouthis, though: Onceyoustartgoingfromthebeginningandintermediate, youneedtheprescriptivebecausethat's what a fluentnativespeakerwoulduse, andthat's whatyouuse.
Now, I'vegivenyousomethingtohelpyouwiththedictionary, andthisisfun. It's a nice, shortlesson. I'm hopingit's goingtobeveryusefulbecauseevenCanadians -- I say "Canadians";
I'm sorry, but a lotofEnglishspeakersdon't knowhowtousethedictionarybecauseit's setupin a waytheyjustkindoflookforthedefinition, andtheydon't knowthatthesethingsaretheretohelpthem.
Therehavebeenwords I'velookedforwhere I'vesaid, like, "discombooblate" because I don't knowit's "discombobulate" because I don't understandifit's phoneticorthesymbol -- syllable.
Soherearetwowaysyoucan, byyourself, usethisbookbyyourselfandworkonyourEnglish, learnthingsthatyouhaven't beentaught, andthenproveor, as I said, buildyourvocabulary.