Best dictionaries according to redditors
We found 424 Reddit comments discussing the best dictionaries. We ranked the 204 resulting products by number of redditors who mentioned them. Here are the top 20.
We found 424 Reddit comments discussing the best dictionaries. We ranked the 204 resulting products by number of redditors who mentioned them. Here are the top 20.
The F-Word is a book written by the American editor of the Oxford Dictionary, researching the usage and meaning of 'fuck' throughout time. I read it a long time ago, but I remember the word itself was used only in the sexual sense prior to about the turn of the last century. Some of the first nonsexual uses started to crop up in the 1910s. So if you've ever seen Deadwood and wondered if cowboys were really referring to each other as motherfuckers, the answer is probably not.
Does that mean if you need to buy books specifically for dummies, you're probably not very dumb?
Asking for a friend.
https://www.amazon.com/Merriam-Webster-Dictionary-New-2016/dp/087779295X/ref=mp_s_a_1_3?ie=UTF8&qid=1539810245&sr=8-3&pi=AC_SX236_SY340_FMwebp_QL65&keywords=Dictionary&dpPl=1&dpID=51l4qdV0vEL&ref=plSrch
I suggest starting with "radical", "make up", and "vile". Then maybe branch out a bit and try "nickname".
I found a book with all of the words that are censored on ROBLOX.
This is a step up from the other list to the extent that it is sourced from a modern Japanese corpus and mostly is composed of real words, but this still is not very good.
The biggest problem is that the corpus is a single source. A good language frequency dictionary or list will use many sources as its corpus. Newspapers, novels, tv and movie dialogue, and so on. In short, language from fiction and non-fiction writing and spoken dialogue from broadcast and film. The failure of using Wikipedia as a corpus is clear when you see that 放送 is ranked with higher frequency than 行く, even though 行く is one of the most commonly occurring verbs in the Japanese language.
Another problem is that it uses kanji for common words rarely written in kanji such as 成る、有る、居る. What is remarkable is that 居る（いる) is marked as the #1,340th most common word in Japanese. This is ridiculous!
If you want a real and useful Japanese frequency dictionary, here it is - the 5,000 most frequently used Japanese words. Yes, it costs about $45 but at least you are getting something useful. Its corpus is compiled from books, newspapers, official documents, web pages, and spoken dialogue for a comprehensive sample of the Japanese language.
I promise everyone - you are allowed to follow Rule #4.
I got you a present. http://www.amazon.com/The-Merriam-Webster-Dictionary/dp/087779930X/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1413745065&sr=8-1&keywords=dictionary
This is something that takes a lot of practice, and many schools don't or can't teach it. Fear not, it's easier than it sounds.
First, some background:
http://www.amazon.com/Global-History-Modern-Historiography/dp/0582096065
This will introduce you to most of the historical method used today. It's quite boring, but if you're going to study history, you'll need to get used to reading some pretty dry material.
For a styleguide, use Diana Hacker's:
http://www.amazon.com/Pocket-Style-Manual-Diana-Hacker/dp/0312542542/
It will teach you everything you need to know about citations.
As far as getting better at source analysis, that's something that comes with time in class and practice with primary and secondary source documents. If you're just going into college, it's something you're going to learn naturally.
However, I do have some tips.
-The main goal of a piece of historiography is to bring you to a thesis and then clearly support that argument. All REAL historiography asks a historical question of some sort. I.E. not when and where, but a more contextual why and how.
-Real historiography is produced 99.9% of the time by a university press, NOT A PRIVATE FIRM. If a celebrity wrote it, it's probably not history.
-Most, if not all real historiography is going to spell out the thesis for you almost immediately.
-A lot of historiography is quite formulaic in terms of its layout and how it's put together on paper:
A. Introduction -- thesis statement and main argument followed by a brief review of past historiography on the subject.
B Section 1 of the argument with an a,b, and c point to make in support.
C just like B
D just like B again, but reinforces A a little more
E Conclusion, ties all sections together and fully reinforces A.
Not all works are like this, but almost every piece you will write in college is or should be.
Some history books that do real history (by proper historians) and are easy to find arguments in, just off the top of my head:
http://www.amazon.com/Wages-Whiteness-American-Working-Haymarket/dp/1844671453
http://www.amazon.com/Economists-Guns-Authoritarian-Development-U-S--Indonesian/dp/0804771820/
http://www.amazon.com/Lost-Battalions-Crisis-American-Nationality/dp/0805081380
For the primer on social histories, read Howard Zinn:
http://www.amazon.com/Peoples-History-United-States-Present/dp/0060838655/
What you're going to come across MORE often than books is a series of articles that make different (sometimes conflicting) points about a historical issue: (I can't really link the ones I have because of copyright [they won't load without a password], but check out google scholar until you have access to a university library)
Virtually any subject can be researched, you just have to look in the right place and keep an open mind about your thesis. Just because you've found a source that blows away your thesis doesn't mean it's invalid. If you find a wealth of that kind of stuff, you might want to rethink your position, though.
This isn't comprehensive, but I hope it helps. Get into a methods class AS FAST AS POSSIBLE and your degree program will go much, much smoother for you.
> I think too often the linguistic community ignores prescriptivism as a meaningful social construct
Linguists don't ignore prescriptivism; they reject it as being unscientific. Much of what prescriptivists claim we ought to say or write doesn't stand up to scrutiny in the face of the linguistic evidence. That's the point.
It's not true to say that if you a descriptivist, you can't advocate for using formal language in an essay, or advise people on how to deliver a presidential speech. You just do it from an informed scientific point of view. For example, Steven Pinker, linguist and cognitive psychologist, wrote a style guide a few years ago as a modern descriptive alternative to Strunk and White et al.
On Strunk and White, this podcast episode by John McWhorter (Against Strunk and White) will give you more insight into the folly of prescriptivism. Well worth listening to.
> I am Rollo Tomassi now. Don’t worry, I’m not legally changing my name. At first it was a clever online handle for me, and my real name is so white-bread generic it almost serves as a form of anonymity. Now it is me, and I’m okay with that.
It's funny to imagine you have another, real name. I can't imagine you as M. Steve Smith or a Thomas Anderson.
Happy to hear you'll be focusing more and more on helping men in this decaying society. I recently heard of a friend of a friend trying to commit suicide, following a nasty divorce, as per usual now. It made my blood boil to think that I have in my possession the (free) cure to that widespread mental illness that is modern men's unhappiness, and to not be able to give it away easily.
I humbly recommend Steven Pinker's "Sense of Style" as a resource to keep improving your writing. It's not that you don't write well; Only that self-improvement never ends.
Happy birthday old man. And thank you again for your insanely positive influence in my life.
Komencanto here!
I bought the Wells dictionary recently, and like it quite a bit. It's a decent size (average paperback) and has both Eo-En and En-Eo sections, with a brief reference grammar in the front. It's recent too, so it has terms for things like phones and computers that some older vortaroj might lack.
Fuck, yeah.
One of us even wrote a book about it.
https://www.amazon.com/F-Word-Jesse-Sheidlower/dp/0195393112/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1499955252&sr=8-2&keywords=the+f+word
I got the Routledge Frequency Dictionary of Japanese. I love it a lot.
Note that there are plenty of free frequency lists online, but I was never able to find one that wasn't mixed up with grammar structures, conjugated verbs and the like.
Combine Steven Pinker's Sense of Style and The Little, Brown Handbook, and you'll be set.
While I'm all for open access to learning, I feel a little hesitant sharing my class notes on the internet without the instructor's permission. However, Steven Pinker's book, The Sense of Style, shares a lot of the same information and is also excellent.
https://www.amazon.com/Sense-Style-Thinking-Persons-Writing/dp/0143127799
First and foremost, absolutely feel free to come back here and chat with myself and the others if you have trouble at any point in the course. I'm not particularly familiar with this AP test but I do remember my time with De Bello Gallico pretty well.
A few simple tips I can give without reading through it again:
Caesar has a tendency to tack a bunch of phrases together. It helps to start with the verbs if you feel a little lost. Once you get used to his writing you might find yourself liking his format though.
He likes idioms as much as we do in English. Some of these you'll be able to decipher just by thinking about the literal translation. If something seems out of left field then check some online resources a good one here.
I highly recommend a good dictionary like Cassell's. It does a good job letting you know about idioms and some of the more obscure uses of words that you will find when you do Vergil and others. More or less it is very helpful for the popular readings that you will be doing.
Try your best to enjoy it! Translating Caesar was a blast back when I first did it. He writes differently than other authors and you have an opportunity to learn quite a bit more about the language.
> infixing is also a thing and it's fan-fucking-tastic.
Note that fuck is a very special word. It's the only one we can insert into other words in the way you did. It's in-fucking-credible.
Am I missing any other words that we do this with?
P.S. I remember seeing a good video about this. But, searching for fuck in videos is unlikely to turn up the one I'm thinking of. BTW, it's also OK to end a sentence with a preposition. Else you end up with sentences like this:
Ending a sentence with a preposition is something up with which we shall not put.
Have you read Steven Pinker's "The Sense of Style: The Thinking Person's Guide to Writing in the 21st Century"? You sound like someone who might enjoy it.
The gold standard for this sort of thing is going to be A Pocket Style Manual by Diana Hacker and Nancy Sommers. You would also do well to pick up The Elements of Style by Strunk and White.
i have one called 'electronic latin dictionary' that works very well with inflected forms but i can't find it in the store anymore.
i wonder if this one is an updated version. it says it handles u for v which the one i have doesn't (which is an issue for some of the delphi classics editions) https://www.amazon.com/Digital-Latin-Dictionary-Thomas-McCarthy-ebook/dp/B005CA3W2G/ref=nodl_
tldr absolutely and there's even one for ancient greek too!
I'll just leave this here.
The Lewis's Elementary Latin Dictionary, easily. It's comprehensive without being overwhelming (I'm looking at you, OLD). Before that, when I was first learning, the Cassell's dictionary was surprisingly good for the price. Online, though, Wiktionary is my first choice, followed by whatever Perseus has.
A word of caution: while /u/ProbableWalrus has succeeded in making your first few paragraphs more interesting, his version is still error-ridden. You'll need a solid understanding of grammar and punctuation if you want to get published.
I think Martha Kolln's Rhetorical Grammar would help you tremendously. It provides a thorough-but-accessible overview of modern phrase-structure grammar, favoring critical, rhetorical decision-making over rote memorization. If you're interested in something more advanced, Steven Pinker's The Sense of Style is also wonderful. Pinker is on the cutting edge of modern linguistics.
This book helped me the most to understand grammar.
And this is the best Russian-English dictionary I've found.
You'll want to carry this around with you to learn the case endings.
It's not suffering, it's evolving. Language is and always has been dynamic.
Check out the opening to this book. Steven Pinker: The Sense of Style
I create ebooks that I can read on my Kindle with help of a Kindle version of William Whitaker's WORDs dictionary. A few examples:
Also, TLM.
Yep, the kindle contains an english dictionary (move the cursor over the text the definition is loaded automatically), this one should work in the same way for eng/fra http://www.amazon.com/Merriam-Websters-French-English-Translation-Dictionary-ebook/dp/B002ROKQU6/ref=sr_1_1?s=digital-text&ie=UTF8&qid=1313429826&sr=1-1
Edit: about the non-efficient, i'd say is way better than using a real/web dictionary, everything is on the device, you just need to move the cursor.
Here are a few I think are good:
Getting Started
On Writing: This book is great. There are a lot of nice principles you can walk away with and a lot of people on this subreddit agree it's a great starting point!
Lots of Fiction: Nothing beats just reading a lot of good fiction, especially in other genres. It helps you explore how the greats do it and maybe pick up a few tricks along the way.
For Editing
Self-Editing For Fiction Writers: there isn't anything in here that will blow your writing away, land you an agent, and secure a NYT bestseller, but it has a lot of good, practical things to keep an eye out for in your writing. It's a good starting place for when you are learning to love writing (which is mostly rewriting)
A Sense of Style by Steve Pinker: I really loved this book! It isn't exclusively about fiction, but it deals with the importance of clarity in anything that is written.
Garner's Modern American Usage: I just got this about a month ago and have wondered what I was doing before. This is my resource now for when I would normally have gone to Google and typed a question about grammar or usage or a word that I wasn't sure I was using correctly. It's a dictionary, but instead of only words, it is filled with essays and entries about everything a serious word-nut could spend the rest of their^1 life reading.
^1 ^Things ^such ^as ^the ^singular ^their ^vs ^his/hers
Publishing
Writer's Market 2016: There are too many different resources a writer can use to get published, but Writer's Market has a listing for Agents, publishers, magazines, journals, and contests. I think it's a good start once you find your work ready and polished.
There are too many books out there that I haven't read and have heard good things about as well. They will probably be mentioned above in this thread.
Another resource I have learned the most from are books I think are terrible. It allows you to read something, see that it doesn't work, and makes you process exactly what the author did wrong. You can find plenty of bad fiction if you look hard enough! I hope some of this helps!
Unfortunately, al-kitaab is not very vocab heavy until the second book. One textbook I like is Standard Arabic: an advanced course. There's also an elementary-intermediate course, which may be of benefit to you, but I'm not personally familiar with it. Something I've been mining for random, everyday vocab words (something that al-kitaab is horrible about) is the Arabic-English bilingual visual dictionary. It has lots of good words and seems pretty accurate. Unfortunately I don't have any suggestions for books or movies, but something you can do is read wikipedia. Pick a topic you know about, look it up in English wikipedia then click over to Arabic. If it's something you already know, it'll be much easier to pick up the vocabulary. Write down all the words you look up and put them onto flashcards.
:)
If you are having issues with it perhaps an email to Merriam-Webster would make you feel better.
Here is another...
http://www.thefreedictionary.com/bug
1.
a. An insect having mouthparts used for piercing and sucking, such as an aphid, a bedbug, or a stinkbug.
b. An insect of any kind, such as a cockroach or a ladybug.
c. A small invertebrate with many legs, such as a spider or a centipede.
Maybe the problem is you have some strange dictionary.
https://www.amazon.com/Merriam-Webster-Dictionary/dp/087779930X
As always I am glad to help out.
https://www.amazon.com/American-Sign-Language-Handshape-Dictionary/dp/1563684446
American Sign Language Handshape Dictionary come with a DVD so you can load it onto your laptop.
I use the book and DVD depending on what I'm looking for.
Kindle Touch, with this dictionary. There are other dictionaries, there are free ones, and I'm sure most will work. E-ink's the way to go for a simple reader, but I wish my Kindle had some sort of lighting, which will be on future models I understand, but is something other brands already have.
The books come from anywhere on the internet. Some are free and already on Amazon, some I copy-paste from The Latin Library. Word files, .txt, .pdf, and more all work for this. I use calibre to manage things and convert formats that aren't easily workable.
There is some bugginess with language tagging in the metadata, and the easiest way to get around it all is to just archive all your other dictionaries while reading Latin books. This makes it so the Kindle defaults to your Latin dictionary to look up words.
Whenever you go back to English or other languages, just remember to bring your dictionaries out of archive if you want to use them.
I have the Merriam-Webster's French-English Translation Dictionary, Kindle Edition. It is pretty fantastic, although I have found it isn't quite as comprehensive as it could be.
Link here
Great question. Closest I have is the American Heritage Dictionary of Indo-European Roots, but it's not as useful as what you're describing for that purpose.
I have this dictionary.
It wasn't what I thought it was. Not a great impulse buy.
What exists for a high quality reference equation handbook?
Specifically, I've seen these kinds of handbooks for writing:
"A Pocket Style Manual" - Diana Hacker
https://www.amazon.com/Pocket-Style-Manual-Diana-Hacker/dp/0312542542
The layout is by subject, color coated, simple bolded items, etc.
What would be the equivalent for math?
Starting in algebra, rules of exponents, point slope, geometric equations, equations for sine wave, linear algebra and vectors, calculus formulas, etc and so on. Does anything like this exist?
Excellent resource. I actually bought The American Heritage Dictionary of Indo-European Roots from Amazon last week. It's basically the same list, but it also has English words derived from the roots. Highly recommended.
A Dictionary of New Mexico and Southern Colorado Spanish: Revised and Expanded Edition https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0890134537
:D. You're very welcome! For teaching yourself ASL i recommend Lifeprint.com. Deaf-owned/operated. He's an ASL Instructor at a university in California whose name escapes me.
I forgot to add! There is a true ASL-English Dictionary where you can search for a sign by the English index in the back, or by the Handshape(s) used in the sign.The ASL Handshape Dictionary (The American Sign Language Handshape Dictionary https://www.amazon.com/dp/1563684446/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_apa_Xp2hAbX7HB7G1).
Different selection of words. I don't remember what exactly the source of 10k was, but as was said, it's rather newspaper-heavy and includes some outdated vocabulary like 日ソ, along with some incredibly infrequent words.
Nayr is based on this book, which uses a mix of written and oral material for its corpus and is purely frequency-based.
I kinda prefer Nayr's approach, but since I was already 6k words into Core10k when I found it, I haven't actually used it.
here.
Here is a list. http://www.amazon.ca/Frequency-Dictionary-Contemporary-American-English/dp/0415490634
For those interested in something with far fewer issues than this list, I can recommend A Frequency Dictionary of Japanese [non-ref] from Routledge. They use a larger corpus (~100M words) from a more representative sample of contemporary Japanese.
It also has the meaning of each word and usage notes (register and example sentences) It's kinda pricey, but it is a lot better than any of the online frequency lists I've seen - main difference being that this was prepared by language scholars with access to high-quality corpora prepared by other language scholars, not by someone on the internet parsing a random selection of public domain (or possibly illegal) books.
Check out this book, it's really interesting:
http://www.amazon.com/Dictionary-New-Mexico-Southern-Colorado/dp/0890134537
There are a lot of interesting words in that neck of the woods; several of them were actually borrowed from Aztec (more properly, Nahuá), and then brought to Colorado by Spanish missionaries. Some of the words of this sort are not even used any more in Mexican Spanish! Nutty.
Spanish
https://www.amazon.com/dp/1465459316/ref=pd_lpo_sbs_dp_ss_3/139-3914457-3656352?pf_rd_m=ATVPDKIKX0DER&pf_rd_s=lpo-top-stripe-1&pf_rd_r=S9HEV6304SXFCEN966R2&pf_rd_r=S9HEV6304SXFCEN966R2&pf_rd_t=201&pf_rd_p=7a8f5654-37f5-4688-a266-a74309cad748&pf_rd_p=7a8f5654-37f5-4688-a266-a74309cad748&pf_rd_i=0756649838
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Arabic
https://www.amazon.com/Arabic-English-Bilingual-Dictionary-DK-Publishing/dp/0756649838
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There are for many other languages
here you go
More like this one.
komencinte lerni E-on mi trovis cxi tiun vortaron cxe mia publika librejo. gxi estas bonega por paroli kaj skribi E-e. mi havas cxi tiun libron. gxi estas tro simpla, tamen gxi estas helpema.
Japanska via Duolingo har en väldigt konstig learning curve. Den går från enklare än nybörjare till meningar med kanji utan att ens försöka förklara hur en mening eller kana fungerar i en mening. Rekomenderar att man inte kör med duolingo om man ska lära sig japanska.
Om slutmålet är att man ska kunna prata, läsa och skriva japanska så är det jag rekommenderar:
Detta är min strategi. Jag har kört igenom RTK på ca 3 månader och är nu inne på Japanse from Zero! 2, samtidigt som jag håller på och lär mig alla orden från A Frequency Dictionary of Japanese genom min kortlek som jag har postat här: LINK
Dictionary of Word Roots and Combining Forms https://www.amazon.com/dp/0874840538/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_api_NI79Bb2P63MWW
There are various JLPT vocab books out there. There is also A Frequency Dictionary of Japanese. If you’re going to learn from a word list, it might be effective to just learn the first few thousand words that way, and then learning words directly from native materials, focusing on a specific genre or author (narrow reading).
The above is merely armchair theorizing on my part, because I did not use these books to learn vocabulary; I simply read as much as I could, for example from older readers such as Modern Japanese: A Basic Reader.
About Bilingual Dictionaries
Why are some bilingual dictionaries mono-directional and some are bi-directional?
Refer to English-Esperanto-English Dictionary (2010 Edition) by John Christopher Wells (Author). Why is title of this bilingual dictionary only in English instead of English and Esperanto? Does the language of the title mean anything or is it arbitrary?
Refer to English-Esperanto-English Dictionary (2010 Edition) by John Christopher Wells (Author) and Esperanto-English Dictionary: Esperanta-Angla Vortaro (Esperanto Edition) by Paul Denisowski.
Notice that there are parts, which explain the rules of Esperanto. Notice that there are no parts, which explain the rules of English. So it explains Esperanto but does not explain English. It seems that the dictionaries are for learners of the Esperanto language instead of the English language. Is that correct? The pages even mention Esperanto learners and not English learners.
Edit 1: If you can only answer few or some questions, that is better than nothing is.
Edit 2: Links and formatting.
Edit 3: Here is the link for the same question but in /r/languagelearning. It has better answers and more answers.
Mondial is a good site to get books from and These books available on amazon are recommended
English-Esperanto-English Dictionary (2010 Edition) https://www.amazon.com/dp/1595691499/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_apap_EFnodhvgyeQd5
A Complete Grammar of Esperanto https://www.amazon.com/dp/1517225981/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_apap_G1jBJvtjKk1jb
Borror's Dictionary of Word Roots and Combining Forms
It got me through my undergrad, even helped me get a better understanding of the interconnectedness of it all
This book
I'm reading Pinker's book now and as somebody who works with scientists and engineers, really liked this section. We have this in spades. There's a lot on the web about it, but it might not hurt to buy the book.
As /u/american_eisbaer said it does depend on the stressed vs unstressed. If the o is unstressed it would be pronounced like an a, if it is stressed it would be pronounced like an o. I would get a good dictionary with stressed syllables while you are learning additional words, it would probably help you tremendously.
I personally use the English-Russian Russian-English Dictionary by Kenneth Katzner, it was a requirement in high school and the teacher thought it was on of the better dictionaries out there. There may have been better ones made in the past decade or so, bu it is still a decent resource. I threw in an Amazon US link there, not sure what country you're in, but I figured seeing the cover might help.
What specific political purpose was it made for?
The only reasons I can find are purely linguistic, such as the inclusion of the word "ain't". A focus on how words should be used, rather than how they are used. Basically removing what was considered slang.
The dictionary was introduced in 1969. Is your problem that it was updated in 2016? Because Webster updated theirs in 2016 too. I would be very surprised if their website wasn't updated more frequently than that.
No problem! Once you start learning about sound changes, it gets kind of addictive learning what's related to what (e.g., "kid", "kind", "king", "genus", "generate", "genesis", "gonad", "epigone", "ingenious", "jaunty", "benign", "pregnant", and "naive" are all from the same root). If you're interested in finding out some surprising things, you might find this a worthwhile investment.
The best Esperanto-English-Esperanto dictionary is the one by John C Wells: https://www.amazon.com/English-Esperanto-English-Dictionary-2010-Christopher-Wells/dp/1595691499/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1482736111&sr=8-1&keywords=esperanto+dictionary
In addition to Amazon as canadianguy1234 said, there are some Esperanto organizations that set up their own online bookstores. If you're in the US or Canada, Esperanto-USA's site would be your best bet; a great thing about it is that if you're a member of the organization you get a discount: http://esperanto-usa.org/retbutiko/
You can get a paperback dictionary that will last years for less than $4. $3/month is quite a bit more costly than a physical dictionary.
On the other hand, with all the protesting against ad-based websites and web tracking you see on reddit, you'd think reddit would be a little more friendly to non-ad-based revenue models.
You don't like ad-driven websites? This is one of the only practical alternatives right now, reddit.
You can check out the reviews on the dictionary's Amazon page.
Routledge have just published one of these. Anyone know if it's any good?
You need a handshape dictionary.
Here’s a print one: The American Sign Language Handshape Dictionary https://www.amazon.com/dp/1563684446/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_api_i_QMqQCb93KCWFR
asldeafined.com has signs grouped by handshape, but I’m not sure if that’s free or not.
The New Penguin Russian Course is amazing and includes everything you need to know about Russian grammar. A book I am reading right now for beginners is First Reader in Russian. It is a very basic Russian book that has exercises and a dictionary in the back. The only bad thing about it is the dictionary doesn't include all of the words from the book so I usually have to go to my Russian-English English-Russian Dictionary. This dictionary also lacks many important words, but it hasn't given me any problems. Another good Russian reading source is Russian Stories: A Dual-Language Book. If you just look around on amazon you will find many good resources.
For you
For me
such a big fan of Lynn C. Thompson I love him and kevin.
Ive been using this one since AP Bio back in high school.
http://www.amazon.com/Dictionary-Word-Roots-Combining-Forms/dp/0874840538/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1348891767&sr=8-1&keywords=dictionary+of+word+roots+and+combining+forms
I hear this one is good.
Possibly this one, it's worth a try.
https://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/087779295X/ref=mp_s_a_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1466703276&sr=8-1&pi=SY200_QL40&keywords=webster+dictionary&dpPl=1&dpID=51dO1tc6GRL&ref=plSrch
Or it can mean marginalized. Buy a dictionary.
Here's a link
https://www.amazon.com/Merriam-Webster-Dictionary-New-2016/dp/087779295X/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1485769569&sr=1-1&keywords=dictionary+english
I like to have this handy for that reason. :-)
Hawking snake oil implies fraud, directing people to a great study resource is not fraudulent. Perhaps you should also pick up a copy of one of these: https://www.amazon.com/Merriam-Webster-Dictionary/dp/087779930X
https://www.amazon.com/Merriam-Webster-Dictionary-New-2016/dp/087779295X/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1468929659&sr=8-1&keywords=merriam+webster+dictionary
William Whitaker's Words. I use standalone, but Notre Dame has a nice online version. I also have this one in print, which says exactly the same thing. Though neither of them actually list renatus by itself, if natus is from natus sum, and it has renatus sum as a verb from nascor whose appearance is unchanged by the prefix, renatus can clearly exist; at any rate, neither of them claim "renascatus" or even "nascatus" is a word anywhere.
The biggest problem I had with raw memorization was not understanding what the words meant. This book helped me a lot. Helps build a nice basic understanding of everything you'll ever have to learn. There are, cough, plenty of PDF's available online, cough cough.
https://www.amazon.com/Merriam-Webster-Dictionary/dp/087779930X
here, you should buy yourself one of these since you don't word so well.
Lewis has an abridged version called An Elementary Latin Dictionary which is cheaper, but still kind of expensive. Another solution might be to get something like Cassel's Latin Dictionary for the basics and use the online Lewis & Short as needed.
I also have Lewis & Short on an iPad app, which works great.
Also get one of these if from EU or these if from NA.
I'm pretty partial to Stephen Pinker. He has a very accessible writing style: http://www.amazon.com/Sense-Style-Thinking-Persons-Writing/dp/0143127799/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1464980131&sr=8-2&keywords=stephen+pinker
There's a lot going on in this series. It's a personal favorite, but I won't wax too eloquent. Three things I'll mention.
First: the usage of masks, disguises, and false faces is one of the most interesting things to me about the series.
Second: Severian can both be trusted and not trusted at the same time. I think he uses language as a mask in certain places.
Third: If you're having trouble, check out Lexicon Urthus by Michael Andre-Driussi. It's a dictionary specifically for this series. Highly recommended.
If you're a serious student, this book is invaluable. https://www.amazon.com/American-Sign-Language-Handshape-Dictionary/dp/1563684446
You look up a sign by one or two hands, then by handshape and position.
It may be a little dated and regional, but when it has the sign you're looking for, it's useful.
I do not think any of those words mean what you think they mean.
Do yourself a favor and buy one of these.
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Are you dense or purposely trolling? Only one using "feels over reals" are the morons saying "undocumented" over ILLEGAL ALIEN, and the morons who think ~~"undocumented" ILLEGAL ALIENS have "legal status". No they don't you bleeding heart Marxist. They're criminal garbage as soon as they ILLEGALLY enter/border hop.
> wishing
Do you seriously think that someone who border hops and enters he country ILLEGALLY is anything other than an ILLEGAL ALIEN. Words have meaning. You should invest in a dictionary instead of donating to Bernie. You can get a Merrian Webster dictionary for $6 with tax on amazon. It'll be very useful for you. Perhaps then you can understand meanings of words instead of making them up.
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I use this book constantly.
I’ll have a few kids look up each part of a word and announce it out and we break down and build the words and meanings together.
I know it’s not a website but it’s an amazing resource.
edit I did an activity once where the kids had to create their own Genus and species for already existing animal. So like bear could be “brown fur big teeth” but then latinized. To help them, I created my own spreadsheet with words and latin/greek translations that I created from that book I linked and they had access to that through GClassroom.
What helped me when learning plant names was learning a bit of Latin along with it. I'll use my dad's old copy of Dictionary of Word Roots and Combining Forms to check out what some of the species names mean. For example, Cornus sericea (Red osier dogwood) is named as such because the leaves are silky. Which I hadn't really noticed before with my run ins with that plant, but more associations makes it easier to remember. Good luck!
https://www.amazon.es/Dictionary-Mexico-Southern-Colorado-Spanish/dp/0890134537 Cheers
So I'll give it a shot at answering your question since some other people seem to be confused as to why it's so praised.
First of all, Wolfe's work has more in common with highbrow literature than conventional fantasy. I don't mean that in a patronizing way because there are plenty of amazing works in the genre that can stand up to highbrow literature in their own right (Guy Gavriel Kay, Patricia Mckillip, Mervyn Peake etc); I mean in terms of what to expect, the narrative structure, the way it is supposed to be read. Many people come in to this novel reading it like a conventional fantasy novel and end up disappointed and confused. Think more Luis Borges than JRR Tolkien.
Second, Wolfe writes in a way that requires a reread to contextualize the story. The Book of the New Sun is a densely multilayered text with tons of symbolism, allusions to classic literature and mythology, actual historical events, and much more I'm sure I missed out on. Couple that with its infamously unreliable narrator who outright lies about, misdirects, and omits information and you have a very difficult book that may seem impenetrable to some. A lot of active participation is expected on the part of the reader. This has lead to it being a subject for scholarship, so much so that their is a 400 page companion academic textbook to help you parse through the subtext.
Third, if the previous points haven't made it obvious, this isn't an especially fun or entertaining read. The detached writing style makes it hard to care for the characters, the slow pace and philosophizing, the humorless tone, and seemingly disconnected events can make for a really frustrating read.
As for my own personal experience, on my first read I found it to be a simple picaresque journey with some interesting vignettes. Beautifully written and a bit of a slog but worth my time in the end. On a second reread, I found it to be a masterpiece. Armed with the requisite foreknowledge, I was able to fill in enough of the context for me to realize what a tremendous feat Wolfe pulled off. On my upcoming third reread, I'll no doubt begin to unravel some of the even deeper mysteries that lead Wolfe to be such a revered writer. I still don't love him as his work leaves me (and many others) a bit cold, but I can't help but admire and respect the level of serious craftsmanship put into it.
Tldr: The book is hugely complex puzzle. Damned difificult to crack but oh so satisfying when you do.
Ninja edit: In rereading your post and in my zeal to offer my opinion on Wolfe, I completely ignored your original question. Sorry! To answer it, I'd say no, there isn't really any type of huge plot twist or "aha" moment that makes it all worth it. It's more that on a reread you pick up on things that make you go "ooooohhhh... that's what's happening."
"an amount of something left over when requirements have been met; an excess of production or supply over demand."
Ahh, I see your problem. I highly recommend picking up one of these.
Holy fuck. You do not know words.
Go buy this. You need it.
Am I posting fake social media news to push an agenda?
Seriously though, PM me your address and I'll ship you a copy.
Maybe check out some logic 101 courses too. Tu Quoque is important.
The book is Diana Hacker's "A Pocket Style Manual," 6th Edition. I love this little book and use it for all my papers.
The F-Word
You could do for some light reading as well.
This one is pretty solid. It's small but has good coverage. We issue or recommend these to students at the university at which I teach.
No single item has been more helpful to me in learning Russian than Kenneth Katzner's Russian-English dictionary. It is absolutely unmatched in how comprehensive and easy to use it is, and it is a rare, rare thing I'll think of an expression in English that he hasn't included. Deserving of all the praise and 5-star reviews.
Of course, that's not a first step, you need to get some basic grammar and reading/writing skills first... but to have that dictionary with you, it will be useful at every level, beginner to advanced. Can't recommend it highly enough.
I minored in Russian and this is the one we all used.
It's awesome.
If you give me your address, I'll send you a free one of these, on the house: The Merriam-Webster Dictionary New Edition (c) 2016 https://www.amazon.com/dp/087779295X/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_api_KKWWzbB1ZJ4J
Focus on your contractions too. Something we learned in the 1st grade over here. Good luck.
I’d recommend Borror’s Word Roots. It’s $45 on Amazon and it really helps with understanding the Latin used in scientific nomenclature!
https://www.amazon.com/Dictionary-Word-Roots-Combining-Forms/dp/0874840538/ref=mp_s_a_1_1?keywords=borror+word+roots&qid=1572387932&sprefix=borror&sr=8-1
Yeah you need to throw that dictionary in the trash and get a different one. Here ya go.
> Gratias
Nescio cur mihi agas gratias, cum adhuc pro te egi nihil.
> > Thank you
> I don't know why you're thanking me, when I haven't yet done anything for you.
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If you want to try learning Latin by translating from English, the Perseus Digital Library has an exhaustive online dictionary (the "English-to-[Language] lookup" section), and Wikipedia has a nice overview of the grammar. (Of course, you can't understand Latin grammar without understanding the grammar of your native language...) If you're willing to shell out a few dollars for actual books, Wheelock's Latin and this handy dictionary are the ones that I used.
I would advice investing in this
http://www.amazon.com/F-Word-Jesse-Sheidlower/dp/0195393112/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1256524393&sr=8-1
I have used M-W, which was quite reasonable, and [Barron's] (http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B003DMJDTG) which was comparable to M-W both in quality of definitions and in overall depth.
Both of the FR-EN dictionaries suffered from an inability to parse contractions ( e.g. l'eau ), making them useless for any contracted word. That was at least a couple years ago and I would hope it was resolved, as it was extremely annoying. The product should never have shipped with a bug that big.
My favorite kindle dictionary is Dixel - Le Robert. It's not French-English, only French, but has great definitions and great depth, and always finds the right word, even when contracted or using a rare conjugation. It can be difficult to get onto a kindle depending on where you live. That said, it's a superb French dictionary for the kindle.
Yeah....I think your comment just summed up the heart of self-righteousness. Bless your heart!
Only 6 bucks on Amazon - http://www.amazon.com/Merriam-Webster-Dictionary/dp/087779930X/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1427396910&sr=8-1&keywords=dictionary
Book of the New Sun (Shadow of the Torturer, Claw of the Conciliator, The Sword of the Lictor, and The Citadel of the Autarch) and the follow up The Urth of the New Sun are considered the "Urth Cycle". After the storm clears, I'm more than happy to lend you my Lexicon.
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was it "Dictionary of word roots and combining forms", cause that book is badass LINK: http://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/0874840538/ref=redir_mdp_mobile/184-6392304-2293855
I personally use John C. Wells English-Esperanto-English dictionary. It's extremely handy for looking up words. It's much less handy for figuring out how to translate shades of meaning because there are no definitions just a list of equivalent words in the target language.
You may also want to pick up PIV 2005 for more in-depth definitions.
Honorable mentions:
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I don't think that word means what you think it means.
edit: might I recommend this to avoid future snafus with the language?
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You sound like someone who needs a dictionary.
Bhai, thoda paisa kharch karke apne liye kuch achha kar lo. 1 2
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How good does it feel to slam the down vote button on my posts? You're totally the best at making your point clear and concise. I can see you've upped your game and are totally not repeating yourself like a broken record.
>How much does the person engage in broad generalizations, saying that all Muslims are X or Y? (Less is better.)
To say that we will not let Muslims into the country temporarily is nothing against the group as a whole, that's simply a statement of physically what will happen. Since your grasp of words is not the greatest, you might want to think about buying that dictionary.
I suppose I would care a lot less about the country if I just sat around and made videos of me playing old video games. Moms basement is already pretty safe so who cares about our borders.
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Yikes, looks like you'll need this as well.
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Actually I literally poured it down a drain last time since I had to do it in a parking lot and it was too much water to put on the ground without causing a mini-river. And also, maybe check out Pinker's guide to style. You can get a copy here:https://www.amazon.com/Sense-Style-Thinking-Persons-Writing/dp/0143127799
In it, you will learn that texts, internet comments, and tweets are commonly referenced using the "said" indicator, something that most mainstream news sites do too.
So congrats, you played yourself.
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