In the past, students were recommended to buy a thick bilingual dictionary as a tool to learn English.

过去，学生会被建议去买一本厚厚的双语词典作为学习英语的工具。

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This involves knowing the structure and rules of the language and not just the words within it (for example it is not possible to learn a language simply by studying a dictionary).

这包括了解这门语言的结构和规则，不仅仅是其中的单词（例如仅通过研究字典就学会一门语言是不可能的）。

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Mr. LYTHGOE: I've been saying to Randy, for God's sake, get a dictionary and learn a few more words.

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Just double tap any word to get the dictionary definition or translation and with one more tap, learn more about the word through Wikipedia.

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Once a word is defined, there are two ways to learn what is means: through context or a dictionary.

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