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I’ve always wondered what other people do when they come across a word/phrase that they’ve never heard before. I mean, do they jot it down on paper so they can look it up later, or do they stop reading to look it up on the dictionary/google it or do they just continue reading and forget about the word?~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Good question! It really depends on what and where I’m reading. When I’m out and about reading, and come across something I don’t understand or have no knowledge of, I mark it with one of those Post-it flags. I always have these with me! I will then look it up at home. If it’s a difficult phrase, word, passage, or whatever, and without it’s meaning is taking away from the story, I will just stop right there, mark the passage, and look this up before proceeding.

Of course when I’m at home reading, I will look up something right away.

I’m finding myself doing this more lately, as I’m reading a lot of literature from the 18th and 19th century, which happen to be British based. I’m sure this is because I’m not well versed in literature from this time period. This will change once I read more from this time period.