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of a word  so badly, but  what about  other           to the dictionary every time we see the devil

             times? Like when we could have just known             of literature staring mockingly at us?

             the meaning of a four letter word that would          All this is not for the plea of my dictionary to
             have spared us from literary extinction. I tell       pick it up; it is so that we don’t miss out on

             you that this intimidating book that you have         the fireworks of the literary sky.

             never  read fully before is more a treasure

             trove than the dungeon we have all thought

             it was.

             So how could we squeeze the most out of this
             vocabulary mammoth? Consider it as your

             friend: just because we don’t need our friend

             at all times doesn’t mean we don’t go up to

             him and say a momentary hi in the least next
             time we are perfectly fine (Which is less likely).

             Perseverance is the key to success. Everybody

             has read a book or story or at least heard

             one in his lifetime, but how many of us turn


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