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I spent part of the day in the south seas with robert lewis stevenson
we worked together as traders for cocoo nuts (the chocolate kind)
i looked up and i'd read almost 80 pages
Tomorrow i'll be in India with ruyard kipling

Machyu's advice for getting the most out of a story with hard words
1 a good dictionary
the fater the better
read the pronuciation key (them thar funny looking letters after the words)
2 Wikipedia
this site is completely amazing
i use it for the litterary refences 'cause i wasnt alive 300 years ago
3 Pocket sized paperbacks
u never now when u can read
mabye the line for coffee is 2 long or u missed the early bus

I've tried keeping a list of words 2 look up later, but i've found that doesn't work for me. Eventually the list gets 2 long and i give up. I've found the best way with a long /hard / or obscure word is to n** it in the bud and look it up imediately
Or forever hold ur peace