There are different types of philosophy, therefore needing a dictionary for an ordinary person would be required to understand the philosopher. Philosophy is not an easy topic to understand unless studied.
Specialized reference books are printed reference books that include factual information on specific, or specialized topics. The American Heritage science dictionary, the Encyclopedia of philosophy, religion or popular music would be specialized reference books.
If someone wanted to learn English using a dictionary, they would want to buy a translation dictionary. What this means is they would have the word in their language and beside it would be the word in English.
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To say about someone that she is a walking dictionary, means that she knows the definitions of a remarkable number of words, so that if you were to ask her what a given word means, she would probably know.
Go on "google tear slate" but as my German teacher would say "it's nothing but a computer guessing blindly" so try a dictionary maybe a online dictionary?
from your local bookstore. Or from an online store.
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Absolute bliss. It almost can't be described. It is that pain when that special someone is away, that bliss you feel when they are near. It is almost indescribable as it should be.
You would us it as a dictionary of major living personalities in a country
I would just Yahoo! or Google whatever the word is. There is sure to be someone out there who knows what it means.
Philosophy, probably.
It depends on her fellings for that special someone and her emotions.