How to read without a dictionary? (part 2) If at first I sat over the page with such an expression on my face, as if I had been hit on the head with a dust bag from around the corner, for two days, then towards the end of the book - only one day. I still stumbled over sentences in which there were more than half of unfamiliar words, but I stopped being afraid of them, and timidly tried to get at least some idea from the surrounding sentences about what it was actually about. And if it didn't work out – and it didn't work out often – then I just read on. When my first book finally ended, I will not hide, I breathed a sigh of relief. But the very next week I found myself in a bookstore with the next book in my hands. Reading without a dictionary: In a relatively short period of time, you will be able to master a solid amount of information. And at the same time, to be lazy locally is to save effort on using the dictionary. You will develop your contextual translation skills. Which can not but please in the presence of any level of knowledge of the language. Because even the lucky “owner” of C1 or C2 (or even an inhumanly experienced synchronizer with a brilliant education) cannot know absolutely everything. Sooner or later you will come across an unfamiliar word / phrase, but, taught by the experience of reading without a dictionary, this will not confuse you. These were objective advantages, but another subjective one from me personally – reading without a dictionary makes my head feel great. With a creak and a screech, but the thought process goes on, and the well-being improves. And the mood improves too.