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Band 5+: Do you think dictionaries are useful for learning a language?

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I am looking for a book to improve my language skills, and I simultaneously found a dictionary related to the Spanish or French language. That's why books are available for different languages. Apart from this, if an individual wants to learn a language from a native speaker, then the

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I am looking for the book for improving my language and simultaneously I found one dictionary related to the Spanish language or the French language. So that’s why the books are available for the different languages and apart from this, if the individual who want to learn language from the native, then the

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