Some people know how every English word is pronounced or spelled. (Or claim to know, at least.) I don't. And for those words I always have trouble with, I usually go to Answers.com.
An Answers.com entry about a word contains more than its definition. Just today I looked up how "tiara" is pronounced, and now I know that, as well as its Latin and Greek source words, its translations in a dozen languages, and even how a tiara made.
Now, I could go to a regular online dictionary for what I needed, but I think I learn more when I read all those extra bits.
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