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dictionary; vocabulary

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I looked up the word in the dictionary.

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Do you have a good dictionary?

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His vocabulary is rich for a young learner.

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The new dictionary contains ten thousand words.

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Without a dictionary I cannot translate that sentence.

is plus the -- suffix, which collects things into a set: gives for a forest, gives for humanity, gives for a staircase. So a dictionary is literally a collection of words, and the same noun does duty for a person's vocabulary - context sorts out which you mean. The suffix is one of the most productive in the language, and once it clicks you stop learning compound nouns and start deriving them.

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vortaro: worksheet, infographic and listicle

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This word is taught in chapter 9, lesson 12: vortaro, kruela, loĝejo and 6 more words.