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Ah, Translation. That makes sense.
"to improve your English" was not meant as a slur on your English writing skills. A better phrase would have been "to improve your grasp of obscure slang in English." It is the kind of piece that most native speakers tend to glide over without working too hard on the details.
I admit though that for me part of the fun of Nero Wolfe and other writers of a previous generation is the need to keep a dictionary handy for new words.
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Well, Nero was the protagonist and Rex Stout the writer, but who's counting?  Love those books. To the point of re-reading them.
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Maybe I'll get back to Rex some day...
the need to keep a dictionary handy for new words Have you tried Laurie R. King?
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Laurie R. King?
Not yet, what genre.
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Mysteries. I prefer the Mary Russell series (for anyone: do start with the first one, The Beekeeper's Apprentice, and esp. be sure to read the author's note at the beginning) over the modern-day detective Kate-Somebody. Keeping Watch is absolutely enthralling; more so than its companion Folly, though that's good too.
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