When at least two words were known: The subjects knew or were familiar with at least two words provided in the dictionary entry but could not decide which word should be chosen (e.g. ‘different’ and ‘difference’).
When all words were unknown: When the subjects looked for a word in their dictionaries and found that none of the meanings provided were at all familiar, they would have a higher degree of difficulty compared to when they found words with
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which they were somewhat familiar. Some examples of words the subjects were not familiar with are /dam noen/ (= v.; to proceed, to carry out a task), /noi long/ (= v.; to lessen, to decrease), /doi/ (= adv.; through, by means