Changing contextual menu to make Dictionary/Thesaurus faster to get to . .

In other Apple programs (e.g. Safari, Mail), the Dictionary/Thesaurus is in the first level of the contextual menu ("Look Up in Dictionary"). In Pages, it is in the second level ("Writing Tools>Look Up in Dictionary/Thesaurus"). I use the dictionary and thesaurus function a lot in writing, and find it slows me down to have this critical writing function not at the first level.
Any way to change that?

Try this:
Go under the Apple menu, to System Preferences, and choose Keyboard & Mouse. When the dialog appears, click on the Keyboard Shortcuts tab, then click the plus sign at the bottom left of the dialog. Another dialog will appear. Choose Finder from the Application pop-up menu, and then type the exact name of the menu command you want to add a shortcut for. Now type the shortcut you want to use and click the Add button
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