dfile = open("abbreviations.txt", "r") dabbrev = dict() for line in dfile: line = line.strip() # print(line) words = line.split('\t') # print(words) dabbrev[words[0]] = words[1] dkeys = dabbrev.keys() for k in dkeys: print(k, "->", dabbrev[k]) infile = open("abbrev-input.txt", "r") for line in infile: print(line) words = line.split() print(words)