...sidered to be an innate, [[personal]] gift possessed by [[relatively]] few people. In [[essence]], someone with talent has an aptitude to do certain [[things
...?title=English#ca._600-1100.09THE_OLD_ENGLISH.2C_OR_ANGLO-SAXON_PERIOD Old English] talente, from [[Latin]] talenta, plural of talentum unit of weight or [[mo
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...glish#ca._1100-1500_.09THE_MIDDLE_ENGLISH_PERIOD Middle English], from Old English nacod; akin to Old High German nackot naked, [[Latin]] nudus, Greek gymnos
...[entertainment]] of various [[types]]. Nudity in the [[presence]] of other people may give rise to [[controversy]].
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The [[English]] [[word]], reprobate, is from the [[Latin]] root probare (English: prove, test), and thus derived from the Latin, reprobatus ([[reproved]], [
...nconditional [[election]] which derives that some of [[mankind]] ([[Chosen People|the elect]]) are predestined by [[God]] for [[salvation]]. Therefore, the r
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.../index.php?title=English#ca._1100-1500_.09THE_MIDDLE_ENGLISH_PERIOD Middle English] controversie, from Anglo-French, from [[Latin]] controversia, from controv
...ture]] enough or can find a common ground to [[share]] and [[discuss]] its people's [[feelings]], and one's own direct [[observations]] and [[experiences]] o
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.../index.php?title=English#ca._1100-1500_.09THE_MIDDLE_ENGLISH_PERIOD Middle English] tribulacion, from Anglo-French, from [[Latin]] tribulation-, tribulatio, f
...hatology]], the Tribulation is a [[relatively]] short period of time where people who follow [[God]] will [[experience]] worldwide persecution and be [[Pure|
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.../index.php?title=English#ca._1100-1500_.09THE_MIDDLE_ENGLISH_PERIOD Middle English], from ''night'' + ''mare''
...?title=English#ca._600-1100.09THE_OLD_ENGLISH.2C_OR_ANGLO-SAXON_PERIOD Old English] "mare", a [[mythological]] [[demon]] who torments [[human being]]s with [[
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...//en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Europe Europe] by a somewhat superior and prolific people, whose [[descendants]] soon spread over the entire continent from the ice i
.../North_Sea North Sea], but some three or four are still above water on the English coast.
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...?title=English#ca._600-1100.09THE_OLD_ENGLISH.2C_OR_ANGLO-SAXON_PERIOD Old English] ''dēaf''; akin to [[Greek]] ''typhlos'' [[blind]], ''typhein'' to smoke,
...?title=English#ca._600-1100.09THE_OLD_ENGLISH.2C_OR_ANGLO-SAXON_PERIOD Old English] ''dēaf'', of Germanic origin; related to Dutch ''doof'' and German ''taub
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.../index.php?title=English#ca._1100-1500_.09THE_MIDDLE_ENGLISH_PERIOD Middle English], from Anglo-French rebucher, rebouker to blunt, check, reprimand
In [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/English_law English law] and the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Canon_law canon law] of the [ht
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...1100-1500_.09THE_MIDDLE_ENGLISH_PERIOD Middle English] & [[Latin]]; Middle English respounce, from Anglo-French respuns, respounce, from Latin responsum reply
...ply or a reaction: as a : a verse, phrase, or [[word]] sung or said by the people or choir after or in reply to the officiant in a liturgical service
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.../index.php?title=English#ca._1100-1500_.09THE_MIDDLE_ENGLISH_PERIOD Middle English], from Scottish Gaelic clann offspring, clan, from Old Irish cland plant, o
:b : a [[group]] of people tracing descent from a common ancestor : [[family]]
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...in]] phrase mobile vulgus [[meaning]] "the fickle crowd", from which the [[English]] term "mob" was originally derived in the 1680s.
...ocracy ("rule of the general [[populace]]") is [[democracy]] ("rule of the people") spoiled by [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Demagoguery demagoguery], "[[ty
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...?title=English#ca._600-1100.09THE_OLD_ENGLISH.2C_OR_ANGLO-SAXON_PERIOD Old English] sīth late
A '''party''' is a gathering of people who have been invited by a [[host]] for the [[purposes]] of [[socializing]]
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.../index.php?title=English#ca._1100-1500_.09THE_MIDDLE_ENGLISH_PERIOD Middle English] ''bagage'', from Middle French, from ''bagues'' belongings, baggage
...ng to the [[Oxford English Dictionary]], the word luggage enters printed [[English]] in 1596. The word derived from the verb "lug," as in "that which needs to
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...tive, desolate, waste, from [[Latin]] vastus; in other senses, from Middle English wasten to waste
Waste is sometimes a [[subjective]] [[concept]], because items that some people discard may have [[value]] to others. It is widely [[recognized]] that wast
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...?title=English#ca._600-1100.09THE_OLD_ENGLISH.2C_OR_ANGLO-SAXON_PERIOD Old English] ''dysig'' stupid; akin to Old High German ''tusig'' stupid
...e sensation of spinning or having one's surroundings spin about them. Many people find vertigo very disturbing and often report associated nausea and vomitin
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...ed St Mary's College, Seftonfrom 1951] He grew up bilingual in Welsh and [[English]], which influenced his approach to language education.
...aphy]]. He is the Patron of the International Association of Teachers of English as a Foreign Language (IATEFL).
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...?title=English#ca._600-1100.09THE_OLD_ENGLISH.2C_OR_ANGLO-SAXON_PERIOD Old English] ''hwæg''; akin to Middle Dutch ''wey'' whey
...upplements can help regulate and reduce spikes in blood sugar levels among people with [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Type_2_diabetes type 2 diabetes] by inc
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...?title=English#ca._600-1100.09THE_OLD_ENGLISH.2C_OR_ANGLO-SAXON_PERIOD Old English] ''starian''; akin to Old High German ''starēn'' to stare, [[Greek]] ''ste
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...?title=English#ca._600-1100.09THE_OLD_ENGLISH.2C_OR_ANGLO-SAXON_PERIOD Old English] wilddēoren of wild beasts
...ems]] that are, or have been, inhabited or [[influenced]] by activities of people may still be considered "wild." This way of looking at wilderness includes
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.../index.php?title=English#ca._1100-1500_.09THE_MIDDLE_ENGLISH_PERIOD Middle English] citie large or small town, from Anglo-French cité, from Medieval [[Latin]
*3 : the people of a city
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...word is sexist. [[Gender]]-neutral usage of actor has re-emerged in modern English, especially when referring to [[male]] and [[female]] performers [[collecti
Actors were [[traditionally]] not people of high [[status]], and in the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Early_Middle_
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.../index.php?title=English#ca._1100-1500_.09THE_MIDDLE_ENGLISH_PERIOD Middle English] calender, from Anglo-French or Medieval Latin; Anglo-French kalender, from
The [[English]] [[word]] calendar is derived from the [[Latin]] word kalendae, which was
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...aning ''peace'', ''hello'', ''goodbye'' and ''wellbeing.'' As it does in [[English]], it can refer to either [[peace]] between two entities (especially betwee
...Arabic ''[[Assalamu alaikum]]''. On Erev [[Shabbat]] (Sabbath eve), Jewish people have a custom of singing a song which is called [[Shalom aleichem#Friday ni
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.../index.php?title=English#ca._1100-1500_.09THE_MIDDLE_ENGLISH_PERIOD Middle English], from Anglo-French enoint, past participle of enoindre, from [[Latin]] inu
The [[word]] is known in [[English]] since c. 1303, deriving from Old French enoint "smeared on", pp. of enoin
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...?title=English#ca._600-1100.09THE_OLD_ENGLISH.2C_OR_ANGLO-SAXON_PERIOD Old English] ''scunian'', abhor, shrink back with [[fear]], seek [[safety]] from an [[e
...nformation related to particular [[viewpoint]]. Some groups are made up of people who shun the same [[ideas]].
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...09THE_MIDDLE_ENGLISH_PERIOD Middle English] sabat, from Anglo-French & Old English, from [[Latin]] sabbatum, from [[Greek]] sabbaton, from [[Hebrew]] shabbāt
...regard it as having been instituted as a "perpetual [[covenant]] [for] the people of [[Israel]]" ([https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Book_of_Exo
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.../index.php?title=English#ca._1100-1500_.09THE_MIDDLE_ENGLISH_PERIOD Middle English] ''gloumen''
People describe [[light]] conditions as gloomy when the [https://en.wikipedia.org/
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...?title=English#ca._600-1100.09THE_OLD_ENGLISH.2C_OR_ANGLO-SAXON_PERIOD Old English] ''impa'', from ''impian'' to imp
...d or harmed by certain [[weapons]] and [[enchantments]], or be kept out of people's [[homes]] by the use of wards.
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...g/wiki/English#ca._600-1100.09THE_OLD_ENGLISH.2C_OR_ANGLO-SAXON_PERIOD Old English] freondscipe "friendship, mutual liking and regard," also "conjugal love"
fr. Old English ''freond'' "one attached to another by [[feelings]] of personal regard and
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...as being "above," "below," or "at the same level as" one another. (Oxford English Dictionary ISBN 0-19-861186-2)
...osed to [[anarchy]] where there is no concept of higher or lower items (or people) -- everything is considered equal.
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...distinction between civilian and military resources. Over seventy million people, the majority of them civilians, were killed, making it the deadliest confl
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..._ANGLO-SAXON_PERIOD Old English]; akin to Old High German blint blind, Old English blandan to mix
...]] as a normally sighted person could from 200 feet (61 m). In many areas, people with [[average]] acuity who nonetheless have a visual field of less than 20
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...?title=English#ca._600-1100.09THE_OLD_ENGLISH.2C_OR_ANGLO-SAXON_PERIOD Old English] tǣsan; akin to Old High German zeisan to tease
...sing can be regarded as [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flirting flirting]. People may be teased on such matters as their [[appearance]], weight, [[behavior]]
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...?title=English#ca._600-1100.09THE_OLD_ENGLISH.2C_OR_ANGLO-SAXON_PERIOD Old English] ''cȳthan'', from ''cūth''
In such a frame of [[mind]], the two people [[intuitively]] know the [[meaning]] of what the other is telling them, dis
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The [[English]] verb ''chaperon'', "to be a chaperon," is first recorded in [https://en.w
*2: an older person who accompanies [[young people]] at a [[social]] gathering to ensure proper [[behavior]]; broadly : one d
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[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ Middle English], from Medieval [[Latin]] eccentricus, from [[Greek]] ekkentros, from ex ou
Eccentric first appeared in [[English]] in 1551 as an [[astronomical]] term [[meaning]] "a [[circle]] in which th
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...eal," to mean "a [[state]] in which the supreme [[power]] is vested in the people; a republic or [[democratic]] state."
...one founded on [[law]] and united by compact or tacit [[agreement]] of the people for the common good
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.../index.php?title=English#ca._1100-1500_.09THE_MIDDLE_ENGLISH_PERIOD Middle English], from Anglo-French voluntarie, from [[Latin]] voluntarius, from voluntas w
...intended to promote [[good]] or improve [[human]] [[quality]] of life, but people also volunteer for their own skill [[development]], to meet others, to make
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.../index.php?title=English#ca._1100-1500_.09THE_MIDDLE_ENGLISH_PERIOD Middle English], from Middle French principe, principle, from Old French, from [[Latin]] p
...and many dictionaries warn against confusing principle and principal, many people still do. Principle is only a noun; principal is both adjective and noun.
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...fall in [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/North_American_English American] [[English]]) is one of the four [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Temperate temperate] [
...ing in towns (especially those who could [[read]] and [[write]], the only people whose use of [[language]] we now know), the word harvest lost its [[referen
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...SAXON_PERIOD Old English] cyning; akin to Old High German kuning king, Old English cynn kin
...ng also into the modern period, e.g. Maquinna, king of perhaps 2000 Nootka people in the early 20th century.
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...e, of Germanic origin; akin to Old High German fēhida hostility, feud, Old English fāh hostile — foe
...ight between parties—often, through [[association]] [[fallacy]], groups of people, especially [[families]] or [[clans]]. Feuds begin because one party (corre
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...honetic transcription of the name of the former Russian president known in English as Boris Yeltsin, followed by accepted hybrid forms in various languages. N
...ent systems. For example, the Mandarin Chinese name for the capital of the People's Republic of China is Beijing in the commonly-used contemporary system Han
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...nd is the origin of English "[[authority]]". While historically its use in English was restricted to discussions of the political [[history of Rome]], the beg
...g to French linguist [[Emile Benveniste]], ''auctor'' (which also gives us English "[[author]]") is derived from Latin augeō ("to augment"). The ''auctor'' i
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...overage of principles, theories, techniques, [[artefacts]], [[materials]], people, places, monuments, equipment, and descriptive terms - from amphora to zigg
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...ally described as the [[Holiness|holiest]] possible place, accessible by [[people]] according to various standards of [[divinity]], [[goodness]], [[Devotion|
...?title=English#ca._600-1100.09THE_OLD_ENGLISH.2C_OR_ANGLO-SAXON_PERIOD Old English] ''heofon'' around 1000 referring to the [[Christianity|Christianized]] "pl
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...?title=English#ca._600-1100.09THE_OLD_ENGLISH.2C_OR_ANGLO-SAXON_PERIOD Old English] hȳd skin, hide
Huts are used as temporary [[shelter]] by people. Huts are quickly built of [[natural]] materials such as ice, stone, leathe
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.../index.php?title=English#ca._1100-1500_.09THE_MIDDLE_ENGLISH_PERIOD Middle English], from [[Latin]] ''attractus'', past participle of ''attrahere'', from ''ad
''Interpersonal'' '''attraction''' is the attraction between people which leads to [[friendships]] and [[romantic]] [[relationships]]. Interper
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.../index.php?title=English#ca._1100-1500_.09THE_MIDDLE_ENGLISH_PERIOD Middle English], from Late Latin ''scandalum'' stumbling block, [[offense]], from [[Greek]
...umbling-block, the [[metaphor]] is that wrong conduct can impede or "trip" people's [[trust]] or [[faith]].
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...?title=English#ca._600-1100.09THE_OLD_ENGLISH.2C_OR_ANGLO-SAXON_PERIOD Old English] prȳde, from prūd proud
...?title=English#ca._600-1100.09THE_OLD_ENGLISH.2C_OR_ANGLO-SAXON_PERIOD Old English] ''prut'', probably from Old French ''prud'' "[[brave]], valiant" (11th cen
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.../index.php?title=English#ca._1100-1500_.09THE_MIDDLE_ENGLISH_PERIOD Middle English], from Anglo-French, from [[Latin]] ''submission''-, ''submissio'' act of l
...nterpersonal [[problem]], such as partner [[abuse]]. If one or both of the people are experiencing chronic, pervasive [[emotional]] distress then the [[sex]]
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The noun ''law'' derives from the late Old English ''lagu'', meaning something laid down or fixed [https://www.etymonline.com/
..."interpretive concept to achieve justice, as in "[[authority]]" to mediate people's conflicting interests, and even as "the command of a sovereign, backed by
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[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ Middle English] synagoge, from Anglo-French, from Late Latin synagoga, from [[Greek]] syna
...assemble. [[Worship]] can also be carried out alone or with fewer than ten people assembled together. However there are certain [[prayers]] that are communal
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...ge mélange], [[milieu]]. Like other common foreign-derived terms used in [[English]], the word is sometimes written without accents (i.e. as "melee").
...[[confused]] [[struggle]]; especially : a hand-to-hand fight among several people
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.../index.php?title=English#ca._1100-1500_.09THE_MIDDLE_ENGLISH_PERIOD Middle English], from [[Latin]] canalis pipe, [[channel]], from canna reed
...portation]] canals used for carrying ships and boats loaded with goods and people, often [[connected]] to existing [[lakes]], [[rivers]], or [[oceans]].
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...glish#ca._1100-1500_.09THE_MIDDLE_ENGLISH_PERIOD Middle English], from Old English ''strācian''; akin to Old High German ''strīhhan'' to stroke
...e while 3.2 million deaths resulted from hemorrhagic stroke. About half of people who have had a stroke live less than one year. Overall, two thirds of strok
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[[Latin]] ''numerus'' + English -''o- + -logy''
...story of numerological [[ideas]], the word "numerology" is not recorded in English before c.1907.
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The [[word]] originates from the Middle [[English]] word travailen ("to toil"), which comes from the Old French word travaill
'''Travel''' is the [[change]] in location of people on a trip through any means of transport from one location to another. Trav
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.../index.php?title=English#ca._1100-1500_.09THE_MIDDLE_ENGLISH_PERIOD Middle English], from Anglo-French, from [[Latin]] prosa, from [[feminine]] of prorsus, p
*1 a : the ordinary [[language]] people use in [[speaking]] or [[writing]]
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...e King, turning about, called him bigot, which then passed from him to his people. This is quite probably [[fiction]]al, as Gisla is unknown in Frankish sour
...the Normans, but it is unclear whether or not this is how it entered the [[English]] [[language]].
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.../index.php?title=English#ca._1100-1500_.09THE_MIDDLE_ENGLISH_PERIOD Middle English] preisen, from Anglo-French preiser, priser to appraise, [[esteem]]
...er, some people are less affected by or even averse to praise, for example people with [[autism]] or schizoid [[personality]] disorder.[citation needed]
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.../index.php?title=English#ca._1100-1500_.09THE_MIDDLE_ENGLISH_PERIOD Middle English] ''destresse'', from Anglo-French ''destresce'', from Vulgar Latin ''distri
...the [[opposite]] of eustress, a [[positive]] stress that [[motivates]] us. People under constant distress are more likely to become sick, mentally or physica
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...dle English murdre, from Anglo-French, of Germanic [[origin]]; akin to Old English morthor; akin to Old High German mord murder, [[Latin]] mort-, mors death,
...toronomy#Chapter_.5 Deuteronomy 5v17]). The Vulgate and subsequent early [[English]] [[translations]] of the [[Bible]] used the term [[secret]]ly killeth his
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.../index.php?title=English#ca._1100-1500_.09THE_MIDDLE_ENGLISH_PERIOD Middle English], from [[Latin]] rejectus, past participle of reicere, from re- + jacere to
...]] can be rejected on an [[individual]] basis or by an entire [[group]] of people. Furthermore, rejection can be either [[active]], by bullying, teasing, or
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.../index.php?title=
English#ca._1100-1500_.09THE_MIDDLE_ENGLISH_PERIOD Middle
English] ''affinite'', from Anglo-French or [[Latin]]; Anglo-French ''affinité'',
:b (1) : an [[attraction]] to or liking for something <
people with an affinity to [[darkness]] — Mark Twain> <pork and fennel have a na
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.../index.php?title=English#ca._1100-1500_.09THE_MIDDLE_ENGLISH_PERIOD Middle English], letter, Epistle, from Anglo-French, from [[Latin]] ''epistula'', ''episto
...letter') is a [[writing]] directed or sent to a [[person]] or [[group]] of people, usually an elegant and formal [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Didactic dida
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...rom [[Latin]] vulgaris of the mob, vulgar, from volgus, vulgus mob, common people
*3 a : of or [[relating]] to the common people : plebeian
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...very little will change. The English human contingent counts some 25 odd people. The Spanish group will also grow. It is sizeable now. It is consistent
“We expect that for a lengthy period of time the English transmissions will be continue to be translated into Spanish, and that you
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...mic]] growth, which is only a means —if a very important one —of enlarging people’s choices.
...these choices is building human capabilities —the range of [[things]] that people can do or be in life. The most basic capabilities for human development are
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.../index.php?title=English#ca._1100-1500_.09THE_MIDDLE_ENGLISH_PERIOD Middle English], from Anglo-French, from Medieval Latin & [[Latin]]; Medieval Latin patron
*4: the holder of the right of presentation to an [[English]] ecclesiastical benefice
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*2a : the movement, [[migration]], or scattering of a
people away from an established or ancestral homeland <the black diaspora to north
:b :
people settled far from their ancestral homelands <African diaspora>
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.../index.php?title=English#ca._1100-1500_.09THE_MIDDLE_ENGLISH_PERIOD Middle English], from Anglo-French muntaine, from Vulgar Latin montanea, from [[feminine]]
...tinuity has been used as criteria for defining a mountain. In the [[Oxford English Dictionary]] a mountain is defined as "a [[natural]] elevation of the [[ear
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*1: a group of [[people]] or [[businesses]] that [[work]] [[together]]
*2: a group of people who are involved in organized [[crime]]
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.../index.php?title=English#ca._1100-1500_.09THE_MIDDLE_ENGLISH_PERIOD Middle English], from Anglo-French, from [[Latin]] sacrilegium, from sacrilegus one who ro
...igious]], and their [[spiritually]]-based uses in modern [[English]], many people mistakenly assume that the two [[words]] are etymologically linked, or that
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...he original message that follows was in French and has been translated for English audiences]
...onton, as well as from Havona and Paradise, to communicate directly with people who are in your local universe. The local universe in return can use this
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...?title=English#ca._600-1100.09THE_OLD_ENGLISH.2C_OR_ANGLO-SAXON_PERIOD Old English] āth; akin to Old High German eid oath, Middle Irish oeth. The spec. sense
...ing something or someone the oath-taker holds [[sacred]], is an oath. Many people take an oath by holding in their hand or placing over their head a [[book]]
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.../index.php?title=English#ca._1100-1500_.09THE_MIDDLE_ENGLISH_PERIOD Middle English] fraude, from Anglo-French, from [[Latin]] fraud-, fraus
...iction]]. Fraud is a [[crime]], and also a civil law violation. Defrauding people or [[entities]] of [[money]] or valuables is a common [[purpose]] of fraud,
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.../index.php?title=English#ca._1100-1500_.09THE_MIDDLE_ENGLISH_PERIOD Middle English], from Middle French, from [[Latin]] ruralis, from rur-, rus open land
*of or relating to the country, country people or life, or [[agriculture]]
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...?title=English#ca._600-1100.09THE_OLD_ENGLISH.2C_OR_ANGLO-SAXON_PERIOD Old English] windan to wind, twist
...'s most feared [[tool]] is her wand, whose [[magic]] is capable of turning people into stone.
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.../index.php?title=English#ca._1100-1500_.09THE_MIDDLE_ENGLISH_PERIOD Middle English] odour, from Anglo-French odur, from [[Latin]] odor; akin to Latin olēre
...r]], age, state of [[health]], and private affectations. Common odors that people are used to, such as their own [[body]] odor, are less noticeable to [[indi
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...?title=English#ca._600-1100.09THE_OLD_ENGLISH.2C_OR_ANGLO-SAXON_PERIOD Old English] gield tribute, guild
*1 : an [[association]] of people with similar interests or pursuits; especially : a medieval association of
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...wn''', M2030D, "the SHU" (pronounced 'shoe') or "the pound" (or in British English "the block"), is a punishment or special form of imprisonment in which a pr
...consider it necessary for prisoners who are considered dangerous to other people ('the most predatory' prisoners), those who might be capable of leading cri
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...itual context ("sacred truths" in a constitution). It is often ascribed to people ("a holy man" of religious occupation, "holy prophet" who is venerated by h
...is Old English root. The modern word 'health' is also derived from the Old English hal. As “wholeness”, holiness may be taken to indicate a state of relig
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.../index.php?title=English#ca._1100-1500_.09THE_MIDDLE_ENGLISH_PERIOD Middle English], from Anglo-French, from [[Latin]] petition-, petitio, from petere to seek
...se of Commons] in the 18th and 19th centuries, the largest being the Great/People's Charter, or petition of the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chartists Char
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...?title=English#ca._600-1100.09THE_OLD_ENGLISH.2C_OR_ANGLO-SAXON_PERIOD Old English]; akin to Old High German lant land, Middle Irish lann
*4 : the people of a country <the land rose in [[rebellion]]>
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1604, "state in which supreme power rests in the people," from Fr. république, from L. respublica (abl. republica), lit. res publi
..., whereas republic implied a system of government in which the will of the people was mediated by representatives, who might be wiser and better educated tha
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...ive senses in German are apparently much later [[developments]] than the [[English]] [[word]].
...strongly pejorative use has certainly not vanished, but a use by some gay people and some academics as a neutral or even positive term has established itsel
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.../index.php?title=English#ca._1100-1500_.09THE_MIDDLE_ENGLISH_PERIOD Middle English], from Anglo-French, from Vulgar [[Latin]] *sapius, from Latin sapere to ta
*2. senseless people, because they think they are wise.
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...?title=English#ca._600-1100.09THE_OLD_ENGLISH.2C_OR_ANGLO-SAXON_PERIOD Old English]
* German people, including the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pennsylvania_Dutch Pennsylvan
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.../index.php?title=English#ca._1100-1500_.09THE_MIDDLE_ENGLISH_PERIOD Middle English], from Anglo-French jargun, gargon
...ued, "It seems that one ought to begin by composing this [[language]], but people begin by speaking and [[writing]] and the [[language]] remains to be [[comp
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...r itself, and will not need any demonstration. Sometimes you wish to help people in seeing their errors, and show them the best way.
Translated into English from the Spanish transcript by Nelson.
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...?title=English#ca._600-1100.09THE_OLD_ENGLISH.2C_OR_ANGLO-SAXON_PERIOD Old English] hnappian; akin to Old High German hnaffezen to doze
...onal]] daily [[practice]]. It is common for small [[children]] and elderly people to take frequent naps. However, naps are not recommended for those sufferin
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...[customs]], [[tales]], sayings, [[dances]], or art forms preserved among a people
...people who study folklore are sometimes referred to as "folklorists". The English antiquarian [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Thoms William Thoms] int
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.../index.php?title=English#ca._1100-1500_.09THE_MIDDLE_ENGLISH_PERIOD Middle English], [[modification]] of Anglo-French publier, from [[Latin]] publicare, from
...liser to announce, make [[public]] (early 15th cent. or earlier; perhaps < English). Compare Old Occitan publicar (late 12th cent.; also poblicar, pobleiar, p
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.../index.php?title=English#ca._1100-1500_.09THE_MIDDLE_ENGLISH_PERIOD Middle English], from Anglo-French, from [[Latin]] prehension-, prehensio act of seizing,
A '''prison''' (from Old French prisoun) is a place in which people are [[physically]] confined and, usually, deprived of a range of [[personal
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...[words]]. [[English]] has thousands of such words, taken from the names of people both real and [[fictional]]. Masochism comes from the name of the 19th cent
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* Punishment for sins, from other people, from God either in life or in [[afterlife]], or from the [[Universe]] in g
The [[word]] sin derives from [[Old English]] synn, recorded in use as early as the 9th century.[1] The same [[root]] a
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...as being ''nearsighted'' (American English) and ''shortsighted'' (British English), is a condition of the eye where the [[light]] that comes in does not dire
...the United States, and 10–20% in Africa. Myopia is less common in African people and associated diaspora. In Americans between the ages of 12 and 54, myopia
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...?title=English#ca._600-1100.09THE_OLD_ENGLISH.2C_OR_ANGLO-SAXON_PERIOD Old English] farise, from Late Latin pharisaeus, from [[Greek]] pharisaios, from Aramai
...tes that the ''Pharisees'' received the backing and goodwill of the common people, apparently in [[contrast]] to the more elite [https://en.wikipedia.org/wik
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