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  • Talent
    ...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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  • Naked
    ...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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  • Reprobate
    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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  • Controversy
    .../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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  • Tribulation
    .../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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  • Nightmare
    .../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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  • 64:2 The Foxhall Peoples
    ...//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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  • Deafness
    ...?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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  • Rebuke
    .../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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  • Response
    ...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
    2 KB (267 words) - 01:56, 13 December 2020
  • Clan
    .../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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  • Mob
    ...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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  • Soirée
    ...?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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  • Baggage
    .../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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  • Waste
    ...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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  • Dizziness
    ...?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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  • David Crystal
    ...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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  • Whey
    ...?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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  • Staring
    [[File:lighterstill.jpg]][[File:People-staring-at-computers.jpg|right|frame]] ...?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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  • Wilderness
    ...?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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