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• City
  .../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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• Actors
  ...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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• Calendar
  .../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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• Shalom
  ...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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• Anoint
  .../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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• Shunning
  ...?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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• Sabbath
  ...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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• Gloom
  .../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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• Imp
  ...?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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• Friendship
  ...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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• Hierarchy
  ...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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• World War II
  ...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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• Blindness
  ..._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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• Tease
  ...?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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• Kything
  ...?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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• Chaperone
  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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• Eccentric
  [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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• Commonwealth
  ...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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• Voluntary
  .../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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• Principle
  .../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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