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• Autumn
  ...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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• King
  ...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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• Feud
  ...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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• Transcripts
  ...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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• Auctoritas
  ...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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• Concise Oxford Dictionary of Archaeology
  ...overage of principles, theories, techniques, [[artefacts]], [[materials]], people, places, monuments, equipment, and descriptive terms - from amphora to zigg
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• Heaven
  ...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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• Hut
  ...?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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• Attraction
  .../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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• Scandal
  .../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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• Pride
  ...?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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• Submission
  .../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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• Law
  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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• Synagogue
  [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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• Melees
  ...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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• Canals
  .../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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• Stroke
  ...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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• Numerology
  [[Latin]] ''numerus'' + English -''o- + -logy'' ...story of numerological [[ideas]], the word "numerology" is not recorded in English before c.1907.
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• Travel
  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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• Prose
  .../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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