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Common terms and phrases
actually adjective American ancestor animal appeared applied associated became become body borrowed called cause century comes common compound connection considered denoted derived descended described developed dialect Dictionary early element English word especially etymological example exist expression extended fact familiar figurative Germanic give given goes back Greek word horse Indo-European Italian kind king known land language Late later Latin word letter lish literally living look meaning meant medieval Middle English Modern English never nineteenth century noun occurs Old English Old French word originally perhaps person phrase played plural political probably published recorded refer represents Roman root seems sense sixteenth sound Spanish spelling story suffix Teflon term things thought tion traced turn ultimately United usually various verb writing written