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  • 1List of British words not widely used in the United States — Differences between American and British English American English …

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  • 2List of English words of Persian origin — As Indo European languages, English and Persian have many words of common Proto Indo European origin, and many of these cognate words often have similar forms. Examples of these include: English (Mother) and Persian (Madar), English (Father) and… …

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  • 3apostrophe — Fowler (1926) gave no information on this punctuation mark at the letter A except a cross reference to an entry called ‘possessive puzzles’, which sounds rather more entertaining. He concentrated on a number of difficulties arising from use of… …

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  • 4Elizabeth Needham — (right foreground) as portrayed in William Hogarth s A Harlot s Progress Elizabeth Needham (died 3 May 1731), also known as Mother Needham, was an English procuress and brothel keeper of 18th century London, who has been identified as the bawd… …

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  • 5bogey —    , bogy, bogie    In modern folklore studies, the term bogey or bogeyman is applied to any figure deliberately used to frighten others, almost always children, to control their behaviour.    Formerly, the related words bogey, *bogle, *boggart,… …

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  • 6Salut D'Amour (TV series) — Infobox Television show name = Salut D Amour caption = genre = Comedy, Drama, Romance creator = Jeong Yu kyung developer = presenter = starring = Bae Yong Joon Sung Hyun ah Kwon Oh joong voices = narrated = theme music composer = opentheme =… …

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  • 7literature — /lit euhr euh cheuhr, choor , li treuh /, n. 1. writings in which expression and form, in connection with ideas of permanent and universal interest, are characteristic or essential features, as poetry, novels, history, biography, and essays. 2.… …

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  • 8caricature and cartoon — ▪ graphic arts Introduction       in graphic art, comically distorted drawing or likeness, done with the purpose of satirizing or ridiculing its subject. Cartoons are used today primarily for conveying political commentary and editorial opinion… …

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  • 9List of Arrested Development characters — From left to right: Gob, George, Lindsay, Tobias, Michael, Lucille, George Michael, Maeby, and Buster The following is a list of the characters from the Fox television comedy series Arrested Development. The main characters are made up of the… …

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  • 10List of The Chaser's War on Everything episodes — Contents 1 Series 1 (2006) 2 Series 2 (2007) 3 Series 3 (2009) 4 See also The following is a list of episodes of the Australian satirical televisio …

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