Winged WordsHamilton, 1988 - 292 pagini |
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... happened . It usually turns out to have been when the grumblers were themselves at school , learning irregular verbs , grammatical tables , spelling lists of impossible words , and the three Rs . But the language has moved on since then ...
... happened . It usually turns out to have been when the grumblers were themselves at school , learning irregular verbs , grammatical tables , spelling lists of impossible words , and the three Rs . But the language has moved on since then ...
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... happened to chronic , hectic , sanguine , and phlegmatic . So today laymen carelessly use neurotic and psychopath to describe unpleasant people whom they do not much care for . Obsessional is misused to mean no more than meticulous or ...
... happened to chronic , hectic , sanguine , and phlegmatic . So today laymen carelessly use neurotic and psychopath to describe unpleasant people whom they do not much care for . Obsessional is misused to mean no more than meticulous or ...
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... happened was the exact opposite . Canute ( c . 995-1035 ) was the great sea - king of Denmark and England . His fleets ruled the waves , and , under his personal command , defeated the Swedish fleet at Stangebjerg , and the combined ...
... happened was the exact opposite . Canute ( c . 995-1035 ) was the great sea - king of Denmark and England . His fleets ruled the waves , and , under his personal command , defeated the Swedish fleet at Stangebjerg , and the combined ...
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