ENGLISH IN ENGLISH
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BBC English |
standard accepted middle-class English which is not spoken by any real people I know, just by Auntie |
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early English |
early Gothic style |
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English |
type face (14 points) |
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English bond |
blockwork (bricklaying) |
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English breakfast |
bacon, eggs, baked beans, bangers, anything either fattening or rich in cholesterol |
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English flute |
Recorder |
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English horn |
musical instrument (cor anglais) |
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English setter |
doggie:
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the English channel |
the area of sea that separates England from France; the French are more modest, they call it La Manche, or, the narrowest part, le Pas de Calais |
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to English |
to shoot a billiards ball with a specific effect |