ENGLISH IN ENGLISH

 

BBC English

standard accepted middle-class English which is not spoken by any real people I know, just by Auntie

early English

early Gothic style

English

type face (14 points)

English bond

blockwork (bricklaying)

English breakfast

bacon, eggs, baked beans, bangers, anything either fattening or rich in cholesterol

English flute

Recorder

English horn

musical instrument (cor anglais)

English setter

doggie: 

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

to English

to shoot a billiards ball with a specific effect

 

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