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THE NEW Modern English Usage FIRST EDITION by H.W. Fowler REVISED THIRD EDITION by R.W.Burchfield OXFORD UNIVERSITY PRESS
Page 5: THE NEW ¿Wow/er?s Modem English Us
Page 9 and 10: For my beloved wife Sfizaùet/i^Aus
Page 11 and 12: Preface to the Third Edition Henry
Page 13 and 14: IX PREFACE TO THE THIRD EDITION pre
Page 15 and 16: XI PREFACE TO THE THIRD EDITION asp
Page 17 and 18: Acknowledgements It gives me great
Page 19: Key to the Pronunciation The pronun
Page 22 and 23: ABBREVIATIONS AND SYMBOLS L,Lat. li
Page 24 and 25: BIBLIOGRAPHICAL ABBREVIATIONS Londo
Page 27 and 28: Aa a- 1 , a prefix of privation or
Page 29 and 30: 3 abacus | abduction preceded by a
Page 31 and 32: Other -able words are formed from n
Page 33 and 34: 7 able to | abode edible, educible,
Page 35 and 36: 9 above | absolute comparative 3 In
Page 37 and 38: 11 absolute superlative | abysmal,
Page 39 and 40: 13 accent, accentuate | access, acc
Page 41 and 42: 15 acclimate, acclimatize | account
Page 43 and 44: 17 Achilles' heel | acronym The cor
Page 45 and 46: 19 actuality | adagio His oppositio
Page 47 and 48: 21 adequate | adjacent group, e.g.
Page 49 and 50: 23 adjective | adjective The ... gh
Page 51 and 52: 25 admission, admittance | -ado is
Page 53 and 54: 27 advantage, vantage | adverb mind
Page 55 and 56: 29 advertisement | adviser, advisor
Page 57 and 58:
31 aerate | affinity and eon are fr
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33 age I aggressive those hands on
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35 agreement | agreement Dionysian
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37 aide | ain't (Christian aid, for
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39 -al j albeit pushed him back /ai
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41 alien | allegory alien. From the
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43 allowedly | all told the 17c: I
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45 alot I alternative constructions
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47 ambiguity | amend, emend been us
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49 among, amongst | ampersand the v
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51 analogous | anaphora spiritual i
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53 and/or | aneurysm care hath she
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55 Anglo- I antagonize Anglo*. Peop
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57 antistrophe | any tampered with
Page 85 and 86:
anyone) are to be distinguished fro
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6i patterns have occurred in writte
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63 appendix | appreciate really rep
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65 aquarium | archaism also aquilin
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67 Aristotelian | around, round Ari
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69 as I as as gifted as he, some ev
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71 as I as said, as though they had
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73 aside from | assist aside from.
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75 assuredly | at insurance) those
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77 -ato I attributive words of this
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79 author | avail or the like, corr
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8i averse, aversion | avuncular unc
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83 awesome | aye, ay in all major f
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Bb babe, baby. Both words appeared
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87 bade | bail out, bale out (somet
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8 9 ball game | bambino Ballade of
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91 barbarian, barbaric, barbarous |
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93 barring | base massive structure
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95 bassinet | bay window, bow windo
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97 be I be The fading power of the
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99 beau idéal | because pressing a
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101 bed and breakfast | behest bed
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103 beloved | benign, benignant mix
Page 131 and 132:
105 bet I between verb (No Mauell,
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107 betwixt I bid 4 between + and.
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log and looks like remaining so wel
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Ill bloom, blossom | blurb "not a b
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113 bonne bouche | both bonne bouch
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115 bounden | brand-new factor; the
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117 brindle(d) | broadcast 'a prick
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119 bugger I bur, burr second sylla
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121 but J but must always be clearl
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123 buzz I Byzantine been greatly a
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125 caffeine | camellia case it is
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127 canon, canyon | capital works o
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Capitals must be used for proprieta
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131 carnaptious | case carnaptlOUS
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133 cases I cases forms of pronouns
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135 catacomb | category the sign %
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137 Cave, caveat | ceiling devils a
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139 centrifugal, centripetal | cert
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141 challenged | charge chaises lon
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143 cheerful, cheery | childish, ch
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145 chive I chord, cord pronounced
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147 cicada | circumstance cicada. P
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149 clamant | clause The — say th
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151 clerestory | climacteric cleres
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153 closure | cloud to stand, sit,
Page 181 and 182:
155 cocoa I cohort COCOa, originall
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157 cold war, Cold War | collective
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159 colloquial | colossal innocent.
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i6i first recorded in 1687 and the
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163 commando | commercial traveller
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165 comparison, grammatical | compe
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16 7 complexion | comprise for 'a g
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i6g memory), Wysiwyg (what you see
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171 conferrable | conjunction confe
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173 conservative | considerable her
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175 consistency, consistence | cons
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177 contagious | content contagious
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179 continuance, continuation, cont
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i8i contribute. The standard pronun
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183 cord I corpus cord. See CHORD,
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185 corrigendum | cote means (c) 't
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187 council tax | course 2 Counsel
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i8g remain free from the ordinary a
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191 crick, rick, wrick | crown of a
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193 cum I cute the two cultures to
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dactyl, a metrical foot (——-) c
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197 darky | data of present partici
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199 Dear | decided, decisive meanin
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201 deem | definite article to indu
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203 deity | demagogic In practice a
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205 demur | dependence, dependency
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207 descant | desideratum October (
Page 235 and 236:
209 deuteragonist | diabolic, diabo
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211 diamond | didacticism Cf. DUOLO
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213 differentia | differently prior
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215 dim I disastrous dim. For dim r
Page 243 and 244:
217 discussible | disinterest used
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219 disjunctive | dispute concern 1
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221 distinctly | disyllable misuse.
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223 do I do used as a main verb muc
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225 dogged I donate modern English
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227 double passive | doublespeak Sh
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229 doubt I doubtlessly chirruped,
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231 dowse I drouth without formal d
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233 due to the fact that | duress d
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Ee -e-. See MUTE E. each. i Number
Page 263 and 264:
237 echelon | -ed and 'd echelon /'
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239 educate | effective, effectual,
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241 egregious | either egregious. T
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243 elaborateness, elaboration | el
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2 Axiomatically legitimate types. O
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247 emigrant, immigrant, migrant |
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249 endocentric compounds | England
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251 enough, sufficient(ly) behaviou
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253 entourage | -en verbs from adje
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255 epergne | episcopalian Examples
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257 epode I equally appeared, and t
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259 -er and -or | ergative syllable
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26l escape | especial(ly), special(
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263 -ess I essay (20c), Giottesque
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265 esurient | ethic, ethical estua
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267 etymology | euphemism in fact i
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269 evenness | ever studies course
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271 everyplace | evince everyone wa
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273 excepting | exclamation mark (I
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275 expandable, expansible | exposi
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277 exterritorial | eyrie pair, and
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Ff -f. For plurals and inflexions o
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28l of a faction prevail over some
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283 false quantity | fantastic fals
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285 farouche | farther, further far
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287 Fascism, Fascist | fault be. th
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28g -fe. For plurals of words endin
Page 317 and 318:
291 feet I female feet. See FOOT (n
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293 femur | -fest reasonable number
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295 fey I fidget with the word numb
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297 fillers I finical, finicking, f
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299 fisher, fisherman | fix occas.
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301 flak I flaunt, flout distinguis
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303 flounder, founder | fly 1570. T
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305 folk etymology | for folks woul
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307 forceful, forcible | for ever,
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309 formal words | formidable Forma
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311 fortune | foully 1983. It is tr
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313 Frankenstein | French words off
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315 frenum | frock and that French
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317 fucus I full stop fuCUS (type o
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319 funebrial, funeral, funerary, f
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Gg g. See GREEK G. gabardine (a dur
Page 349 and 350:
323 galop I gap galop /'gaelap/, th
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325 gazebo | generic names and othe
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327 gentleman | geometric(al) only
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329 gesticulation, gesture | get Go
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331 gild the lily | girl word guild
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333 glamour | gloss glamour (AmE al
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335 gobbledegook | gobbledegook mag
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337 God's acre | got avoided (in fa
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339 gourmandise | graffiti 2 Gourma
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341 gramophone | Greek g gr) for th
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343 grimace | guest heat. A grille
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345 gybe I gyves (NZ), 1989; I coul
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347 had I half a fit audience thoug
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349 handful | hardly •were hand i
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351 harebrained | have learned the
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353 head | healthful, healthy 2 The
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355 hegemony | hello of mankind is
Page 383 and 384:
357 helpmate, helpmeet | hendiadys
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359 hereditary | hexameter English
Page 387 and 388:
361 hind I historic walks by himsel
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363 hoist I homooperate in an Engli
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365 honeyed, honied | hope Lords of
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367 hove I human hove. See HEAVE. h
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369 hyaena | hypallage to say that
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371 hypocoristic | hysteric(al) 4 T
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I. l The regrettable type between y
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375 ictus I idle ictus (in prosody)
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377 if and when | ilk be simply a r
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379 illiterate | image same, such,
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381 immune | impasse immune. A pers
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383 importantly | impressionable 19
Page 411 and 412:
385 inappeasable | inasmuch as mode
Page 413 and 414:
387 incident, incidental | includin
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3»9 in connection with | inculcate
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391 indiscreet, indiscrete | indivi
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393 inferable | infinitive 2 The on
Page 421 and 422:
395 inflatable | infuse from inflam
Page 423 and 424:
397 inherent | innuendo used reflex
Page 425 and 426:
399 in order to | insalubrious, uns
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401 in so far as | instil most comf
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403 insupportable | intend moral vi
Page 431 and 432:
405 inter alia | interment reciproc
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407 internist | in that kill' did n
Page 435 and 436:
409 intransitive past participles |
Page 437 and 438:
411 invalid | inversion invalid. Th
Page 439 and 440:
413 invulnerable | -ion and -ness i
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415 ironist | irony youthful genera
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417 irresponsible | is as a 'stylis
Page 445 and 446:
419 island, isle | issue comprise,
Page 447 and 448:
421 Italian sounds | itch and flew
Page 449 and 450:
423 -ize, -ise in verbs | -ize, -is
Page 451 and 452:
425 jargon face; to sow one's wild
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427 jarl I jeu d'esprit CMHTs that
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429 jonquil | judicial, judicious k
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431 juvenile | juvenile English-spe
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433 kerosene, paraffin, petrol, pet
Page 461 and 462:
435 knee-jerk | knout (rather than
Page 463 and 464:
437 kukri I kyrie eleison to mean '
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439 laddie | lamentable laddie. Thu
Page 467 and 468:
441 largesse | late, erst, erstwhil
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443 Latin pronunciation | latter pl
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445 lawyer | leading question star,
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... has learned to reconsider ... t
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449 legalism, legality | legal, law
Page 477 and 478:
451 lengthy | less Cf. LONGWAYS, LO
Page 479 and 480:
453 let I letter forms guarded agai
Page 481 and 482:
455 levy I liberal levy (noun). See
Page 483 and 484:
457 life cycle | lightning that the
Page 485 and 486:
459 like I like did when it overflo
Page 487 and 488:
46l limb. There are two distinct wo
Page 489 and 490:
463 litchi I literary critics' word
Page 491 and 492:
465 litre I -U-, -l- 2 Meaning. A r
Page 493 and 494:
467 locale I logaoedic spelling is
Page 495 and 496:
469 longways, longwise | look 2 whe
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471 Lord Bacon | love Lord Bacon. A
Page 499 and 500:
473 lustre I lyric, lyrical lustre.
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475 madding | magus (substituted e.
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477 make | malignancy, malignity 5
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479 mandatary, mandatory | -manship
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48l judged by some to suffer from i
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483 matériel | may and might Ameri
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485 Mc- I mean Maybe?—London Rev.
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487 mean time, meantime | mean whil
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489 -meister | meninx Romeo and Jul
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491 messuage | metaphysics & Partne
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493 metre | middling, middlingly me
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495 mimic | minister 4 In BrE a mil
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497 mis- I misprints to be guarded
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499 mitre | mocha had served to mit
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501 monarchal, monarchial, monarchi
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503 mores | mortuary singular noun
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505 mother | mouse to the early 19c
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507 muchly | Muslim appropriate or
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509 mutual I muzhik aging, judgemen
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Nn 'n (or 'n'), colloq. shortening
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513 naphtha | native etc., see SUFF
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515 nautilus | necessities, necessa
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517 needleful | negligible looking
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519 nem. con. | neologism and says
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521 nevertheless, nonetheless | nic
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523 ninish, ninth | no the years 91
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525 nomenclature | nonce kettle off
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527 nonplus I nor nonplus /nrai'plA
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529 not is not gold) is not strictl
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531 notary public | not to worry mo
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533 noun and verb accent, pronuncia
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535 numerals | nurturance acquainta
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537 objective genitive | obliquenes
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539 obsolete | octopus (observance
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541 Of 2 Some monosyllables take -o
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543 Of patent illogicalities; and a
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545 officialese is no longer a pros
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547 offspring | Olympiad, Olympian,
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549 -on I one Brink, 1988 (SAfr.);
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551 one another | only The going is
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553 onomatopoeia | on to, onto 2 Th
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555 optative | or are the usual pai
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557 orderly | Orleans ordinance, or
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559 other I otherwise from the citi
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561 our I -our- and -orour. I i our
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563 outward, outwards | overlay, ov
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565 owl-like I oxymoron assurance t
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567 pajamas | palpable 3 Number con
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569 paparazzo | parallelepiped have
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571 paratroops | Parkinson paratroo
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573 parson | partially, partly pars
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575 particularly | party borne in m
Page 603 and 604:
577 passive territory | passive ter
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579 pâté I pay /'paesti/. See TAR
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58i and you will see what I mean. T
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583 penult I per penult. Frequently
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585 perchance | perfect infinitive
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587 periphrasis | persiflage periph
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589 personage, personality | person
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591 perspire | petite in avoiding t
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593 phenomenon | phlogiston remarka
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595 phthisis I physician, doctor, s
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597 pièce de résistance | pinion
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599 plain sailing | pic, PLC moveme
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6oi pleonasm | plunder observe in N
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603 p.m | poeticisms in Latin. To b
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605 politic, political | polysyllab
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607 poor | porcelain homosexual. It
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609 possessive with gerund | posses
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6ii On Sunday we prayed for rain; o
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613 pram | precipitous pram (peramb
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615 prefer | prelude unruly brood o
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617 they must he prepared to blow t
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619 prerequisite | prescriptivism o
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621 preserve | pretty DARE i, 1985;
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623 previous | princess wartime sub
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625 privacy | probe with oblong pat
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627 progress | pro-life 2 (verb). T
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629 pronouncement | pronunciamento
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631 propaganda | proper terms wrest
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633 prophetess | prosopopoeia proph
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635 protasis | protestant 4 Early i
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637 prox I psychological moment pro
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639 punctum I purport punctum -UM 2
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641 pursuant | pyrrhic sociologist
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643 quandary | question quandary. N
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645 quiet I quite business activity
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647 quote I quoth the main sentence
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Rr r. See INTRUSIVE R; LINKING R. r
Page 677 and 678:
651 Ralph I rate Ralph. The pronunc
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653 ratio J re more complex, and ca
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655 readable | reason action, event
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657 recess | recessive accent [Its]
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659 reciprocal | reclaim Gallery),
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66i rector. In the Church of Englan
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663 regalia | regardless hardly ran
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665 related | reliable teacher—Ch
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667 renouncement, renunciation | re
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66g 'common in recent American use'
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671 resolve | respectively resolve
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673 rest room | Revelation rest roo
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675 revivals | rhyming slang reviva
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677 righteous | road, street he has
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679 roguish I rondel after Wilhelm
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68i natural one. Most particularly,
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683 ruble I Russian uses as well as
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685 saga I said confusion with reli
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68 7 same as | sanction sources fro
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68g target. I turned to other sourc
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6gi sat, used as a present particip
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693 scandalum magnatum | scarify sc
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695 schist (geology). Pronounce /Ji
Page 723 and 724:
697 sear, sere | see, bishopric, di
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699 self-deprecating, -deprecation,
Page 727 and 728:
sensitize is a word first made for
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703 sentinel, sentry | sequence of
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705 sestina | sexist language sesti
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707 shambles | shambles Oxford Guid
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709 s/he J shibboleth the men are .
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711 should and would | shrink shoul
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713 sick I similar sick. See ILL. s
Page 741 and 742:
715 singular -s | sit most + an adj
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717 slake, slack | slay came into e
Page 745 and 746:
719 sludge I snapshot Sludge. See S
Page 747 and 748:
721 SO J SO where the responsive no
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723 sociable, social | sociologese
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725 so long | -some SO long = goodb
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727 somewhen | sonorous Using a joi
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729 sow I specious Soviet has large
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731 spelling I spelling come down t
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733 spelling I spelling some single
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735 spillikins, spel(l)icans | spir
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737 split infinitive | split infini
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739 spoonful I -s-, -ss- Dean and W
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741 state I stem a starlit night, a
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743 stimulus I stop Stimulus. PLURA
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745 strappado | strive up ( = he st
Page 773 and 774:
747 subjunctive mood | subjunctive
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749 succedaneum | such SUCCedaneum
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75i suffixes added to proper names
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753 summersault j superlatives summ
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755 suppressor | surmise suppressor
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757 sustainedly | swing The OED (19
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759 sy m bo logy | synonyms before
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Tt tabes (emaciation). Pronounce /'
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763 tangible | tart tangible. Its p
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765 taxi I teem tribute, VAT. With
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767 temptress | terminal temptress,
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769 tessera | than TTiy moral morn,
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771 thanks to | that thankfully she
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773 that discovered that it was St.
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775 the (b) which-clauses: he is de
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777 themself | thereafter 3 As a de
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779 thesaurus | think most salubrio
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78i wealth) has small currency exce
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783 tilth I times that until is fra
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7«5 tissue I together (American di
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787 tonsorial | tost tonsorial. Use
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78g Lewis's The Otterhury Incident
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791 transsexual | trecento under FB
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793 same author, presented on the s
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795 troop, troupe | true and false
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797 tryst I tubercular, tuberculous
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799 -ty and -ness glow, shade, visi
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Uu U. Anyone who believes that ther
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8o3 2 Plurals in -a only. Further c
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805 unavowedly | unbend (Chicago Tr
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807 underwhelm | unidiomatic -ly Ma
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809 United Kingdom | unless and unt
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8ii unpractical | unthinkable of Sa
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813 up and down | upcoming up about
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815 -us I use are as well-informed
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Vv vacation is in America the ordin
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819 varlet | -ve(d), -ves colleague
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821 verbal noun, verbal substantive
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823 versify | very versify. For inf
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825 viceregal | view gerens pres.pp
Page 853 and 854:
827 virtu I vision virtu (as in art
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829 voiced I vomit have been in vog
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wadi (dry bed of a N. African torre
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833 wantonness | waste-paper basket
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835 -ways I wear, gear such Age as
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837 well and well- | well-nigh must
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839 wharfinger | what wharfinger (o
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841 what ever, whatever for). The r
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843 whereby | whether known; the ot
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845 while I whinge clause or expres
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847 whitish I who and whom in the B
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849 whodunit | whose the antiquity
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«51 willful I -wise, -ways the cas
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853 witticism | woman the Irish poe
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855 work I worn-out humour work (ve
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857 worship I wrath, wrathful, wrot
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Xx -X, as plural of loanwords from
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86i Yiddish | yous, youse yet is ac
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Zz Zarathustrian /zgera'Gustnan/. T
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Preface to the Supplement The react
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867 PREFACE TO THE SUPPLEMENT eral
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869 PREFACE TO THE SUPPLEMENT anoth
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871 SUPPLEMENT to stand clear. One
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873 SUPPLEMENT 1984; If the free ma
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