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  2. List of words having different meanings in American and ...

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    (v.) to bathe, or give a bath to, example have a bath (US: take a bath meaning bathe) (n.) plumbing fixture for bathing *(US: bathtub) (n.) the act of bathing (n.) a bathroom (esp. a half bath which has a sink and toilet but no shower stall or bathtub, or a 3/4 bath which has a sink, toilet, and shower stall, but no bathtub) bathroom

  3. List of Latin phrases (I) - Wikipedia

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    ite, missa est: go, it is the dismissal: Loosely: "You have been dismissed". Concluding words addressed to the people in the Mass of the Roman Rite. [7] The term missa "Mass" derives from a reanalysis of the phrase to mean "Go, the missa is accomplished." iter legis: the path of the law: The path a law takes from its conception to its ...

  4. List of commonly misused English words - Wikipedia

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    Bisect means "to cut into two"; dissect means "to cut apart", both literally and figuratively. Disect is an archaic word meaning "to separate by cutting", but has not been in common use since the 17th century. Standard: The Americas are bisected by the Panama canal. Standard: She dissected Smith's dissertation, pointing out scores of errors.

  5. Ite, missa est - Wikipedia

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    "Ite, missa est" sung by the deacon at a Solemn Mass. Ite, missa est (English: "Go, it is the dismissal") are the concluding Latin words addressed to the people in the Mass of the Roman Rite in the Catholic Church, as well as in the Divine Service of the Lutheran Church.

  6. List of Latin phrases (R) - Wikipedia

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    Or "may he/she rest in peace". A benediction for the dead. Often inscribed on tombstones or other grave markers. "RIP" is commonly reinterpreted as meaning the English phrase "Rest In Peace", the two meaning essentially the same thing. rerum cognoscere causas: to learn the causes of things

  7. Polysemy - Wikipedia

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    For example, a word can have several word senses. [3] Polysemy is distinct from monosemy, where a word has a single meaning. [3] Polysemy is distinct from homonymy—or homophony—which is an accidental similarity between two or more words (such as bear the animal, and the verb bear); whereas homonymy is a mere linguistic coincidence, polysemy ...

  8. List of adjectivals and demonyms for subcontinental regions

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    Many place-name adjectives and many demonyms refer also to various other things, sometimes with and sometimes without one or more additional words. (Sometimes, the use of one or more additional words is optional.) Notable examples are cheeses, cat breeds, dog breeds, and horse breeds. (See List of words derived from toponyms.)

  9. Wikipedia : Language learning centre/5000 most common words

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    This process will be sped up if creating sentences using multiple words from the list to construct sentences like "They think it is time to go" - "Ellos piensan que es hora de irse" in Spanish for instance. It is important to learn words in a given context and will make the words easier to remember.