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• Concepts
  ...in symbols. On other accounts, mastery of symbolic thought (in particular, language) is a prerequisite for conceptual thought. ...erro'' in Spanish. The fact that concepts are in some sense independent of language makes [[translation]] possible - words in various languages have identical
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• Diaspora
  ...cultural development of that population or to that population itself. In [[English]] when capitalized and without modifiers (that is simply, the Diaspora), th ...t Churches on the continent". The term became more widely assimilated into English by the mid 1950s, with long-term expatriates in significant numbers from ot
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• Bigotry
  ...s [[unknown]], but it may have come from the German bei and gott, or the [[English]] by God. [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Camden William Camden] wro ...but it is unclear whether or not this is how it entered the [[English]] [[language]].
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• Idols
  Middle [[English]]. a. Old French. id(e)le, and idole, ad. late L. dl-um (also dl-um in Prud
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• 2011-05-13-New Transmission System
  ...he original message that follows was in French and has been translated for English audiences] ...we think we will attempt to try with T/ R’s who speak languages other than English.
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• Complement
  .../index.php?title=English#ca._1100-1500_.09THE_MIDDLE_ENGLISH_PERIOD Middle English], from [[Latin]] complementum, from complēre to fill up, complete, from co ...ant digit farthest to the left is discarded —used especially in assembly [[language]] programming
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• Stupid
  Since entering the English language, Since then, stupidity has taken place along with "[[fool]]," "[[idiot]],"
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• Monk
  ...[[Greek]] [[language]] the term can apply to men or women; but in modern [[English]] it is in use only for men, while nun is used for female monastics. Although the term monachos (“monk”) is of Christian origin, in the English language it tends to be used analogously or loosely also for ascetics from other rel
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• Lie
  ...-SAXON_PERIOD Old English] ''lyge''; akin to Old High German ''lugī'', Old English ''lēogan'' to lie ..."), usually with the corresponding [[tone]] of [[voice]] and emphatic body language of one confidently speaking the [[truth]]. Bold-faced lie can also refer to
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• Feeling
  ...?title=English#ca._600-1100.09THE_OLD_ENGLISH.2C_OR_ANGLO-SAXON_PERIOD Old English] ''félan'' (also ''gefélan'') [[corresponds]] to Old Frisian ''fêla'', O The [[word]] was first used in the [[English]] [[language]] to describe the [[physical]] sensation of [[touch]] through either [[expe
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• Abstraction
  ...ommunicate]] their solutions with the computer in some particular computer language. * The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 3rd edition, Houghton Mifflin (1992), hardcover, 2140 pages, ISBN 0-395-44
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• Wand
  ...?title=English#ca._600-1100.09THE_OLD_ENGLISH.2C_OR_ANGLO-SAXON_PERIOD Old English] windan to wind, twist ...t, hand-held stick of wood, stone, ivory, or metal. Generally, in modern [[language]], wands are [[ceremonial]] and/or have [[associations]] with [[magic]] but
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• Tone
  Tone is the use of pitch in language to distinguish lexical or grammatical meaning—that is, to distinguish or ...tone. Furthermore, tone tends to play almost no grammatical role (the Jin language of Shanxi being a notable exception). In many tonal African languages, such
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• Urantia
  ...[[truth]] revealers have been authorized to translate into the [[English]] language of Urantia.
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• River
  .../index.php?title=English#ca._1100-1500_.09THE_MIDDLE_ENGLISH_PERIOD Middle English] rivere, from Anglo-French, from Vulgar Latin *riparia, from [[Latin]], fem ...n a creek, but this is not always the case, because of vagueness in the [[language]].
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• Taboo
  The use of taboo in [[English]] dates back to 1777 when English explorer, [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Captain_James_Cook Captain James C ...rm comes from the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tongan_language Tongan] [[language]], and appears in many [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Polynesian_culture Po
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• Chastity
  ...djective castus [[meaning]] "[[pure]]". The words entered the [[English]] language around the middle of the 13th century; at that time they meant slightly [[d
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• Fugitive
  .../index.php?title=English#ca._1100-1500_.09THE_MIDDLE_ENGLISH_PERIOD Middle English], from Middle French & [[Latin]]; Middle French fugitif, from Latin fugitiv ...ncken]'s [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_American_Language The American Language] and The Thesaurus of American Slang [[proclaim]] that lam, lamister, and "
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• Dictation
  :b. b. The [[transcription]] of a dictated passage, esp. one in a foreign language, as a [[school]] exercise; a passage [[transcribed]] in this way. ..., the dictations are the subject of structured championships, similar to [[English]] [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spelling_bee spelling bees].
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• Mantras
  ...view of [[polytheism]] and many of its [[concept]]s. In short, "mantra" in English carries a negative connotation of 'mindless or thoughtless repetition of a ...f the concepts that each character represented. The Chinese prized written language much more highly than did the Indian Buddhist missionaries, and the writing
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