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Pagina 83
... Latin would suggest long e . This long e many retain , pronouncing the word de - fis - it . The original sound may actually mislead : we say agent and alien where the Latin a is short ; we say editor where the Latin is editor ; we say ...
... Latin would suggest long e . This long e many retain , pronouncing the word de - fis - it . The original sound may actually mislead : we say agent and alien where the Latin a is short ; we say editor where the Latin is editor ; we say ...
Pagina 96
... Latin domina , as sir , sire , senior , seńor and signor do from the Latin senior . Leal , loyal , legal ; card , chart , carte ; ration , ratio , reason ; plan , plane , plain , are other groups from a common original . " E " ( SILENT ...
... Latin domina , as sir , sire , senior , seńor and signor do from the Latin senior . Leal , loyal , legal ; card , chart , carte ; ration , ratio , reason ; plan , plane , plain , are other groups from a common original . " E " ( SILENT ...
Pagina 119
... Latin aurora , the dawn ; English hundred to Latin cent . The Latin maternal lives along with English motherly , cordial with hearty , beef with cow , rectitude with righteousness , juvenile with young , longitude with length , grain ...
... Latin aurora , the dawn ; English hundred to Latin cent . The Latin maternal lives along with English motherly , cordial with hearty , beef with cow , rectitude with righteousness , juvenile with young , longitude with length , grain ...
Veelvoorkomende woorden en zinsdelen
accent adjective adverb Alice Alice in Wonderland Antony beauty Ben Jonson better Brutus Cęsura called Charles Lamb clause comma consonant dear delight doth effective English example expression eyes G. B. SHAW give grammar Greek Hamlet hand hath hear hearers heart honour Iambic Pentameter idea instance Julius Cęsar King Lady language Latin light lines live Look Lord Macaulay matter meaning metaphor metonymy Milton mind never Nominative Absolute notice noun objective Paradise Lost paragraph passage Perhaps periphrasis person phrase play plural poem poet poetry Pope preposition pronoun pronunciation prose question quotation reader reason rhyming rhythm sense sentence Shakespeare silent sing singular sonnet sound speak speaker speech spelling split infinitive style sweet syllable talk tell term thee thing thou thought tongue Transitive Verb TROCHEE usually verb verse voice vowel words writing