Diversity/communication/swearing/social blunders

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What is philology?

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philos - love, affection + logos - word

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Lexis

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The totality of vocabulary items in a language. Word is the basic element of a language’s lexicon.

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Idiomatic expression

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a group of words whose meaning cannot be predicted from the meanings of the constituent words

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Collocation

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The way words combine in a language to produce a natural - sounding speech and writing

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Colligation

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Grouping of words based on the way they function in a syntactic structure

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Connotation

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Associated or secondary meanings of a word or expression in addition to its explicit meaning

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To take a risk; dare; presume

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To venture

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To fight or contend against vigorously

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To combat

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Any area or place of known danger, instability, intrigue, dissention

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Hotspot

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A pidgin that has become the native language of a speech community

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Creole

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To make or cause to seem smaller, less, less important, etc.; lessen, reduce, decrease

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To diminish

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A significant or historic event, achievement

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Landmark

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Dangerous

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Hazardous

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Br. slang, playing music on a mobile phone or other portable device in public; imposing the sounds you produce on people

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To sodcast

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The tendency to lay down principles as undeniably true, without consideration of evidence or the opinions of others

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Dogmatism

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Miscellaneous articles; odds and ends

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Rummage

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One but last

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Penultimate

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The component sounds of an environment

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Soundscape

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An attempt to shift blame for your failures

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Blamethrow

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A male singing voice that’s unusually high

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Falsetto

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To put in a nutshell

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To summarise briefly

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To get straight to the point

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To talk about the most important thing

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To hear it on the grapevine

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To hear about sth passed from one person to another

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To put you in the picture

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To give the last information

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To get the wrong end of the stick

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To misunderstand

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To be on the same wavelength

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To share similar opinions and ideas

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Can't make head or tail of it

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To fail to understand anything

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To talk at cross purposes

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To disagree

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To beat about the bush

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To delay talking about sth

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To begin to understand or deal with sth in a direct or effective way

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To get/come to grips with

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A numerical quantity that is not a whole number/ a small or tiny part, amount, proportion of sth

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Fraction

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A shortened form of a word or phrase (lab-laboratory)

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Abbreviation

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An abbreviation formed from the initial letters of other words and pronounced as a word (NATO)

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Acronym

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An illogical or surprising lack of compatibility or similarity between two or more facts

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Discrepancy

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A word or phrase, often a jargon, that is fashionable at a particular time or in a particular context

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Buzzword

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A short word that is considered to be rude and offensive

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Four-letter word

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A common word on phrase

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Household word

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An offensive word, used especially to express anger

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Swear-word

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Language that insults, taunts or challenges another

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The language of abuse

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Insulting, abusive or highly critical language

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Invective

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The action or offense of speaking sacrilegiously about God or sacred things

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Blasphemy

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Blasphemous or obscene language; irreligious on irrelevant behaviour

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Profanity

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A sudden powerful burst of emotional energy

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Surge (of emotional energy)

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Likely to spread and affect others

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Contagious

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A sudden release of strong emotion

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An outburst

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Lacking good manners, refinement or grace

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Uncouth

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The world of criminals or organized crime

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Underworld

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A slang for expressing surprise, frustration, dismay

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Heck

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A weak and cowardly person

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Wimp

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Responsible for British state visits, investitures, garden parties, royal weddings and funerals

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Lord Chamberlain's Office

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An extremely strong reaction of anger, shock, indignation

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Outrage

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An exclamation or shout

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Outcry

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Pertaining to or in honor of a 200th anniversary

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Bicentennial

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To make a respectful bow made by women or girls, consisting of bending the knees and lowering the body

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Curtsy

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A slip or blunder in etiquette, manners, or conduct; an embarrassing social blunder; faux pas

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Gaffe

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To reveal

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To give away

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To present to view; exhibit; display

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To expose

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Full of mental distress because of fear of misfortune; greatly worried

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Anxious

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To have the power of authority to make decisions or control policy

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To hold the shots

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To overshadow by forming the performer to turn away from the audience

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To upstage

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To deliver a scolding or an intense verbal attack

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Harangue

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To take pleasure in; like; enjoy

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To relish