Test 1 history of English Flashcards by Alessandra Granger

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You didn’t cut the mustard

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You did not do well enough

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Are you going Dutch

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Are you paying your own way on a date

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We were shooting the breeze

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We were just talking

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Don’t knock it

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Don’t make fun of it

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Who came in 450 AD

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The Angles Saxons Jutes

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Examples of Angles Saxon words

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Woman house loaf

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In what year did the Christian missionary’s come

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597 AD

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In what year did the Vickings come

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800 AD

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What language did the vickings bring and how meany words

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2000 words
Old Norse

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From when to when was old English

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450 AD to 1066

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From when to when was Middle English

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1066 to 1453

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In what year did William the conqueror invade

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1066

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Examples of French words

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Judge Jury évidence justice

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Who marked the beginning of Modern English how meany words

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Shakespear 2000

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What happened in 1611

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They created labour of love

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The main restons for modern English

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Colonisation
Immigration
Sciences and thec

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When was the first email sent

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1972

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How meany people speak English

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1.5 billion

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In 1857 what happened

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The English Oxford dictionary

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Canadian spelling
Colour or Color

A

Coulour

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Canadian spelling
Practice or Practise noun

A

Practice

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Canadian spelling
Travelled Travelled

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Travelled

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Canadian spelling
Realise or realize

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Realize

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Canadian spelling
Centre or center

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Centre

1 expression from the bible

Heart’s desire