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A robinâs red breast is actually orange. But English didnât have a separate word for the colour orange until the fruits became familiar to English speakers in the 16th centuryâand because the name REDBREAST dates back to the mid 1400s, it is older than the word ORANGE itself. https://t.co/PNewn947Sa
In medieval France, people paid fees known as âbansâ to use large pieces of communal equipment, like millstones and ovens. Because these items were able to be used by everyone, the adjective âbanelâ came to mean âcommonâ or âordinaryââand eventually gave us the word BANAL. https://t.co/Ib1OZRy5o6
In Old English, MEAT was food of any kind, a GIRL was a young child of either sex, a DEER was any large mammal, a HOUND was any dog, a WIFE was any woman, a FOWL was any bird, to STARVE was merely to die, and an APPLE could be any fruit.
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feel empathy toward this beautiful bird, and I believe that falconry not only symbolizes but also parallels how human beings are supposed to live. Yet most of us no longer live in the woods, hunting and gathering food. Instead we live in crowded urban environments, in the suburbs, or even rural communities, with busy schedules, working in offices,
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âPretty girl,â the bird squawked. Gabe set his jaw. Do you think I havenât noticed that, you cursed pigeon with pretensions?
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DENIM fabric is literally âde NĂŽmesâ, and was originally the name of a type of dense cotton serge produced in the city of NĂŽmes in southern France. https://t.co/oDWNqzkagq