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Glossary

Magnet: a person or thing that has a powerful attraction.

Scholars: a specialist in a particular branch ofstudy, especially the humanities; a distinguished academic.

Truly: to the fullest degree; genuinely or properly.

Troughout: all the way throughBorrowed: take and use (something belonging to someone else) with the intention of returning it.

Aware: having knowledge or perception of a situation or fact.Messy: confused and difficult to deal with.

Strokes: a mark made by drawing a pen, pencil, or paintbrush once across paper or canvas.

Merging:combine or be combined to form a single entity.

Phrases

1) That girl is like a magnet to me, I love her.

2) Some universities have a lot of scholarsto help students.

3) yours truly used as a formula for ending a letter

4) Troughout the week I have been too bored

5) Eduardo, can I borrow yourcar for a few hours?

6) Are you aware of an imminent attack against the Earth?

7) That book is too messy for me

8) You have to put a strokebefote that word.

9) English language is a merging of many languages.

Main ideas

1) What is the main idea of paragraph 3?

d) By the 14th century ,English had evolved into Middle English and was Britain’s official language.

2) Paragraph 6 is mostly about?

a) How progress had been madestandardizing spelling by the 17th century.

3) Paragraph 12 is mainly concernid with.

c) the many words that have been shortened by dropping useless letters.