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... meaning ; and in Column 5 , give its present meaning as Americans use it . Below the col- umns , write eight sentences in which you use each of the expressions correctly . Use a dic- tionary if you need help . 1. bona fide 2. carte ...
... meaning ; and in Column 5 , give its present meaning as Americans use it . Below the col- umns , write eight sentences in which you use each of the expressions correctly . Use a dic- tionary if you need help . 1. bona fide 2. carte ...
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... MEANING . We can recog- nize many words by their roots . Dictum ( page 148 ) something said with authority - comes from the Latin term dictus , meaning " said . " Knowing the Latin meaning gives you a clue to the meaning of other words ...
... MEANING . We can recog- nize many words by their roots . Dictum ( page 148 ) something said with authority - comes from the Latin term dictus , meaning " said . " Knowing the Latin meaning gives you a clue to the meaning of other words ...
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... meanings that cluster , like a bunch of grapes , around the literal meaning of a word . Every word has a lit- eral , dictionary meaning - or denotation . ( Scientific prose aims at precision by using only denotations of words . ) But ...
... meanings that cluster , like a bunch of grapes , around the literal meaning of a word . Every word has a lit- eral , dictionary meaning - or denotation . ( Scientific prose aims at precision by using only denotations of words . ) But ...
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