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The English Language – Glossary

accent noun [count] incorporate verb
a way of saying words that shows what country, to add or include something as a part of something
region, or social class someone comes from else
an upper-class British accent The Government incorporated this principle into the
1977 law.
addition noun [count]
something that you add to something else ingredient noun [count]
New additions to the library include reading lamps one of the foods or liquids that you use in making a
and comfortable chairs. particular meal
The food is home cooked using fresh ingredients.
admire verb
to have a feeling of great respect for someone or invade verb
something to take or send an army into another country in order
He was loved and admired by all of us. to get control of it
The island was invaded during the war.
announcer noun [count]
someone whose job is to give information about mixture noun [singular]
television or radio programmes in between other a combination of two or more different things,
programmes people, qualities etc
The building was a strange mixture of styles.
broadcast noun [count]
a programme that can be seen or heard on radio or native speaker noun [count]
television someone who has learnt a particular language from
a radio broadcast the time that they began to speak

bungalow noun [count] noticeable adjective

a house that is all on one level easy to see, hear, or feel
There was a noticeable chill in the air.
countless adjective
very many, especially more than you think is pyjamas noun [plural]
reasonable comfortable trousers and a shirt that you wear in bed
his countless television appearances
reputation noun [count/uncount]
Dutch adjective a general opinion that someone or something has a
someone who is Dutch is from the Netherlands particular quality
The university has an international reputation as a
elsewhere adverb centre of excellence.
in or to another place or other places
Scandinavia noun
fluent adjective] the countries of Norway, Sweden, Denmark, Iceland,
able to speak a foreign language very well and Finland considered as a group
I’m fluent in three languages.
settle verb
hence adverb to go and live permanently in a particular place
used for introducing something that is a result of Her relatives had come to America and settled in
the fact that has just been stated Boston.
His grandfather was Greek; hence the surname.
tribe noun [count]
Hindi noun [uncount] a large group of related families who live in the same
a language of Northern India. It is one of the area and share a common language, religion, and
official languages of India. customs

impact noun [count] Viking noun [count]

an effect, or an influence one of the people from Scandinavia who travelled in
Her paper discusses the likely impact of global ships and attacked places in Northern and Western
warming on climate change. Europe in the Middle Ages
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