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1. en.wikipedia.org › wiki › English_languageEnglish language - Wikipedia

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   4 days ago · English is a West Germanic language in the Indo-European language family, whose speakers, called Anglophones, originated in early medieval England. The namesake of the language is the Angles, one of the ancient Germanic peoples that migrated to the island of Great Britain.

   • Pronunciation: /ˈɪŋɡlɪʃ/

   • Signed forms: Manually coded English, (multiple systems)

2. www.youtube.com › playlistLearn English with Video and Pictures - YouTube

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   27 videos 483,358 views Updated today. Learn essential vocabulary and grammar with this new 25-lesson series. In each 3-minute video we'll sho ...More. Play all. 1. 3:20. Learn English with Video...

3. www.bbc.com › learningenglish › englishReal Easy English / Talking about friends - BBC

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   1 day ago · Welcome to Real Easy English from BBC Learning English. I'm Georgie. Neil And I’m Neil. We're here to help you improve your English with a real conversation in easy English. Georgie If you want ...

4. www.bbc.com › learningenglish › featuresBBC Learning English - 6 Minute English

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   2 days ago · Episode 150514 / 14 May 2015. Fifty years ago, on 18 March 1965, Soviet astronaut Alexei Leonov took the first space walk. Listen to Rob and Neil describing the struggles of that ground-breaking ...

5. learnenglish.britishcouncil.org › grammar › b1-b2British English and American English | LearnEnglish

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   5 days ago · Grammar explanation. The main difference between British English and American English is in pronunciation. Some words are also different in each variety of English, and there are also a few differences in the way they use grammar. Here are five of the most common grammatical differences between British and American English. 1.

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   /ˈɪŋ(ɡ)lɪʃ/

   adjective

   • 1. relating to England or its people or language.

   noun

   • 1. the language of England, widely used in many varieties throughout the world.
   • 2. the people of England.
   • 3. spin or side given to a ball, especially in pool or billiards: North American "put more English on the ball"

   Word Origin Old EnglishEnglisc (see Angle, -ish1). The word originally denoted the early Germanic settlers of Britain (Angles, Saxons, and Jutes), or their language (now called Old English).

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   • 1. Englishly adverb

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7. www.bbc.com › learningenglish › englishBBC Learning English - 6 Minute English / Inventing languages

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   May 9, 2024 · Introduction. New bits of English are invented as people use the language in new ways, but what happens when a language comes from an entirely different galaxy – somewhere like Qo’noS, home ...

8. www.bbc.co.uk › learningenglish › englishBBC Learning English - The English We Speak / Small talk

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   3 days ago · The English We Speak. Intermediate level. Small talk. Episode 190121 / 21 Jan 2019. Summary. What should you talk about when you meet someone for the first time? Here's a phrase to learn that...