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  • 51Communication strategies in second language acquisition — In the course of learning a second language, learners will frequently encounter communication problems caused by a lack of linguistic resources. Communication strategies are strategies that learners use to overcome these problems in order to… …

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  • 52Capital punishment in the United States — This article is about capital punishment in the U.S. as a general overview. For the federal government s capital punishment laws, see Capital punishment by the United States federal government. Part of a series on Capital punishment …

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  • 53Waterloo, Nova Scotia — is a small rural community in western Lunenburg County, Nova Scotia. The community extends approximately 10 kilometers from Route 210 to the Queens County line and is 20 kilometers from the commercial hub of Bridgewater. The Waterloo Road runs… …

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  • 54William Tyndale — Tyndale redirects here. For the English family, see Tyndall. For other uses, see Tyndale (disambiguation). Infobox Person name = William Tyndale caption = Protestant reformer and Bible translator birth date = c. 1494 birth place = Gloucestershire …

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  • 55A Dictionary of Modern English Usage — Fowler s redirects here. For Fowler s Toad, see Bufo fowleri. A Dictionary of Modern English Usage   …

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  • 56Adoption — For other uses, see Adoption (disambiguation). Sister Irene of New York Foundling Hospital with children. Sister Irene is among the pioneers of modern adoption, establishing a system to board out children rather than institutionalize them.… …

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  • 57predictionary — n. A dictionary of new words that are predicted to become part of the mainstream lexicon. Example Citations: Funktionary is a predictionary. It s a slice of that limbo land where new words are happening, but are still not sufficiently at large to …

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  • 58dialect — n 1 Dialect, vernacular, patois, lingo, jargon, cant, argot, slang denote a form of language or a style of speech which varies from that accepted as the literary standard. Dialect (see also LANGUAGE 1) is applied ordinarily to a form of a… …

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  • 59Wordhunt — was a national appeal run by the Oxford English Dictionary, looking for earlier evidence of the use of 40 words and phrases in the English language. New evidence found by members of the public in response to the appeal appears in the Oxford… …

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  • 60Literature Circles — are a student s equivalent in the classroom of an adult book club. The aim is to encourage student choice and a love of reading in young people. The true intent of Literature Circles is to allow students to practice and develop the skills and… …

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