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How English keeps evolving

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PRACTICE
LANGUAGE & COMMUNICATION
Where Today's Words Come From

You will learn 18 words for talking about how language changes, from new coinages and borrowed words to slang that becomes standard. Afterwards, you can explain where everyday words came from and suggest which new expressions might last.

IN THIS LESSON
18 new words
Learn each one, then practise with a quick quiz.
LEVEL
C1
WORDS
18
QUESTIONS
9
Part of Language & communication on the C1 trail.
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