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  2. List of English words of French origin - Wikipedia

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    English words of French origin can also be distinguished from French words and expressions used by English speakers. Although French is derived mainly from Latin, which accounts for about 60% of English vocabulary either directly or via a Romance language, it includes words from Gaulish and Germanic languages, especially Old Frankish. Since ...

  3. Throwaway line - Wikipedia

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    Throwaway lines are often one-liners, or in-jokes, and often delivered in a deadpan manner. Similarly, in theater, a throwaway line is one uttered by a character where the only intended reaction is that of from the audience. Oftentimes, these lines may be references to other shows or media that only the audience are aware of.

  4. Category:French words and phrases - Wikipedia

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    Please keep this category purged of everything that is not actually an article about a word or phrase. See as example Category:English words . See also: Wiktionary:Category:English terms derived from French

  5. List of English words with dual French and Old English ...

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    Generally, words coming from French often retain a higher register than words of Old English origin, and they are considered by some to be more posh, elaborate, sophisticated, or pretentious. However, there are exceptions: weep , groom and stone (from Old English) occupy a slightly higher register than cry , brush and rock (from French).

  6. List of English words of French origin (A–C) - Wikipedia

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    crouton, from the diminutive form of the old French word croust, (later to come into modern French as the word croûte), meaning 'crust'. crown , Anglo-Fr. coroune , from Old Fr. corone , compare Mod. Fr. couronne

  7. Is a vote for a third-party candidate a throwaway vote in a ...

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    Louisiana's presidential ballot will include not only include Donald Trump and Kamala Harris as the major party candidates but also nine third-party contenders.

  8. Throwaway - Wikipedia

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    Throwaway line, a joke delivered "in passing" without being the punch line to a comedy routine; Throw-away society, a human society strongly influenced by consumerism "Thrown Away, a short story by Rudyard Kipling

  9. Dying To Be Free - The Huffington Post

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    The last image we have of Patrick Cagey is of his first moments as a free man. He has just walked out of a 30-day drug treatment center in Georgetown, Kentucky, dressed in gym clothes and carrying a Nike duffel bag.