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  2. Deixis - Wikipedia

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    Image depicting temporal, spatial and personal deixis, including a deictic center. In linguistics, deixis (/ ˈ d aɪ k s ɪ s /, / ˈ d eɪ k s ɪ s /) [1] is the use of words or phrases to refer to a particular time (e.g. then), place (e.g. here), or person (e.g. you) relative to the context of the utterance. [2]

  3. Gym - Wikipedia

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    The latter meaning of intellectual education persisted in Greek, German and other languages to denote a certain type of school providing secondary education, the gymnasium, whereas in English the meaning of physical education pertained to the word 'gym'. [7]

  4. Greece - Wikipedia

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    Greece, [a] officially the Hellenic Republic, [b] is a country in Southeast Europe.Located on the southern tip of the Balkan peninsula, Greece shares land borders with Albania to the northwest, North Macedonia and Bulgaria to the north, and Turkey to the east.

  5. English Reformation - Wikipedia

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    In the top right of the picture is an image of men pulling down and smashing idols. At Edward's side are his uncle the Lord Protector Edward Seymour and members of the Privy Council. [172] From that point on, the Reformation proceeded apace.

  6. Old English - Wikipedia

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    Early Old English (c. 650 to 900), the period of the oldest manuscript traditions, with authors such as Cædmon, Bede, Cynewulf and Aldhelm. Late Old English (c. 900 to 1150), the final stage of the language leading up to the Norman conquest of England and the subsequent transition to Early Middle English. [12]

  7. Bible - Wikipedia

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    Philosopher and ethicist Jaco Gericke adds: "The meaning of good and evil, the nature of right and wrong, criteria for moral discernment, valid sources of morality, the origin and acquisition of moral beliefs, the ontological status of moral norms, moral authority, cultural pluralism, [as well as] axiological and aesthetic assumptions about the ...

  8. Idiom - Wikipedia

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    For example, the Arabic phrase في نفس المركب (fi nafs al-markeb) is translated as "in the same boat", and it carries the same figurative meaning as the equivalent idiom in English. Another example would be the Japanese yojijukugo 一石二鳥 ( isseki ni chō ), which is translated as "one stone, two birds".

  9. Shopping - Wikipedia

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    Shoppers at a souk in Tunisia Advertising image of a man shopping for Christmas presents, United States, 1918 A woman shopping in Japan, 2016. Shopping is an activity in which a customer browses the available goods or services presented by one or more retailers with the potential intent to purchase a suitable selection of them.