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This is an accepted version of this page This is the latest accepted revision, reviewed on 28 December 2019. Look up drivel in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Drivel may refer to: Drivel, nonsense speech Drivel, an American term for saliva Driveling, the act of drooling Topics referred to by the same term This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title Drivel. If an internal ...
drive 1. A continuous set of offensive plays gaining substantial yardage and several first downs, usually leading to a scoring opportunity. 2. A blocking technique – "drive block" – in which an offensive player through an advantaged angle or with assistance drive a defensive player out of position creating a hole for the ball carrier.
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This is a list of Latin words with derivatives in English (and other modern languages). Ancient orthography did not distinguish between i and j or between u and v. [1] Many modern works distinguish u from v but not i from j. In this article, both distinctions are shown as they are helpful when tracing the origin of English words.
A big list will constantly show you what words you don't know and what you need to work on and is useful for testing yourself. Eventually these words will all be translated into big lists in many different languages and using the words in phrase contexts as a resource.
"If you survive, never forget what is happening here, give evidence, write and rewrite, keep alive each word and each gesture, each cry and each tear!" [186] [note 29] — Simon Dubnow, Jewish-born Russian historian, writer and activist (8 December 1941), prior to his murder in the Riga ghetto at the time of the Rumbula massacre
For the second portion of the list, see List of words having different meanings in American and British English: M–Z. Asterisked (*) meanings, though found chiefly in the specified region, also have some currency in the other region; other definitions may be recognised by the other as Briticisms or Americanisms respectively.
See List of English words with disputed usage for words that are used in ways that are deprecated by some usage writers but are condoned by some dictionaries. There may be regional variations in grammar, orthography, and word-use, especially between different English-speaking countries.