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  2. List of English homographs - Wikipedia

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    Most of the pairs listed below are closely related: for example, "absent" as a noun meaning "missing", and as a verb meaning "to make oneself missing". There are also many cases in which homographs are of an entirely separate origin, or whose meanings have diverged to the point that present-day speakers have little historical understanding: for ...

  3. Truce term - Wikipedia

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    Truce terms are recorded as having been used in the following circumstances; being out of breath, having a stitch, a shoelace being undone, fear of clothes being damaged, needing to go to the lavatory, checking the time, wanting to discuss or clarify rules during a fight or game, or one combatant wanting to remove their spectacles or jacket before continuing.

  4. Claustrophobia - Wikipedia

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    A few examples of common experiences that could result in the onset of claustrophobia in children (or adults) are as follows: A child (or, less commonly, an adult) is shut into a pitch-black room and cannot find the door or the light-switch. A child gets shut into a box. A child is locked in a closet. A child falls into a deep pool and cannot swim.

  5. Scaredy Squirrel - Wikipedia

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    The stories are told using large pictures with basic descriptive text. The books follow the same format: the titular protagonist Scaredy Squirrel identifies his fears, shows how he avoids them at all costs, and develops contingency plans, which typically involve an emergency kit and playing dead until the threat has passed.

  6. List of onomatopoeias - Wikipedia

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    This is an accepted version of this page This is the latest accepted revision, reviewed on 14 January 2025. This is a list of onomatopoeias, i.e. words that imitate, resemble, or suggest the source of the sound that they describe. For more information, see the linked articles. Human vocal sounds Achoo, Atishoo, the sound of a sneeze Ahem, a sound made to clear the throat or to draw attention ...

  7. Homograph - Wikipedia

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    where the words are homonyms, identical in spelling and pronunciation (/ b ɛər /), but different in meaning and grammatical function. The above examples are of etymologically unrelated words. Some homographs are also etymological doublets , meaning they come from the same source and are spelt the same way in Modern English, but their distinct ...

  8. Fear of children - Wikipedia

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    Paedophobia is the British English spelling, and pediaphobia is another alternate spelling. The terms come from the Greek roots παιδ- paid-(child) and φόβος -phóbos (fear). Pedophobia is not to be confused with pediophobia (fear of dolls) or podophobia (fear of feet).

  9. List of irregularly spelled English names - Wikipedia

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    This is a set of lists of English personal and place names having spellings that are counterintuitive to their pronunciation because the spelling does not accord with conventional pronunciation associations. Many of these are degenerations in the pronunciation of names that originated in other languages.