English goes Global

abbreviation shortening

adhering to limiting itself to

derivations linguistic origins

diversity wide variety

embellish decorate, make beautiful

gobbledygook nonsense

hardback book with hard cover

paperback book with soft cover

outskirts least central parts

racial slur insulting word about a racial group

colloquialism expression used in informal speech

disservice unhelpful action

freckles small dark spots on skin

sole one and only

slovenly careless and lazy

stingy mean with money

patchwork mixed pattern

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