Practice Sentences
Sentence #11: Nobody expects the Spanish
Inquisition.
Sentence #12: In the beginning, God created
heaven and earth.
Sentence #13: It's 106 miles to Chicago, we've
got a full tank of gas, half a pack of cigarettes, it's dark and we're wearing
sunglasses.
New vocabulary:
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beginning |
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The VCR/DVD button |
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Chicago |
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Windy City |
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create |
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From Latin creatus, pp of creare, from which also comes "crescent",
through the Latin crescere to grow. |
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expect |
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From Latin ex- + specere to look |
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gasoline |
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heaven |
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The standard cartoon elements of Heaven |
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inquisition |
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From Latin, inquisitus, pp. of inquirere, from in-
+ quaerere to seek |
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mile |
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From Latin, milia passuum, a thousand paces |
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nobody |
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[no][person] |
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Spanish |
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Spain was created by the union of Castile and Leon. |
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Spanish Inquisition |
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From their
Coat
of Arms |
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tank |
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From orienteering |
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Last updated May 2005
Copyright © 2005 Matthew White.
