Lexicology

‘Kick the bucket’ is euphemistic word for …

• Death

• Play

• Apologize

• Beg

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CCSS.L.9-10.5A

One of the best-known Southern dialects is …

• Cockney

• American

• Midland

• RP

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CCSS.L.5.3B

CCSS.L.6.1E

The science of dictionary-compiling is called ...

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CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RI.11-12.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

… is a variety of a language which prevails in a district, with local peculiarities of vocabulary, pronunciation and grammar.

• A dialect

• a term

• a slang

• a metaphor

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CCSS.L.11-12.6

CCSS.L.9-10.6

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

CCSS.W.9-10.2D

CCSS.W.8.2D

How many main groups of dialects are there in GB?

• 5

• 6

• 4

• 3

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CCSS.L.5.3B

CCSS.L.6.1E

Author of first Americam dictionary

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CCSS.L.5.3B

CCSS.L.6.1E

… are used in everyday conversational speech both by cultivated and uneducated people of all age groups.

• Colloquial words

• Literary words

• Professional words

• Slang words

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CCSS.RL.9-10.4

CCSS.SL.11-12.6

CCSS.SL.9-10.6

CCSS.W.11-12.1D

CCSS.W.11-12.2E

What is American equivalent of the word ‘sweets’

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CCSS.L.5.3B

CCSS.L.6.1E

… are words which are no longer used in everyday speech, which have been ousted by their synonyms.

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CCSS.L.1.5A

CCSS.L.1.5B

CCSS.L.K.5A

… are word-groups that cannot be made in the process of speech they exist in the language as ready-made units.

• Phraseologisms

• Neologisms

• Archaisms

• Homonyms

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CCSS.L.11-12.6

CCSS.L.9-10.6

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

CCSS.W.9-10.2D

CCSS.L.8.6