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Collins English-English Dictionary
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Anglo-Saxon the English language from the time of the earliest settlements in the fifth century ad to about 1100. The main dialects were West Saxon (the chief literary form), Kentish, and Anglian - Compare Middle English Modern English OE
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[printing]
a Gothic typeface commonly used in England up until the 18th century
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Old English merged into Middle English in the 12th century.
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12世纪时,古英语并入了中世纪英语。
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Old English
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古英语
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Old English
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Morris dancing is an English tradition which is more than 600 years old.
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莫里斯舞是有着600多年历史的英国传统舞蹈。
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The old French marbre became the English marble by dissimilation.
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古老的法国大理石通过异化变成了英国大理石。
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