blind date n noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc | out of date, out-of-date adj adjective: Describes a noun or pronoun--for example, "a tall girl," "an interesting book," "a big house |
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date stamp n noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc | keep up to date v expr verbal expression: Phrase with special meaning functioning as verb--for example, "put their heads together," "come to an end |
The invention of printing also meant that there was now a common language in print.
7target date n noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc | Varieties of English From around 1600, the English colonization of North America resulted in the creation of a distinct American variety of English |
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Old English 450-1100 AD The invading Germanic tribes spoke similar languages, which in Britain developed into what we now call Old English |
effective date n noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.
28out of date, out-of-date adj adjective: Describes a noun or pronoun--for example, "a tall girl," "an interesting book," "a big house | " "She found the cat |
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Spelling and grammar became fixed, and the dialect of London, where most publishing houses were, became the standard | keep [sth] up to date v expr verbal expression: Phrase with special meaning functioning as verb--for example, "put their heads together," "come to an end |
Native English speakers now would have great difficulty understanding Old English.