- Phonetic describes the way that spoken words sound.
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Adoption comes from the Old French word adoptare, meaning "to chose for oneself.” Feel like adding an option?
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If you start dressing like a friend, that's an adoption of your friend's style. If that friend wears micro-miniskirts, your parents might put you up for adoption.
- Some teachers think rote learning is bad for students.
- The word nurse is a clue to the meaning of nursery: nurses take care of people, and a nursery is a place of caretaking. One kind of nursery is for babies, the other is for plants
