俞大絪主编《英语》第五册第五课（二十一）
The history of the wordschoolis very interesting. It means “leisure” in Greek. Many students will probably be surprised at this! H
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俞大絪主编《英语》第五册第五课（十九）
Pencilis from a Latin word meaning “a little tail” or “a fine brush”, like a Chinese “pen”. Later, when it was made of wood and gr
俞大絪主编《英语》第五册第五课（十八）
Even the simplest words have interesting histories.Pencomes from the Latin word for “feather”. Until recently our pens were stiff
俞大絪主编《英语》第五册第五课（十三）
During the same period many educated people talked to each other in Latin. Modern English often has sets of three synonyms, one fr
俞大絪主编《英语》第五册第五课（十二）
This shows vividly that the idle Norman conquerors lived luxuriously while the hardworking English peasants lived bitterly. The st