1. Topic-specific words:
an artifice - hoax, deceit
A thing used to deceive others.
- In order to protect crucial victims they were transported to the Turkey while there was an artifice which caused that enemies thought that those victims were in France.
- An artifice applied by the scientists in order to refute this common myth were fully successful.
A way in which something is usually done.
- Religion extremists have a lot of orthodox conventions which regulate for instance a woman outfit.
- A common convention during funeral talks is not to speak improperly about the dead.
Dealing with things sensibly and realistically.
- My ex-boyfriend has a real pragmatic opinion about love, he says it's only for procreation purposes.
- People believe that pragmatic attitude towards life will make them more down-to-earth.
A person who is familiar with languages in every aspect, especially the native one.
- In the future I want to be a linguist to teach all of these kids proper grammar!
- My historian used to be a kind of linguist because he demanded full correctness during our speeches.
A person who speaks two languages fluently.
- My grandma is bilingual because not only can she speak French but also Turkish.
- In order to be bilingual you have to know how to distinguish between those languages.
2. The rest:
scourge - plague
spell - mean, indicate
decline - weakening, failure
emergent - appearing, rising
pull back - back off, withdraw
shorthand - stenografia
pace - speed, tempo of motion
bagginess - looseness
hiccup - czkawka
guffaw - rżeć
mundane - humdrum, day-to-day
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