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My 30 Favourite English Words

Written by carlgene on 29/12/2011 — 5 Comments

A random selection here of words I’m really fond of in English. I will write up a Chinese list later.   My 30 Favourite English Words In no particular order. 1. cliché [陈词滥调] ORIGIN mid 19th cent.: French, past participle (used as a noun) of clicher ‘to stereotype.’ 2. irony [no exact Chinese equivalent exists […]

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