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Languages

How many words does the Oxford dictionary contain?

1. 415,000
2. 615,000
3. 515,000
4. 715,000

How many entries are there in the dictionary of Dutch Language?

1. 230,000
2. 430,000
3. 330,000
4. 530,000

What languages might be in the list of most difficult languages?

What is a very difficult European language to learn?

1. French and Polish
2. Gealic and Polish
3. Turkish and Gealic
4. Finnish and Gealic

Can a language gain or lose words?
Why/how?

Which Dutch word does not have an English translation?

1. gezellig
2. natafelen
3. uitwaaien
4. uitbuiken

Name five English loan words that we use in our language?

Find a loan word that the English borrowed from us.

What is a synonym?

1. The red rose.
2. white-black
3. call-phone
4. bean-mean

Give synonyms for the word: talk

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I heard him prate on for at least an hour and a half"

"Franny walked past a woman gabbing on the phone"

"She'd been wittering on about Jennifer and her illness"

"She was withdrawn and preoccupied, hardly able to converse with her mother"

"She chatted to her mother on the phone every day"

"They nattered away for hours"

1. I heard him prate on for at least an hour and a half. 

2. Franny walked past a woman gabbing on the phone. 

3. She'd been wittering on about Jennifer and her illness. 

4. She was withdrawn and preoccupied, hardly able to converse with her mother. 

5. She chatted to her mother on the phone every day. 

6. They nattered away for hours. 

7. They had spoken for at least an hour, before they put down the phone.