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IS THIS ENGLISH?
 
Sepulcher, orchestra, alchemy. Any other words with CHE = KE pronunciation?

to gift someone with

he gifted them with money

 

NYTIMES Magazine

Lazio, vigorous as always, burst into the room, smiling broadly, his thick dollop of hair - now noticeably swirled with gray - bobbing as he shook hands around the table. The meeting was called to order, and it was soon his turn to present. "There's two markets in Africa," said Lazio, who has never been there. "South Africa, and the rest of Africa." There were knowing chuckles from the old hands seated around the table; Lazio loosened his shoulders and began to speak in fluent wonk - "foreign direct investment," "repatriated income."


There are a dozen Sunni cities like Ramadi, the provincial capital of Anbar province. For 30 months since Baghdad fell, our soldiers have been fighting an insurgency based inside the Sunni Triangle, where the vast majority of the population is complicit with the insurgents or intimidated by them.
NYTIMES Photo caption, Oct 27. 2005
Ross Eirich, chef at Galotoire's in New Orleans, toiled yesterday to get the restaurant in shape, but it probably will not reopen till next year.

http://www.m-w.com/home.htm 
i'm curious. they passed the responsibility of the leaves on to the 
homeowner....who's leaves are they?
The model that comes off poorly by comparison is the Ford Five Hundred, a larger, heavier sedan that is dragged around by a 203-horsepower V-6 and an underwhelming continuously variable transmission.
FROM EBAY
-WE PREFER ONLY PAYPAL PAYMENTS
Is it LYING or LIEING? DYING or DIEING? Google the Web....
"Do you want them coming without controls?"
"Do you want them to come without controls"?

From a CNN online poll

Should man use cloning to try and revive extinct species, like the woolly mammoth?

No! Didn't you see 'Jurassic Park'? Yes! Haven't you seen 'Jurassic Park'?

“Bill Gates promised attendees that Vista would usher in a "big wave" of sales when it was introduced.”
Go slowly because it’s easy to miss. Or: go slowly because it’s easy to miss it.
Same word, different meanings: ROCK
Same spelling, different pronunciation WIND
Same sound, different spelling KNEAD NEED
Same word different meaning; TO LIE, TO SWEAR

ENCE/ANCE endings

Existence
Attendance

IN A CAR WASH

Please ask attendant about
Gold Plating
Pin Stripping
Graphics

 
NYTIMES Dec.4, 2005
 

To the Editor:

I enjoyed reading "When the Doctor Is In, but You Wish He Wasn't." And I promise to be nice to my patients if you promise to use the subjunctive where you should: "but You Wish He Weren't."